Hapkido and the three principles

[Dean]

hmmmm....friendly self-defense?.......Many Dojangs and Dojos all over the world teach a universal principal that trancend languages and the names of differnent relgions. This is taught in either words or what we learn from the struggle in training.

[03youngd]

Even if you were of religous belief and not one to believe in harming others, if the situation arose where it was either someones life at risk im sure religion would dictate to protect

[Hapkidude]

Originally Posted by 03youngd

Even if you were of religous belief and not one to believe in harming others, if the situation arose where it was either someones life at risk im sure religion would dictate to protect

I found a very good article on this subject. I'll post some of the comments along with a couple of my views in the philosophy forum for those interested.
Cheers,
HKDude