Taekwondo Composed
of Attack and Defense
“What mind does Taekwondo require?”
“An attacking motion demands an attacking mind while a defending
motion demands a defending mind. In essence, a mind to subdue your opponent.”
Taekwondo
is composed of attacks and defenses. Attack or defense is the delivering of
minds between you and your opponent. Hands, feet, bodies and weapons mediate
this interaction. Nothing can be Taekwondo without attacks and defenses, and
Taekwondo ceases immediately to be such without the delivering of minds.
What
then is the delivering of minds as regards attack or defense in Taekwondo?
Attack in Taekwondo is nothing but the delivering of a mind to destroy your
opponent’s intentions while defense in Taekwondo is the delivering of your mind
to protect your own intentions. Neither is fundamentally different from the
other. Further, attack means making the opponent opposed to the world in the
delivering of minds while defense is harmonizing oneself with the world. Again,
neither is fundamentally contradictory to the other.
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