Tang Soo Do · Seven tenets
Self-control
Definition
The strong man is the one who governs himself. Force without a governor is not strength.
The lesson
Self-control is the pause in which the code can speak. The impulse to answer, to hit, to humiliate, to quit, to prove it — you see it before you obey it. Then you choose.
In training, control is also physical. You can stop the technique. You can match the partner. A man who only has power at full speed does not have power. He has a leak.
Delay one impulse for a minute. In the body, do one repetition you could stop at any point, and stop it on purpose.
Suppression that explodes later, or a lack of control you call passion.