Originally Posted by Great Sage

Has anyone read General Choi Hong Hi's book, "TaeKwon-Do?" It's quite a fascinating piece of literature, although at times it gets downright humorous... For example, there's quite a lot of information regarding military etiquette in TKD. One such lesson teaches that a student must never object to his master's wishes, even though his master is in the wrong. How's that for brainwashing?...

There's more... The book shows TKD's applications against soldiers with machine guns. Yes, a knife hand followed by reverse punch can defeat an armed soldier, or so this book says. One has to really wonder how many people can really get into such an encounter. In all fairness, the soldier would simply point and shoot.

The most interesting thing about the book is that it is very thorough in covering every aspect of TKD: history (questionable), theory & practice, techniques, applications & original forms.