The philosophy of Taekuk Musul is quite simple actually. We must take each word separately. Taekuk has a meaning that is reflective, monumental, practical, and universal. It has to do with the Um and the Yang… hard and soft, and mental and physical, the sun and the moon, and opposites.

Musul refers to completely and only martial arts with no spiritual, religious, or political overtones or undertones of any type. The word ‘Do’ which some other systems use leans more towards the religious side. Taekuk Musul has no religious side to it other than each person’s own spiritual or religious beliefs…. Simply put, Musul means ancient warrior martial arts.

The philosophy of Taekuk Musul would lean towards a more pure quality of martial arts without religion. It is the use of the mental and the physical and the hard and the soft to blend together to form a more perfected human being capable of relating all people of all backgrounds and to help them in what ever way is necessary. For example, we can help a person to not hurt us by using the soft and mental and wisdom side. But on the other hand we can use the hard or hurting techniques to help that same person to back off and leave us alone.

Taekuk Musul also relates to hard and soft as represented by fire and water. For example, the soft, flowing, circular, and crashing movements of water can take out the fast and powerful movements of fire. In the Um and Yang, the soft of Um will overcome the powerful Yang or one can use the power of Yang to overcome the soft of Um. Further, in the Taekuk Musul system is the moon and the sun. The Yang sun is like Fire and is strong and overpowering. The Um moon is like Water and is soft and flowing. In Taekuk Musul, one can use the Um element of the moon to cover the Yang fire movements of the sun and gain victory.

Therefore, Taekuk Musul is a completely natural martial art that uses the influence of the Um and the Yang… the hard and the soft as well as the mental and physical to produce a wonderful human being capable of understanding others and able to take care of him or herself and their loved ones if necessary in the event of an emergency or danger.