As part of our traditional Cheezic Tang Soo Do uniform we wear an American Flag on our left sleeve and the South Korean Flag on our right to recognize the origin of the art of Tang Soo Do.  The Korean flag symbolizes much of the thought and philosophy of the Orient – the symbol is called T’ae Kuk.

Depicted on the flag is a circle divided equally and locked in perfect balance.  The red section represents the Yang (plus) and the blue section the UM (minus), an ancient symbol of the universe which originated in China.  There two opposites express the dualism of the cosmos: fire and water, day and night, dark and light, construction and destruction, masculine and feminine, active and passive, hot and cold, plus and minus, and so on.

The central thought in the T’ae Kuk indicates that while there is a constant movement within the sphere of infinity, there are also balance and harmony.  Three bars at each corner also carry the idea of opposition and balance.  The unbroken bars stand for heaven; the opposite three broken bars represent the earth; the two bars with a broken bar in-between symbolize fire; the opposite is the symbol of water.