Haedong Kumdo: Korean Sword Martial Art
by Sang H. Kim
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Director: Sang H. KimBrand: Victor
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Korean (Original Language); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 60 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-09-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Turtle Press
DVD Reviews of Haedong Kumdo: Korean Sword Martial Art
DVD Review: Well done, interesting and well worth the price.
Summary: 5 Stars
Turtle press offers 2 DVDs of contemporary Korean sword arts (Kumdo and Haedong Kumdo). Kumdo is a sport which uses split bamboo poles for swords and requires heavy kendo-style protective gear. That style is in another video, Kumdo Kumdo: Sword Art. This DVD is about the other martial art, Haedong Kumdo, which is completely different. Haedong Kumdo uses both real metal swords and practice wooden swords. This is a practical art with military applications, which generates powerful strikes. In this video, Korean masters demonstrate breaking wooden poles using a wooden practice sword. No heavy protective gear is used, except for self restraint.
Some sword videos are boring. Not this one! This video is very professional, and almost looks like a documentary or infomercial with pleasing photography, narration, and background music. It includes stances and sword basics in an fast and pleasing way. This DVD also shows enough short clips from a Hedong Kumdo class to allow a potential student to see if they would like to take lessons. This video includes 4 forms, Shimsang Gumbup, Yedo Gumbup, Bonkuk Gumbup and Jangbek Gumbup. The Yedo Gumbuk and Bonkuk Gumbuk are different than the ancient Ye do and Bok Kuk Gum forms demonstrated in Ancient Korean Sword and Weapon Arts Korean Sword and Weapon Arts DVD. The forms, nevertheless, maintain the same gracefulness, circular motions, and train the body to generate enough power for practical sword defense, just like the original military forms. The video also shows cutting exercises, which demonstrate the practical power of these techniques. Combat practice further shows the practicality of these techniques.
The cover of the video is a little misleading, as the techniques in the video almost never require the low stances or the flexibility shown in the stance on the cover. This is a martial art that almost anyone can learn, and the participants in the tape include both men and women, and both young and old.
The video also includes material beyond sword arts, such as breathing exercises and demonstrations of Ki, which is believed to be an unseen energy within the martial artist. In one demonstration, a Korean master punches toward a lighted candle, but stops short of hitting it. His ki extinquishes the flame. Nevertheless, this 70 minute video is not only interesting, it still provides more than enough sword material to be worth more than its reasonable price.
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