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poddubny
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
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 Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:18 pm Post subject: Need a review of (Haidong) GUMDO |
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i ran a search through old topics and didn't really find anything helpful. is anyone out there studying gumdo, more specifically, haidong gumdo? what is the difference in the haidong version?
i'd like to know everything. what the costs are, equipment costs, benefits, how you like it, lah-di-da.
i'm not really looking for something with any real 'street' benefits. i just want a new hobby/pass-time. something that will keep my interest for years to come. you know, so when the ladies come over i can demonstrate some sword techniques while naked...
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turtlepi1
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I've been in Haidong Gumdo for the last couple of months. I don't think that makes me an expert but I have been around long enough to score my first belt...(well second if you count the white belt) I also have the added bonus that my training partner (korean) is training for his black-belt and has lived overseas so is able to give me all of the low-down in English.
Basics:
It was 120,000 Won to get started. Uniform, wooden sword, first month 3 days a week.
Each month is 60,000 Won for 3 days a week or 80,000 for 5 days a week. I think there is a discount if you pay 3 months in advance. (Use as ballpark prob different at different places.)
Personally I think it is great. Good body training and lots of interesting moves. If you do a google search Gumdo isn't respected in all circles but I would highly recommend it.
Belt tests cost around 20,000 Won.
Things don't get pricey until you get to the black-belt level. You continue to use your wooden sword until you are a black-belt. For black-belt the test is around 200,000 Won and I think then you need to start investing in a sword. There are two types: The unsharpened blade of training, and the live blade for chopping. They are pretty expensive. I think they start around 1.2 M Won.
If you are looking for a contact sport, Haidong Gumdo isn't it, but if you are looking for a sport that will condition your body and teach you to use a real sword, it seems like a good choice.
Some of the other styles of Gumdo/Kumdo are more like Kendo and it is points based hitting your opponent with a bamboo sword. Haidong doesn't teach you to get points...it teaches you to cut someone in half... 
(or at least the techniques for doing so...)
If you are anywhere near Anyang and have mornings free you are more than welcome to train with us. I also have the added advantage/disadvantage that two days a week my "class" consists of all/some of the masters/Kwangjangnims from the province who train with my master/Kwangjangnim who is the head for the province. A little intimidating but you really get to see the forms up close and personal. |
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shakuhachi
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2004 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Some of the other styles of Gumdo/Kumdo are more like Kendo and it is points based hitting your opponent with a bamboo sword. |
Kumdo is Kendo. The Japanese taught it to the Koreans during the period of Japanese influence there. Kumdo is simply Kendo pronouced in the Korean way. |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2004 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| Some of the other styles of Gumdo/Kumdo are more like Kendo and it is points based hitting your opponent with a bamboo sword. Haidong doesn't teach you to get points...it teaches you to cut someone in half... |
I think Kumdo and Haedong Kumdo are both beneficial for learning to cut someone in half. Obviously, Haedong Kumdo allows you to use a live blade (but only for advanced students of course), but Kumdo/Kendo conditions you for actual fight with a real opponent, with focus on footwork, position, technique, and timing as simulated in one-on-one contact combat. I think both arts add something important that the other is lacking in. Personally, I love smacking people with a stick, and it's a great (and exhausting) physical workout. Haedong Kumdo looks cool and I'd love to try it sometime, but it doesn't look very exciting. But then again, I don't really know much about it. Someday I plan to learn Iaido to learn how to use a real sword. Iaido isn't a contact art either, but it just seems really cool.
I'm doing Kumdo now, and I plan to continue for years to come. It's not all done with a bamboo swrod, either. There are some things which can be done with either a wooden sword or a real steel sword (but not a live blade, unless you are alone). The equipment is pretty expensive, but it's worth it IMO. Here are some basic costs that I paid for Kumdo (not Haedong Kumdo):
40,000 uniform
20,000 bamboo sword
500,000 set of armour (after 2 or 3 months)
60,000-70,0000 monthly course fee (5 days a week)
30,000 promotion test fee (about once every two months)
Kendo/Kumdo:
Haedong Kumdo:
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