Teaching
How Taekwon-Do is taught — not just techniques, but philosophy, mental constraints, structure, progression, and responsibility. Grounded in the ITF Encyclopedia and written for instructors and serious students.
Recommended path: Philosophy → Mental Constraints → Theory → Curriculum → Class Structure → Limiting Work in Progress → Evaluation
New here? Start with Philosophy, then read Mental Constraints.
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Philosophy & Moral Culture
Why character matters as much as technique. Moral culture, instructor responsibility, and the purpose behind training.
Mental Constraints in ITF Training
How error tolerance, stress response, and behavioral patterns affect skill acquisition and long-term progression.
Taekwon-Do Theory
Theory of Power, training principles, and the scientific basis of ITF technique.
Curriculum & Progression
What to teach, when to teach it, and how skills build by rank.
Class Structure
How to organize effective classes: warm-up, fundamentals, patterns, application.
Limiting Work in Progress
How reducing simultaneous variables improves clarity, exposes bottlenecks, and accelerates skill consolidation.
Evaluation & Testing
Standards, feedback loops, and how to test without teaching to the test.
All teaching pages
- Philosophy & Moral Culture
- Mental Constraints in ITF Training
- Taekwon-Do Theory
- Tenets & Student Oath
- Curriculum & Rank Progression
- Class Structure
- Limiting Work in Progress
- Teaching Patterns (Tul)
- Teaching Fundamentals
- Teaching Sparring
- Teaching Self-Defense
- Evaluation & Testing
- Role of the Instructor
- Terminology & Commands
- Instructor Resources
Connect teaching to foundations
Teaching only works when fundamentals are understood. These pages are designed to pair directly with the Foundations section.