Changs Taekwondo Ego & Pride

Hello everyone it’s already almost February! Where is our brand new 2017 going so fast? As you know, with the coming month of february is our annual Chang’s Taekwondo Night. This will be our 13th Taekwondo Night, and we are practicing hard to make it the best one yet. As you know our tickets are on sale for everyone, however we have already sold more than half our tickets! Please make sure everyone is buying their tickets as soon as possible!This week we would like to talk about Ego, and Pride within Martial Arts.Pride is:“a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements.”Ego is:“a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance.”A Martial Artists should feel pride in learning their Martial Art. A Martial Artist should feel pride in their school. A Martial Artist should be satisfied with their own achievements, especially while training as a Black Belt, with the more difficult techniques.  However,When we let that pride effect our training, our interactions with fellow students and Intructors..When we let our Pride and Ego get in the way of showing good respect, and being humble and modest as a Martial Artist..This means we have a problem that needs to be corrected!It is very natural to think very highly of ourselves, and to think we deserve respect even though we are young and haven’t actually accomplished much yet.. We see it with students who are talented, we see it with interns who don’t like getting coffee for their bosses, we see it with young Martial Artists who think they can do anything.We must all remember Respect is the golden virtue in Martial Arts, and in life. If we think we are better than someone else, it means we have a problem.“Great men have almost always shown themselves as ready to obey as they afterwards proved able to command.”-Lord MahonWe all start somewhere in life, and we all have someone we should definitely show respect to. Even when we achieve a higher station.. For example, your Instructors at Chang’s Taekwondo Martial Arts in South Surrey, Cloverdale, Tsawwassen and Aldergrove, we all show respect to Grand Master Chang and Master Chang and each other.For students, we show respect to our peers, our Instructors, our Masters, our Parents, our friends, etc.Remember, Respect does not end when we leave our Dojang and say “Tae Kwon.”