In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements
for the
Taekwondo Black belt Promotion

ETIQUETTE

Submitted by:
Joaquin Gregory A. Borja

Submitted to:
Engr. Vincent Cecil M. Orcales
RMC 10
Cagayan De Oro Taekwondo Main Gym
December 6, 2014
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 PROFILE

Nickname: Wax

Address: Centro Camaman-an, Cagayan de Oro City

Birthplace: Cagayan de Oro City

Sex: Male

Religion: Roman Catholic

Citizenship:Filipino

E-mail Address: georgeborja1978@gmail.com

Mobile No.: 09369226270

Name of Dojang: CDO Main Gym

Father's name: George Lapuz Borja

Mother's maiden name: Tiffany Anne Fernandez Angeles

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Profile 2

Introduction 4

Etiquette 7

Personal Experience 8

Acknowledgement 10

Reference 11

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 INTRODUCTION

Tae Kwon Do, is a Korean martial art. It combines combat and self-defense

techniques with sport and exercise. Gyeorugi is a type of sparring, which has been an

Olympic event since 2000. Taekwondo was developed by a variety of Korean masters

during the 1940s as combination of Okinawan karate, Chinese martial arts, and the

ancient Korean traditions taekkyeon and gwonbeop. In Korean, tae means "to stomp" or

"to strike or break with the foot"; kwon means "to strike or break with the fist"; and do

means "way of life". Thus, taekwondo may be loosely translated as "the way of the foot

and the hand." The name taekwondo is also written as taekwon-do, tae kwon-do, or tae

kwon do by various organizations.

Taekwondo is characterized by its emphasis on head-height kicks, jumping and

spinning kicks, and fast kicking techniques. In fact, World Taekwondo Federation

sparring competitions award additional points for strikes that incorporate jumping and

spinning kicks. To facilitate fast, turning kicks, taekwondo generally adopts stances that

are narrower and hence less-stable than the broader, wide stances used by martial arts

such as karate. The tradeoff of decreased stability is believed to be worth the

commensurate increase in agility. This being used mainly by WTF Taekwondo.

In 1972 the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) Central Dojang opened in Seoul

in 1972; in 1973 the name was changed to Kukkiwon. Under the sponsorship of the

South Korean government's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism the Kukkiwon

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became the new national academy for taekwondo, thereby establishing a second

"unified" style of taekwondo. This style being less combat-oriented and more sports-

oriented than the first unified style, ITF-style taekwondo. In 1973 the KTA established

the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) to promote taekwondo as a sport. The

International Olympic Committee recognized the WTF and taekwondo sparring in 1980.

For this reason, Kukkiwon-style taekwondo is sometimes referred to as Sport-style

taekwondo, Olympic-style taekwondo, or WTF-style taekwondo, though technically the

style itself is defined by the Kukkiwon, not the WTF.

WTF-sanctioned tournaments allow any person, regardless of school affiliation or

martial arts style, to compete in WTF events as long as he or she is a member of the

WTF Member National Association in his or her nation; this allows essentially anyone to

compete in WTF-sanctioned competitions.

In Kukkiwon/WTF-style taekwondo, the word used for "forms" is poomsae. In

1967 the KTA established a new set of forms called the Palgwae poomse, named after

the eight trigrams of the I Ching. In 1971 however the KTA and Kukkiwon adopted a

new set of color-belt forms instead, called the Taegeuk poomsae. Black belt forms are

called yudanja poomsae. While ITF-style forms refer to key elements of Korean history,

Kukkwon/WTF-style forms refer instead to elements of sino-Korean philosophy such as

the I Ching and the taegeuk.

Different styles of taekwondo adopt different philosophical underpinnings. Many

of these underpinnings however refer back of the Five Commandments of the Hwarang

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as a historical referent. For example, Choi Hong Hi expressed his philosophical basis

for taekwondo as the Five Tenets of Taekwondo:

Ye-Ui, courtesy; Yom-Chi, integrity; In-Nae, perseverance, patience; Guk-Gi, self-

discipline; Beakjul-bool-gul, invincibility of spirit. These tenets are further articulated in a

taekwondo oath, also authored by Choi: I undertake to comply with the principles of

Taekwondo, I undertake to respect my coaches and all superiors, I undertake to abuse

Taekwondo never, I pledge to stand up for freedom and justice, I undertake to cooperate

in the creation of a more peaceful world.

