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the way of the sword) is a modern Korean martial art. It is derived from kendo, the Japanese martial art. [1] Its name is also spelled Kǒmdo, Keomdo, Gumdo and Geomdo. Kumdo, commonly translated as ''the way of the sword'', encompasses a variety of sword-based martial arts rooted in both Korean and Japanese traditions.
A number of modern Korean martial arts have been influenced by Japanese styles in the 20th century, while the older arts were influenced by the Chinese, which becomes obvious in the Muyedobotongji. Myung Jae Nam however wanted to create a true Korean sword art without any foreign influences.
Taekkyon is acknowledged as one of the oldest martial arts of Korea. [11] Song Deok-gi was the last Taekkyon Master of the Joseon dynasty. [12] On June 1, 1983, Taekkyon was made the Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea No. 76 by the South Korean government. [13] [14] It is one of two Korean martial arts which possesses such a ...
In the mid 1950s, it became the basis for the martial art taekwondo when the Korean Nine Kwans united. In contemporary context, many Korean martial arts entities continued to use Tang Soo Do to preserve the elements of Korean martial arts that evolved from the original nine kwans' karate roots and were lost in transition to taekwondo.
Kumdo, the Korean version of sword martial arts, established in 1895. After the end of Japanese rule in Korea in 1945, there was a patriotic tendency to avoid Japanese martial arts in favour of historical, native traditions, and a number of explicitly "native Korean" styles have become current in South Korea during the 1970s to 1980s.
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Kwang Jang Nim Han-young Choi was born in Kyongkido, Korea December 11, 1935. He began his formal martial arts training at the age of four, instructed by his father (Chun-san Choi) and his uncle (Man-san Choi), in 1939 to learn his family's martial arts system, a system based on stepping, spinning, and jumping.