ok, i've been reading up on diff dojang sites on kumdo to see if there's a diff. but it seems that one is just korean and the other japanese. My curiousity is, a lot of Kumdo sites states it started in korea then spread to japan..so just wondering if it's true. If not, and it is japanese orientated (which i always thought) Why would they change the name of it to Kumdo?? Wouldn't that be like me taking Karate and giving it a diff name just because i speak a diff language? just curious...i hope i don't get flamed on if this is a dumb quest.