The World Taekwondo Federation also refers to the commandments of the

Hwarang in the articulation of its taekwondo philosophy. Like the ITF philosophy, it

centers on the development of a peaceful society as one of the overarching goals for

the practice of taekwondo. The WTF's stated philosophy is that this goal can be

furthered by adoption of the Hwarang spirit, by behaving rationally ("education in

accordance with the reason of heaven"), and by recognition of the philosophies

embodied in the taegeuk (the yin and the yang, i.e., "the unity of opposites") and the

sam taegeuk (understanding change in the world as the interactions of the heavens, the

Earth, and Man). The philosophical position articulated by the Kukkiwon is likewise

based on the Hwarang tradition.

ETIQUETTE

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 Etiquette is a code of behavior that delineates expectations for social behavior

according to contemporary conventional norms within a society,social,class, or group.

Etiquette proceed with manners and discipline. It is also synonymous to

courteousness and politeness. It correlates with tenets of Tae Kwon Do to fullfill such

norms to justify such practice.

Manners is a term usually proceeded by the word good or bad that indicate

whether or not behavior is socially acceptable. Manners are a subset of social norms

which are informally enforced though self regulation and social policing and publically

performed. Politeness those are proper words and actions to make other people have

better opinion towards us.

Etiquette requires practice like greeting people we meet, shaking the hand of

someone we just met, or knocking before entering a room. Saying grace before a meal,

and some other practices. These are customs practiced in our culture. In Tae Kwon Do

Gym we always greet and bow to our instructors, masters and even to our grand

masters when we meet them. It is a sign of respect. We also greet our parents and our

friends parents.

Etiquette is practiced in grooming, cutting our nails, a good haircut, clean dobuk

or our Tae Kwon Do Uniform and fixing our gears. Such practice may show as a model

to other practitioners. The gym has a list of dos and don'ts that were supposed to

follow.

Personal Experience

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 Tae Kwon Do was not an active pursuit of mine, at first. My parents enrolled me

in Tae Kwon Do to prevent me from being bullied in school. For two years I asked my

parents to enroll me at Main Gym, then I felt mixed emotions when I finally went to the

gym. Then I saw that a lot of children my age were there, practicing and enjoying what

they were doing, and this got me really excited. I thought Tae Kwon Do was all about

self-defense, but as I practiced every day, l learned so many things, other than kicks

and forms. Our instructor taught us everything, from kicks to the principles of Tae Kwon

Do.

At the gym, I learned the techniques of taekwondo, from kicks, blocks, forms, and

sparring. I met new friends. I started practicing taekwondo when I was still eight years

old. I learned basic blocks and kicks, and I joined countless tournaments.

My first friends were Maam Vanya and Nico, then later the Romorosa brothers,

Nico and Nina, Sir Toto and Sir Jason, ate Mica, Miguel, Gabriel, Gerald, Joss, Charize,

Choleen and many others. They made daily practice wholesome and fun.

The first kicks I learned were the 45 and sidekick. Learning my first kick was an

intense experience, since I was too awkward to perform such kicks. I practiced hard for

several months, and I finally mastered the technique.

Tae Kwon Do made me physically fit, I can do things that other kids could not do,

like doing high jumps and fast running. It gave me agility, stamina, strength and speed,

and made me a much better athlete.

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 Tournaments developed my skills and I learned from my mistakes. It pushed me

to try my best at competitions. Last year I won my second gold medal in a tournament in

Iligan. I was so happy and fulfilled when I got my latest gold medal.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like thank God above all, my Mommy Tiffany for the encouragement to

joinTae Kwon Do, to Mama Marvie for believing in my ability, to my Tito Louie for the

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support, to Tito Tristan for being my best buddy, and to my Daddy George, for his

patience and encouragement.

I would also want to thank Sir Jing, Sir JB, Sir Bennie, Sir Jason and Jason for

guiding me to be a better Tae Kwon Do practitioner not as a better athlete but as better

person as myself.

To the parents and CdO Main Gym family it was a pleasure to meet you all, and

thank you for all your support.

REFERENCE

WWW.Wikipedea.org

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