Members should strive at all
times to uphold the following standards:
Joining Nam Yang Pugilistic
Association means becoming part of an ancient tradition dating
back to Tat Moh, the Shaolin Founder, about 1500 years ago. This involves
becoming part of a brotherhood (sisterhood) of respect and loyalty.
Members should strive to uphold the following standards.
A) Respect
If you respect
others, they will respect you. If you are unable to respect others,
you will never gain respect yourself. In particular your seniors within
the club: the more senior, the more respect.
Respect means:
• Obey
all reasonable requests from your seniors, especially the instructors.
Never argue them.
• Maintain
and defend the good name of the club
• Aspire
to the highest standards of moral conduct, displaying humility, honesty,
selflessness and dedication.
• Never
discriminate against or bully other members.
• If
you have opinions likely to offend other members or cause arguments,
then keep them to yourself.
Treat anyone within
the club as family. Offer them friendship, help and support at all
times and never betray their trust. Mix freely at all times and do
not form cliques or exclude others.
C) Responsibility
Do not use your
skill to injure others unless forced to do so in self-defence or in
the upholding of justice and righteousness.
When dealing with other members
or on club business, conduct one's self in
a dignified fashion, not displaying
anger or speaking loudly or offensively.
D) Diligence
Dedicate yourself
to your art and your association. Pursue your training with diligence.
E) Selflessness
Act at all times
in the interests of the association, playing them above your own self-interest.
Addendum to code of conduct:
Re respect for seniors and obeying
all reasonable requests:
Since western students have very
different cultural expectations to Asians, we make some allowances and
issue guidelines as follows: it is acceptable to point out a possible
better way of doing things, misinterpretation etc in a constructive
manor. The senior party will then take this into account and may revise
their decision. Their final decision will, however, stand. In the event
of an issue still being unresolved, the complaints / disputes procedure
should be implemented.
The code of conduct carries more
weight the more directly an issue involves Nam Yang Pugilistic association
or any of its members.
