Hwa Rang Do Grandmaster Taejoon Lee's Gumtoogi Highlights

This video is some highlights of Grandmaster Taejoon Lee performing Gumtoogi Techniques.

This dynamic weapon fighting method is unique to Hwa Rang Do. This new opportunity for weapon fighting owes much to Grandmaster Taejoon Lees groundbreaking invention of the Hache Hogu (Leg Protector) armor, as an attachment to traditional Kumdo & Kendo body armor, which allows legal strikes to legs for points as well as implementing rotational strikes.

For Hundreds of Years, Kumdo and Kendo Fighters have followed a strict tradition of fencing, restricting attacks to the head, body, wrists and throat

Gumtoogi is a ground breaking evolution in Eastern Sword Fighting Philosophy. Innovated by 8th Dan Grandmaster Taejoon Lee, this new application of Sword Fighting is the first in history to include leg strikes into the Kumdo/Kendo format, completely changing the way two warriors face off against each other. Gumtoogi is also the only Sword Fighting System that matches competitors with different sword types against each other; from long swords, short swords, twin swords, and many other weapon combinations to come.

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• kendo
• kumdo
• weapon fighting
• sword fighting
• samuraitaejoon
• lee
• hwa rang do
• hwarangdo
• martial art

[SaviorRebirth]

This is really interesting. I do kendo and naginata, In naginata, we use sune-ate for shin protection which is also a valid score if struck. I feel like adding the Hache Hogu and sune-ate and maybe knee pads would be a good thing for the sport of kendo/kumdo. This would allow for more targets making the art a lot more fun. Then maybe elbow pads and extra neck protection to truly allow for some full contact shiai.

[LeeDynasty2007]

Awesome !!!