How interesting! This brings to mind a couple of thoughts. When I (very, very briefly) took Tae Kwon Do in El Paso, certain courtesies were observed, as they are in all dojangs. For example, one always bows before entering the training mat and upon exiting the training mat. Another courtesy that was observed at the Dojang I attended in El Paso (although upon conferring with my Son, Master Kim did not follow this particular tradition) was that if during training or sparring you accidentally injured someone, you were to sit on your knees on your side of the mat, facing away from the mat. The idea here was that the honourable thing to do was to look away so that your accidentally injured opponent could retain their dignity by sparing them the embarrassment of being seen in a vulnerable state.
It was always assumed that any injury that occurred during this training was accidental. We never discussed what the protocol would be if your ‘intention’ were to cause injury. I would assume that any action intending to injure would be dishonourable by default. Therefore, I would think that in the case of an intentional injury, the victim would most certainly not owe the assailant the very dubious reward of observing the injured person suffering. Wouldn’t you agree?
Is it just the words, or do we know anything about the pronunciation of Indo-European?
How interesting! This brings to mind a couple of thoughts. When I (very, very briefly) took Tae Kwon Do in El Paso, certain courtesies were observed, as they are in all dojangs. For example, one always bows before entering the training mat and upon exiting the training mat. Another courtesy that was observed at the Dojang I attended in El Paso (although upon conferring with my Son, Master Kim did not follow this particular tradition) was that if during training or sparring you accidentally injured someone, you were to sit on your knees on your side of the mat, facing away from the mat. The idea here was that the honourable thing to do was to look away so that your accidentally injured opponent could retain their dignity by sparing them the embarrassment of being seen in a vulnerable state.
It was always assumed that any injury that occurred during this training was accidental. We never discussed what the protocol would be if your ‘intention’ were to cause injury. I would assume that any action intending to injure would be dishonourable by default. Therefore, I would think that in the case of an intentional injury, the victim would most certainly not owe the assailant the very dubious reward of observing the injured person suffering. Wouldn’t you agree?