About the book "3JKY"

This book, On Samjae and Kang-Yu of Taekwondo, was written in 2003 in Korean and published in 2003 in Korea(ISBN 89-7889-060-1). This book is under translation. Of course, you can see the whole test on this site as translated by me, but it is not perfect: It needs much polishment.

Samjae means the three essential materials(Haneul(Heaven), Tang(Earth) and Saram(Man)) and Kang-Yu the hardness and the softness. The Samjae and Kang-Yu are the main concepts of Taekwondo and its philosophy but they are neither only familiar to western people nor explicit to Koreans. Especially although those concepts have been regarded as very important ones in oriental philosophy general they have never been investigated logically and in the relations with Taekwondo.

This article aims to explain them explicitly in logical aspects of them and why they should be main concepts of Taekwondo philosophy. Following those investigation you will see they are the very essential framework not only of every Taekwondo skill but also of all kinds of martial skills, and they are also the structure building your spirit. This task will lead you to understand the whole relations among training, skill, spirit and life explicitly. Thus, I wish, you will find the ultimate framework of all kinds of martial arts though in abstract level in this discussion.

The entire discussion relies on "The Philosophical Principles of Taekwondo" at first, so I recommand you try all the texts of PPT.

1. Preface
1-1. Objective of this volume
1-2. Outline of the Argument in This Volume
1-3. Three Kinds of Philosophical Theories on Martial Art
1-4. Specifications of Taekwondo Philosophy
1-5. Theories of Samjae and Taekwondo Philosophy

2. Samjae
2-1. Samjae and Kang-Yu as TAEKWONDO
2-2. Implication of Samjae and Kang-Yu
2-2-1. Requirment of Samjae
2-2-2. Samjae and Change
2-2-3. Ontological Foundation of Samjae
2-2-4. Bridge of Distinction and Nondistinction
2-2-5. Logical Characteristics of Samjae & Kang-Yu
2-3. Samjae of Technique
2-4. Haneul, Tang and Saram in Taekwondo
2-5. Kang-Yu in Taekwondo
2-6. Training, Spirit and Technique
2-7. Samjae in Body
2-8. Ultimate Samjae
2-9. Transcendence

3. Haneul(Heaven)
3-1. Haneul of Samjae
3-2. Standing Pose
3-2-1. Ideal Low Pose
3-2-2. Techniques of Low Pose
3-2-3. Humility
3-3. Standing and Walking
3-4. Waist
3-5. Pose of Hands
3-6. Motion
3-7. Haneul of Mind
3-8. Basis
3-8-1. Basic Pose
3-8-2. Basic Motion
3-8-3. Basic Technique

3-9. Closeness of <Do>
3-10. Sincerety
3-11. Rightness
3-12. Doing Nothing

4. Tang(Earth)
4-1. Tang of Samjae
4-2. Technique
4-3. Change
4-4. Approach
4-4-1. First Consideration of Approach
4-4-2. Essence of Approach
4-4-3. Center of Motion
4-4-4. Matbuteum
4-4-5. Distance of Matbuteum
4-5. To Deceive Yourself First
4-6. Exactness
4-7. Right Method
 4-7-1. Faults in Training
4-8. Distinctness

5. Saram(Man)
5-1. Saram of Samjae
5-2. Empty Mind
5-3. Central Pose
5-4. Saram in Spirit
5-4-1. Tactics
5-5. Indignation
5-6. Timeliness
5-7. Oneness of Haneul and Tang in Saram
5-8. The Great Mean
5-9. Self Discipline

6. Ilgiyae(One Technique)
6-1. Ilgiyae
6-2. Prajna
6-3. Change
6-4. Training of Ilgiyae
6-5. Virtuousness, Wisdom and Courage
6-6. Breathing
6-7. Temperance
6-7-1. Lookout
6-7-2. Etiquette
6-8. Ignorance
6-9. Big Three
6-9-1. Distance
6-9-2. Tide
6-9-3. Balance
6-9-4. Interrelations of Them
6-10. Forms of Motion
6-10-1. Won, Bang and Gak
6-10-2. Point, Circle and Straight Line
6-11. Trinity of Kicks
6-12. DO, Yeok, Beop

7. Kang-Yu
7-1. Kang-Yu
7-2. Development of Technique
7-3. Kang
7-3-1. Generality of Kang-Principle
7-3-2. Condition of Kang-Technique
7-3-3. Use of Kang-Technique
7-4. Yu
7-4-1. Generality of Yu-Principle
7-4-2. Condition of Yu-Technique
7-4-3. Use of Yu-Technique7-5. Kang-Yu and Haneul, Tang
7-6. Interception of Offense
7-7. Entirety of Offense and Defense
7-8. Heo-Sil
7-9. Kang-Yu and Yin-Yang
7-10. Technique
7-10-1. Unification of Kang-Yu
7-10-2. Coupling of Kang-Yu
7-10-3. Advantages of Kang-Yu
7-10-4. Kang-Yu and Haneul
7-10-5. Kang-Yu and Saram
7-11. Target
7-12. Mind of Kang-Yu
7-13. Incompletion

8. Unity of Samjae and Kang-Yu
8-1. Unification of Kand and Yu
8-2. Three Steps of Using Technique
8-3. Failure of Technique
8-4. Mental Principles
8-5. Mind in Technique

9. Mind of Taekwondo
9-1. The Way of Mind Control
9-2. Great Understanding and Little Understanding