Kumdo
| Spellings | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 검도 |
| Hanja : | 劍道 |
| Revised Romanization : | Geomdo |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kŏmdo |
Kumdo (also Gumdo and the like) is a Korean sword - martial arts . Historically, according to the main organ of Kumdo, the Korea Kumdo Association , it is derived from Kendō . Behind the use of the term “Kumdo” instead of “Kendō” and the renaming of the hit zones in Korean terms is the translation into the local language. Geom means sword, just like the Japanese term ken .
Korea was part of the Japanese Empire from 1910 to 1945 . Towards the end of the 19th century , a forerunner of Kendo ( Gekiken ) was introduced in Korea. Geomdo has been used since the early 1920s. In 1935, the first kendō competitions were held on Korean soil in Seoul as part of the 16th National Joseon Sports Festival.
The hit surfaces are the same as with the Kendo: head, stomach flanks, wrists and neck.
There are no forms of their own ( kata ), so the kendokata is practiced . For Korean Dan exams, it is necessary to master the Nihon-Kendō-Kata, which is why this is also taught and practiced in Korean Geomdo- Dojang .
Geomdo fighters also compete in today's kendo competitions because it is ultimately the same martial art.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hendrik Rubbeling: Taekkyon - Like water and wind . Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2017, ISBN 978-3744896818 . P. 109