Haedong Kumdo: Traditional Korean Sword Art

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While the popular Korean martial arts like taekwondo and tang soo do have spread around the world, generations of warriors have quietly practiced more traditional Korean Combat arts, preserving centuries old techniques in virtual secrecy. Now, you can discover what few people outside of Korea know-the rich tradition of Korean warrior arts like ssireum, kumdo and archery. Each tape in this continuing series gives you a rare glimpse of thetechniques, history and philosophy of an art through the words and actions of its masters. Kumdo encompasses practice with both the wooden training sword and the forged steel sword. On this tape, both types of practice are demonstrated by some of the top Kumdo practitioners in Korea. Using the wooden sword, the masters demonstrate training exercises, basic skills and combat drills with a partner. They then progress to more intricate sequences of cuts with the live sword blade, including fascinating demonstrations of cutting prowess in which bamboo is sliced and candles are extinguished with masterful speed.

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1. History
2. Fundamentals (cuts and footwork)
3. Breathing Exercises (helps develop chi for powerful strikes)
4. Stances
5. Mixture of things (bowing, withdrawing sword, grip, shaking blood off the sword, etc)
6. Basic Techniques (10 of these - various strikes, angles of strikes, and combinations)
7. Forms (4 forms were demonstrated)
8. One-on-One Practice (against another opponent - with wooden swords)
9. Demonstrations (of power & speed - cutting canes, hay, fruit, putting out candles)
10. Classroom Practice (shows different scenes from an actual class)
11. Interviews (with different masters - including a couple of females!)

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