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Blue Cottage Taekwon-Do was developed as a study tool for
enthusiasts studying ITF style Taekwon-Do. This site contains a
number of reference sources of ITF Taekwon-Do information. It exists
to help promote learning and understanding of Taekwon-Do. At Blue
Cottage Taekwon-Do our mission is to maintain the integrity and the
original concepts that our founder General Choi Hong Hi intended.
Our name is derived from the founder of Taekwon-Do’s pen name,
Chang Huhn meaning Blue Cottage. General Choi's heart, his burden,
his vision and his ideology encompasses the Chang Huhn style. This
website is a compilation of research, donations and dedication to the
art. Taekwon-Do is a living, ever-evolving system of self-defense,
artistry and moral development. Therefor this site will also be ever-
evolving. We are a family of members dedicated to learning and
growing. Our goal and purpose at Blue Cottage Taekwon-Do is to
educate the Taekwon-Do aficionado with the most accurate
information possible to improve the students intellectual well-being.
The information contained within this website is intended for
educational value only and is not intended to replace the instruction
of a qualified instructor. In the Contact Us section, we welcome your
opinions of this sight and you may send in questions on history,
technique or any other aspect of Taekwon-Do. Or you can simply ask
the Sage located on each page to direct you to the questions table.
The answers to your questions will be researched thoroughly and sent
to you ASAP. We sincerely hope that you find this website informative
and helpful.
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A sage is skilled at helping people without excluding anyone. A sage is skilled at saving things without wasting anything. This is traditional wisdom. -Lao Tzu
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COURTESY (Ye Ui) INTEGRITY (Yom Chi) PERSEVERANCE (In Nae) SELF CONTROL (Guk Gi) INDOMITABLE SPIRIT (Baekjool Boolgool)
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STUDENT OATH
I shall observe the tenets of Taekwon-Do
I shall respect the instructor and seniors
I shall never misuse Taekwon-Do
I shall be a champion of freedom and justice
I shall build a more peaceful world
The following are principles that we follow as a tribute to our Taekwon-Do
predecessors:
Always seek truth and practice it.
Promote the highest moral character through training in
Taekwon-Do.
Respect and obey your parents, teachers, and seniors.
Love your country and contribute to your community.
Develop both confidence and humility.
Do your best to better yourself intellectually.
Do not hesitate to sacrifice yourself for what is right.
Do your best to develop Taekwon-Do.
Develop endurance, and be calm and humble in mind and spirit.
Remember that the ultimate purpose of Taekwon-Do is to promote both
physical and mental health
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Special Thanks to all who have donated their time, recommendations and material to help
make this site the best website source on the Chang Huhn Patterns.
Fundamental exercises = Individual soldier's basic training
Hardening of attacking tools (Dallyon) = Maintenance of
equipment
Patterns (Tuls) = Platoon tactics
Sparring (Matsogi) = Field exercises in simulated combat
conditions
Selfdefense (Hosinsul) = Actual combat
"Champions are not made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them - a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill, and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."
Muhammad Ali
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