MooGong

Our martial art of Moogong-Ryu means Way of guarding the peace. Moo meaning warrior and Gong meaning peacefulness. How does war and peace come together? Inner peace requires inner strength. When we live in fear we cannot feel peace. Moo and gong are eum and yang. One flows into the other to create harmony and peace.

We need to concentrate on private victory before we can have public victory. Our first four acts of wisdom: mushim, innae, geugki, jajeh are the actions that will aid us in having victory within. When we have a sense of ourselves, we hold ourselves to what we know is right, we accept and stay in the present moment, we will attract success outside of ourselves. As we work these first four words of wisdom, we will create inner peace and strength that will aide us in our relationships.

The Moo is the fighting energy that destroys old patterns: mental, physical,spiritual, and emotional. The Gong is the peaceful energy that give birth to new patterns and harmonizes them with existing ones.

Continued strength requires keeping peace this must be done internally and in our relationships. You cannot maintain any power in relationships if you do not know how to live in harmony with those around you. At the same time it must be from a position of strength or you will lose your essential qualities in the exchange. To have a peaceful relationship this strength must come from true inner power and not manipulation. This is why finding your true self and applying the first four words of wisdom our so essential!

Next month, I will move to the next set of words that deal with human relationship, beginning with Kyum-Soen (modesty).