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**ceagsoosy** · 03-14-2006, 08:00 AM

Kent, that's easy. Because they enjoy the game and want to keep a foot in it. Because physical training helps you stay young. Because they are needed to train others.

Charlie, I appreciate your points, but none of the benefits you cite are unique to kumdo. I can get the same sense of hard work and triumph in the face of a challenge from boxing, a sport that is far less subjective and much less metaphysical than kumdo.

Durrell, you don't have to have a podium finish to enjoy a shiai. I've never gotten a medal. I made the quarterfinals in Cleveland (lost after a minute of encho, GAHH! FRUSTRATING!), but that's the farthest I've ever gone in a tournament. You don't see me dropping the game. Anyone who would do that doesn't really love kumdo in the first place. I like to win, but it's not like I go hang myself for losing.

Jerry, I really appreciate your understanding and that you make room for me to have my own opinions. Just so we understand each other, I'm not exactly speaking from ignorance. I got my shodan in a Japanese dojo before I switched to Korean kumdo. I speak Japanese and have lived in the country. I have read Hagakure, have read Go-Rin-No-Sho, have read the Lone Wolf & Cub series (that's half a joke). Never read the Shambala guide, but I have read This Is Kendo, Complete Guide to Kendo and Secrets of The Samurai. Point is, it's not like I haven't been exposed to the ideas you are bringing forward. It's more that, I've been exposed, considered them, and found that it ain't for me.

That being said, I *have* had the experience of being bowled over by 7-dans using invisible semme. So I know there's something to it. . .

03-14-2006, 08:00 AM	#21
ceagsoosy Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 409 Senior Member	Kent, that's easy. Because they enjoy the game and want to keep a foot in it. Because physical training helps you stay young. Because they are needed to train others. Charlie, I appreciate your points, but none of the benefits you cite are unique to kumdo. I can get the same sense of hard work and triumph in the face of a challenge from boxing, a sport that is far less subjective and much less metaphysical than kumdo. Durrell, you don't have to have a podium finish to enjoy a shiai. I've never gotten a medal. I made the quarterfinals in Cleveland (lost after a minute of encho, GAHH! FRUSTRATING!), but that's the farthest I've ever gone in a tournament. You don't see me dropping the game. Anyone who would do that doesn't really love kumdo in the first place. I like to win, but it's not like I go hang myself for losing. Jerry, I really appreciate your understanding and that you make room for me to have my own opinions. Just so we understand each other, I'm not exactly speaking from ignorance. I got my shodan in a Japanese dojo before I switched to Korean kumdo. I speak Japanese and have lived in the country. I have read Hagakure, have read Go-Rin-No-Sho, have read the Lone Wolf & Cub series (that's half a joke). Never read the Shambala guide, but I have read This Is Kendo, Complete Guide to Kendo and Secrets of The Samurai. Point is, it's not like I haven't been exposed to the ideas you are bringing forward. It's more that, I've been exposed, considered them, and found that it ain't for me. That being said, I have had the experience of being bowled over by 7-dans using invisible semme. So I know there's something to it. . .
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