Sword Fighting (Gumtoogi) - West Coast Hwa Rang Do's 2009 MUSA Challenge

[MrLeegene]

what would be considered a good leg strike. how do you get point in that area?

[murrell420]

i wanna learn 2 do this and compete where do i sign up? like seriously.

[WCHwaRangDo]

@murrell420 You can contact the West Coast Hwa Rang Do Acdemy (310)473-6233.

[TheRoeliskoel]

Interesting stuff. But i wouldn't rely to much on the attacks to the legs. While it would be effective, it also places you in a bad place against multiple attackers. it is a good technique but don't overuse it.

[COWSONRAMPAGE]

thanks for the description! learn alot it a small paragraph ! thanks

[BrianMX34]

1:42 complete ownage!!

[INSANEPAIN1]

this is interesting,i have been learning an art of sword fighting combineing teaching from different cultures ,i used tu go tu A.B tykwondo before it closed but this impresses me greatly =]

[Erik1495]

imagine instead of the bamboo katan thing a lightsaber!

[SnatchierRafael]

sweet

[capcomfan2010]

that was cool

[p4pkingpinMG]

this is awsome, can you strike the head?

[WCHwaRangDo]

@p4pkingpinMG Yes of course you can strike to the head. The same three areas as is in Kendo/Kumdo - center, slight right and slight left.

[tomurso]

While I am sure that Gumtoogi is a worthwhile endeavor & certainly appreciate your efforts to offer people an interesting approach to fencing, others before you have done the same. My post are not to discredit your style, only to help provide hopefully useful information as a fellow martial artist. Respect for all martial arts is needed in the JSA/KSA community & I wish Gumtoogi nothing but success

[tomurso]

Also, & "Gumtoogi...is the first in history to include leg strikes..." & "... is also the only Sword Fighting System that matches competitors with different sword types against each other; from long swords, short swords, twin swords..." is also not 100% true. Sports Chanbara (International Sports Chanbara Association) offers practitioners the chance to use the entire opponent's body as the target with a variety of padded weapons. Spochan was established in the 1970's & is practiced world wide.

[tomurso]

Unfortunately, your statement that "For Hundreds of Years, Kumdo and Kendo Fighters have followed a strict tradition of fencing, restricting attacks to the head, body, wrists and throat" is not accurate. Modern Kendo (All Japan Kendo Federation) current curriculum & regulations are less than 70 years old. Although Kendo is indeed older than 70, its rules & techniques have changed as it evolved.

[tomurso]

Is this Gekiken (撃剣), the precursor to modern Japanese Kendo (剣道) or Korean Kumdo (劍道)? If I am correct, leg strikes were part of the curriculum of Gekiken in both Japan & Korea around the early 1900's. Although today Kendo/Kumdo competitions do not allow for it, older techniques such as leg attacks & even grappling is still practiced by the police dojo/dojang in both countries.

[gungnir2357]

This must be one of the only places that still practices hardcore kendo/kumdo.

[TheSeparatist1]

Really liked video. Full power strikes head to toe.  Aggressive and decisive fighting. Best "kendo" video I've seen, although it's more like "kenjutsu sparring/kumite". Sport kendo is an insult to martial arts and the japanese sword. It's nice to see a group focusing more on fighting techniques.

[HeroOfXanadus]

huhhh..... very interesting... O_o

Kendo and Kumdo/Gumdo is the samething but this is really interesting.

like Kendo evolving mor branching off into other styles perhaps.

[WCHwaRangDo]

Yes, it is founded on kumdo techniques, but that's where it ends as gumtoogi allows for legs strikes which must be delivered from the one knee position as well as allowing spinning rotational cuts. If kendo and kumdo is like skiing, then gumtoogi is like snowboarding.

[white7shadow777]

Not for nothing but when you add a spin at such a close distance to your opponent you add more power and some speed but you waste time. It like closing your eyes for a few seconds. maybe this video was a poor example of the spin.

[Leondrian]

Very interesting stuff. Really like the idea of taking in leg hits. I'm into Historical European Martial Arts and trained for about 2 years now. I see a big difference in the fighting compared to ours. We have double edged blades which leads to two edges one has to be aware of at all times. As I'm not that familiar with your system, but I'm very curios.How is the matches judged?

Great intensity by the way. The most interesting Asian Martial Art I've seen.

Cheers

Robert

[WCHwaRangDo]

Thank you very much for your wonderful comment.

[dravenroughnecks]

I kind of use my own self taught method of kendo..

Im very quick and agile with the shinai but..

your in a professional environment as a training method should i train with something heavier then the standard shinai ??

[TheAmefist]

this actually isn't kendo; kendo is japanese this one is korean and I believe its called gumdo

[dravenroughnecks]

Oh really! i didnt know that :O

thanks for the info m8

[TheAmefist]

np haha

[skykicker1600]

were is your school located

[WCHwaRangDo]

Hi. Our academy is located at 11304 1/2 W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, Ca. 90064

You may call us at 310-473-6233 to schedule a trial class.

Thank you for your interest.

[1004w12]

Can you still feel the blows beneath the armor?

[WCHwaRangDo]

Well, you can feel the impact, but there's no pain. The leg is very well protected and will cause no injury or bruising.

[paziFISTs]

Nice.

Do you have throws ?

[WCHwaRangDo]

Thank you.

At first we considered sweeps and takedowns, but we have decided against it as it takes away from purity of weaponry and creates potential for unecessary injuries.

[marcomattiucci]

Leg strikes are a great opportunity in this kind of match and change the fighting strategies so much!

The Grand Master Taejoon Lee is great!

[blkbishop112]

That was pretty intense.

[MagicSlotMachine]

This was so awesome to watch live with the spinning, and leg striking.

[ws1984]

huh.....korean................­.........

[kayukayuthe5th]

like kendo huh?