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Taekwondo Bible Vol.1
Preface to the English ver.
Introduction

Part. I

1. Oneness and ...
2. There is Do ...
3. The World, ...
4. Picturing ...

5. There is ...
6. The Principles ...

Part. II

7. In Taekwondo ...
8. Facing the ...
9. Erasing ...
10. Thinking ...
11. Doing TKD
12. Not Losing ...
13. Three ...

Part. III

14. Taekwondo's ...
15. Distinction ...
16. Doing Both ...
17. Questioning ...
18. Looking Out ...
19. Endless ...
20. Finding ...
21. Begining ...
22. Keeping ...

Part. IV

23. Moving ...
24. Controling ...
25. Attacking ...
26. Leading ...
27. Surpassing ...
28. Attacking ...
29. Capturing ...

Part. V

30. Having ...
31. Knowing ...
32. Filling Mind ...
33. Taekwondo ...
34. Hitting ...
35. Attacking ...
36. Making ...
37. Avoiding ...
38. Offense and ...
39. Winning with ...

Part. VI

40. Offense and ...
41. Having Softness ...
42. There Be ...
43. Controling ...
44. Being Able ...
45. Harmony of ...
46. Beautifulness ...
47. Able to Stab ...

Part. VII

48. Seeing Motion ...
49. Sparring with ...
50. Free in Strict ...
51. Having Poomsae ...
52. Perfection ...
53. Having Yourself ...
54. There being ...
55. Getting Everything ...

Part. VIII

56. Completing ...
57. Taekwondo Be ...
58. A Piece of String ...
59. Seeing New ...
60. Everything in ...
61. Begining Training ...
62. Seeing the World ...
63. Truth of TKD ...
64. Oneness and ...

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Division 6. How to Weapon

Chapter 44

Being Able to Discard Weapon  

   

Let me tell you a truth. Life is a lethal weapon unto itself.

 

 

 

Your weapon is the part of yourself that can most easily attack the opponent and that can best fend off his attack. Otherwise, your weapon immediately ceases to be a weapon. Therefore, the weapon should be able to be discarded whenever required. You should not attach yourself to it. It is wiser to subdue your opponent with discarding a sword than to fail attached to it, and more desirable to preserve your life at the cost of an arm than to keep an arm at the cost of your life.

Not only sword, spear, hand or foot; but everything of Taekwondo can be a weapon, so it is the very nature of correct Taekwondo to follow the right way with attachment to nothing. This is the great freedom of no form. This is the same as what Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu have taught. On the other hand, since it can be likened to the joy of passionless and attachment-less Nirvana () it is also the same as what the Buddha has taught. These are both a part and the entirety of Taekwondo. When you are attached to no weapon you can be independent of any, and ultimately gain them all. You can possess all only by embracing non-possession (Mu-soyu, ???). .

Thus, the great freedom of not clinging to any single weapon is one of Taekwondo’s weapons itself, and life itself is a weapon, too. Therefore, the perfect weapon should not be out of your life but in your life, in your mind, and ultimately in yourself. Taekwondo itself is always a perfect weapon whenever needed. By making yourself a Taekwondo-Een you become a perfect weapon too.