Here is the first one in english for ten bucks on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Taekwondo-P...629?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&hash=item48437e6aad
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Taekwondo-P...629?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&hash=item48437e6aad
I'd be interested in your thoughts (and those of others) about teaching philosophy to students in the context of their development--that is, "what to teach when," given that people's understanding, motivation for practice, and capabilities vary both due to their unique contexts as well as where they are on the path of learning Taekwondo.
Cynthia
Don't let that stop you. Where there is a will there is a way.
Generally I suggest that students attempt to learn about the Tao and Confucius, but I do not say it that often. Even more rarely will I mention anything Buddhist, however, the when I do directly talk about motivation and character development with students, it is almost always based in the Eight Fold Path, and the Four Noble Truths, without the mention of Buddha and without the terminology. Most Westerners (especially here in the Midwest USA) have no clue as to who the Buddha is and they have some really twisted views of what he might be. Some people would openly react oddly to any notion of the Buddha, and even more people would quitely find it very odd and be uncomfortable. I had some parent comment to me after 911 about statue - worshiping - radical Buddhist Muslims crashing planes into buildings to kill Americans. I tried to explain it but the conversation just ended up getting more and more bizarre.
This will give you an idea. But this is not for students, and it has terminology, etc, you can read the philosophy thought. http://www.taekwondojidokwan.com/page4.html
My two favorite books on culture are:
"Culture and Social Behavior" and "Individualism and Collectivism" by the eminent social psychologist, Harry Triandis who devoted his life to the study of culture. I had the privilege of consulting with him on my thesis for my masters in clinical psychology. A great man. I have found his numerous publications enormously useful in all of my work related to culture, including trying to understand Taekwondo better.
I just ordered both books from Amazon. Harry Triandis has written or co-written a lot of other books, but I will start with these two for now. Thank you for the reference.