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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 47

Stabbing the Opponent with the Kihap Sound  

   

“Why are there so many who practice Taekwondo yet so few of superior ability?”
“Because so few conquer themselves.”

 

 

 

 

When you fight with your opponent you should raise your tide and oppress his, not only with direct attack and defense but with explosive Kihap . The importance of Kihap sound can be ignored in many cases, but it too has its correct Do. The Kihap sound in Taekwondo should not be merely the vibration of the vocal chords. It should be as an explosion of your spirit giving expression to your tide. It should be able to ring heaven and earth and to penetrate deep into the opponent’s mind shaking and scattering the root of his spirit.

The Kihap sound should not stand alone, separated from your Taekwondo motion. It ought to be an element harmonized with your movements with simplicity. This is why the sound should also not merely be a sound arising from the vibration of your vocal chords but an explosion of accumulated spirit from the vibration of your entirety. For this reason, there can be no good Kihap sound without good spirit. And the spirit cannot lack the self-confidence of victory over your opponent nor lack the training to attain it. A tiger’s roar can drown a wolf’s howl because the tiger’s life, which preys on large animals, differs from that of a wolf, which preys on only small ones.

Kihap is simple yet varied, so it is somewhat difficult to distinctively comprehend its unseen functions. However, we can categorize the sounds into three types: that which precedes a movement, that which proceeds with a movement, and that which follows a movement. There also exist differences among a single sound according to whether the vibration comes from the stomach, the throat, or the entire body. In addition to these distinctions, one can also distinguish the cut sound from the lasting one. With this in mind, we must also remember that even the Kihap sound is not separated and distinct yet interrelated with the entire process of Taekwondo in a change.

As mentioned above, the change of Kihap sound is complex without substance, yet it is simple to the Taekwondo-Een. The Kihap sound that follows TAEKWONDO is simply a properly made sound to help subdue the opponent; i.e. one which makes up for your own deficiencies. It therefore should explode spontaneously from within you, bursting forth without conscious control. Enlightened Taekwondo can capably subdue the opponent only with the Kihap sound before each attack and defense.

Your will changes the world. Essentially, the subject is not separated from its object. At times the possibility of object can fill up some defect of the subject, which is the entirety. The Kihap sound is neither the entirety nor a part of Taekwondo.