Tang Soo Do · Seven tenets
Humility
Definition
Humility is the beginning of growth. An accurate size of yourself, still willing to be taught.
The lesson
Rank makes this tenet harder, not easier. The man who needs to be the most dangerous person in the room has already stopped learning. Humility takes the correction, trains with the beginner without contempt, and does not narrate its own lowliness.
It is not talking yourself down. Take one lesson from someone you are tempted to dismiss. Change the next repetition.
Ask for one correction from a person you do not need to impress. Use it.
A display of humility that still makes you the subject, or pride that cannot be taught.