Haidong Gumdo Basics with Korean

[@intaherbalhealthcare7015]

Thankyou for you time and passion, this is a Fantastic teaching resource that you have been creating, this latest addition has helped me understand the content of the blue book so much more than the pictures and text, and our translations of it all. loving it. cheers

[@TheSwordLynx]

You are most welcome!

[@stormshadowctf]

Could you a demo on the stances from the side please

[@TheSwordLynx]

If I recall I go through the stances from the side in the more detailed basics series on the channel, though it is a lot more spread out.

[@taichiterryscott4146]

Thank you, this is so useful

[@TheSwordLynx]

I’m glad! I would have put the Hangul but the editing software didn’t accept it!

[@rahhh_rahhh21]

Thank you

[@TheSwordLynx]

You're welcome!

[@stormshadowctf]

Very helpful!!!!!!

[@rajeshkhilari]

What should be the dimensions of the sword ? I have 5 swords of 29" + 10" and 31" + 10". Each weighing 1 kgs. I find them very heavy for the manoeuvres they are meant for. Also, the length seems inconveniently long.

[@TheSwordLynx]

Standard length for an adult is 100cm or about 39 inches total. It’s a pretty standard length, though I prefer to practice with longer swords; my personal one is 42 or so inches.

[@ProCoder2007]

Thank you very much :)

[@TheSwordLynx]

My pleasure!

[@stormshadowctf]

Hai dong!

[@gbrkura4467]

Everyone should try it. He swings the sword with his legs wide apart parallel to his shoulders, but this is not useful in practice as he only swings the sword with his arms to keep his body from shaking. Because just by pushing his body with your fingertips, he falls backwards. Japanese samurai don't stand like this because it's practical. (You don't stand like this in any martial art) In other words, it's just a show.

[@TheSwordLynx]

I would agree that the sitting stance is not intended to be fought in, but it is a conditioning stance like it is in other martial arts like karate and taekwondo. The stance, when done correctly, is stable forward and back when you hunker down into it.

[@xinzeng-iq7zv]

what is this, diabl iii

[@DonHawkins-c6u]

I trained in Kenjutsu for several years with two different Ryu's. I was invited to observe a Haidong Gumdo class. I was thinking to myself they were doing it all wrong. I did some research into its history and later had a conversation with the Haidong Gumdo school's Master Instructor. I learned that they are two separate martial arts with separate linages. Comparing Korean Haidong Gumdo to Japanese Kenjutsu is like comparing Aikido to Aiki-jujutsu. "Do" is not the same as "Jutsu".

[@TheSwordLynx]

I think this also depends on the school and their focus. For example, I've watched iaido schools try to work on application and kenjutsu schools focus only on flourishes and aesthetics. It's true that the style itself dictates a lot about what it can be used for, but it isn't exclusive.

[@kinako_mochiko]

It's a shame that Korea is changing the name of Japanese culture such as Kendo and Katana. They should call it Korean Kendo, like Italian Kendo or American Kendo, or Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

[@TheSwordLynx]

There’s some truth to it, but Korean kendo is called Kumdo and has some small variance to it. There are certainly aspects of Japanese swordsmanship in Gumdo, but not necessarily kendo, which is more fencing based. At the end of the day, a sword is a sword.

[@kazzB]

please go to japan , then you will learn more real marshall arts because you are hOlding Japanese Katna.

[@TheSwordLynx]

I have been to Japan and have trained in Kendo and Iaido for years in addition to Gumdo. Each are valid martial arts in their own right for their own intentions.

[@lupimali9504]

@@TheSwordLynx 진실 : 해동검도는 무술인 나한일과 김정호가 1980년대 초에 창설했는데 후에 이 두 사람이 법정에서 이권 다툼을 벌일 때 고구려 사무랑이 사용했다던 검술은 사실 일본, 그것도 제2차세계대전 당시 군인들에게 검술을 가르쳤던 나카무라 다이사부로(中村泰三郎) 및 기타 일본 육군의 군도술, 혹은 그것의 영향을 받고 난립했던 60~70년대의 잡다한 한국 검술들을 보고 베낀 것임이 낱낱이 드러난다. 그러면서 대한검도회를 일본 쬭빠리라 비하하고 욕했다. 대한검도회를 중심으로 하는 한국의 검도는 일제시대나 해방 후 일본의 검도를 배운 이들이 도입한 무술이다. 그런데 여기서 또 웃긴 게 해동검도의 날선 비판에 자신들의 치부(일본의 것)가 공개적으로 드러나게 되자 80년대 이후 본래 일본의 기술이나 예법, 호구 등을 은근슬쩍 검도에 맞지도 않는 에 수록된 본국검법 등을 끌어다가 덧칠하는 짓을 벌이고 있다. 그러면서 어느덧 대한검도회의 검도는 일본의 검도가 아니라 본국검법, 더 나아가서는 화랑의 검법으로 둔갑해 있는 실정이다.

[@allanledner]

😅 *PromoSM*

[@gbrkura4467]

Laughable! Although the sword is being swung using an imitation of a Japanese sword, it is not the way a Japanese sword is used. In Korea, there were only Chinese straight swords, and the Japanese swords were imitations of ones sent from Japan.

[@TheSwordLynx]

If you look at the only sword Manuel we still have from Korean antiquity, the muyedobotonji, there are indeed straight and Japanese swords, but also curved swords. Whether historically they originated from Korea or evolved from another country has been debated without historical certainty.

[@Jaedeok82]

What an idiotic take. "They only used straight swords" isnt a statement anyone can make. Aside from historical examples proving this to be wrong, it's pretty daft to take a screenshot of a culture at one fixed point in time and apply generalizations that it was never any different than what was popular once.