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Gumdo/Kumdo

  • 01-12-2008 3:30pm
    #1
    monosharp
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    Alright lads,

    Starting this next week in Korea and wondering if anyone has done it and whats your experience with it ? Whats the sparring like ? Is there many forms/Kata things and much emphasis on them ?


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  • #2
    mark.leonard
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    monosharp wrote: »
    Alright lads,

    Starting this next week in Korea and wondering if anyone has done it and whats your experience with it ? Whats the sparring like ? Is there many forms/Kata things and much emphasis on them ?

    My ex TKD training partner got his first dan in it and found it a lot of fun. SOme of the teaching methodologies are pretty far out, but enjoyable all the same.

    It is patterns focused but I don't know what the sparring is like. Check it out and report back to us maybe?


  • #3
    Ug Lee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭Ug Lee


    monosharp wrote: »
    Alright lads,

    Starting this next week in Korea and wondering if anyone has done it and whats your experience with it ? Whats the sparring like ? Is there many forms/Kata things and much emphasis on them ?

    In Ireland if you do five weekend seminars in it then you will receive your black belt as long as you are a blackbelt in something else and want to be a representative for the organisation.


  • #4
    yomchi
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    is that a sword based art? Or is that some other Gumdo?


  • #5
    Ug Lee
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    Jon wrote: »
    is that a sword based art? Or is that some other Gumdo?

    It is sword based but where the Japanese sword arts focus on one against one, this focuses on what to do if in the middle of a battlefield. Go to www.korea.ie


  • #6
    yomchi
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    Sweet! Kill 'em all type stuff :D


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  • #7
    monosharp
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    Ug Lee wrote: »
    It is sword based but where the Japanese sword arts focus on one against one, this focuses on what to do if in the middle of a battlefield. Go to www.korea.ie

    No mate, your thinking of Haidong Gumdo. Thats the one that focuses on battlefield stuff. Gumdo/Kumdo is almost indistinguishable from kendo. They use different coloured flags, don't do all the japanese style bowing/ceremonial stuff.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumdo


  • #8
    Ug Lee
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    Ok, sorry about that.

    Thanks

    :)


  • #9
    deegs
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    monosharp wrote: »
    Alright lads,

    Starting this next week in Korea and wondering if anyone has done it and whats your experience with it ? Whats the sparring like ? Is there many forms/Kata things and much emphasis on them ?

    You will get very tired and very sore. You will practice a hell of a lot of basics over the first few months like footwork and simple big swings.

    You wont start sparring for a good time, but its indescribable.... its mayhem and fear mixed up with a big dose of paranonia - but its also the best feeling your ever likely to experience.

    There are 10 official kata. 7 are daito vs daito and 3 are shoto vs daito, but I think Kumdo may have a few more unofficial ones. Some clubs place more emphasis than others on kata.

    Enjoy!


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