| The International Tangsoodo Alliance | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Emblem and Standard: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The fist represents our physical arts. It also represents power and justice. |
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| The Um/Yang symbols represents exactly what it should....an understanding of dualities in nature and balance of cosmic forces. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The Um/Yang symbol is in the red, white and blue field to represent that our organization is built on the model of a democracy. The color scheme also represents a balancing of Easter and Western Ideologies. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The characters for "Tang Soo Do" are found in its center to represent that Tang Soo Do is our path to this balance. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The laurel wreaths represent the natural order. We must be aware of and in compliance with the ways of nature to achieve peace and a harmony of body and mind. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The wings represent Spirit spreading out to lift us up to higher causes. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The golden inner line of the wings represents the Ki force which connects us to the universe and is found within ourselves - ergo our inner power. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The banner represents the authority and majesty of our Alliance. | |||||||||||||||||||||