The Taekwondo spirit, which has been directly influenced by the traditional national thoughts, is infused with the national soul molded through common experiences of joy, anger, sorrow and pleasure throughout the ages. It can be more easily identified by Silla's hwarangdo spirit which was based on the Korean people's basic thought of seon philosophy as well as Buddhist thoughts of national safeguards, Confucian thoughts of loyalty and filial piety and Taoism's thoughts of tacit performance. After all, the hwarangdo spirit combined with Taekwondo spirit of martial art enabled Silla to unify the three kingdoms.

Therefore, the Koreans' traditional martial art Taekwondo aims not only to acquire power an skill for self-defense but to perfect oneself with the character of devoting one's life to the safeguard of justice, of respecting the responsibilities and of embodying the thought of universal equality.

Now the Taekwondo spirit can be better summarized by the philosophy of hongik-ingan, peace-loving spirit, spirit of integrity with which to protect righteousness and strong sense of responsibility.