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The codes formed the philosophical background for modern Taekwondo, which is reflected in the so-called Eleven Commandments of Taekwondo. As with the original five codes, these modern axioms are used to guide the moral development of Taekwondo students. Students must fully understand these tenets to master the true essence of Taekwondo.

The eleven axioms are:

1. Loyalty to your country

2. Respect your parents

3. Faithfulness to your spouse

4. Respect your brothers and sisters

5. Loyalty to your friends

6. Respect your elders

7. Respect your teachers

8. Never take life unjustly

9. Indomitable spirit

10. Loyalty to your school

11. Finish what you begin

Some of these forms of open hand fighting may have been eventually exported to Japan where they formed the basis for Japanese Jujitsu and Karate. The Hwarang-do may have been the forerunners of the famed Japanese samurai. In his book This is Karate, Matutatsu Oyama, a well known authority of karate in Japan, mentions that the etymology of kara may have been derived from the country of Kaya at the southern tip of the Korean peninsula.

Toward the end of the Silla Dynasty, the Silla throne was so weakened it could not recover. By 918 AD, the Silla court was dead, sapped by internal corruption and the wasteful living of the ruling aristocracy. By 935 AD, even the name Silla had disappeared. A once great kingdom had surrendered to the strongest of many rebel forces eating away at its territory. The average citizen was not touched by this change in power and Korea's philosophic outlook continued to grow. As the Silla Dynasty ended, the Koryo Dynasty developed.

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