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**texprofi** · 08-11-2006, 05:30 AM

Ben,

Good points - the competing WKA organization is filled with politically minded Koreans who I believe are incredibly short sighted, and yes, the IKF did have them in mind when they made this move. As a side note, some of the guys in WKA don't even practice kendo/kumdo - they are the remnants of the old guard who are lobbied to have tae kwon do included in the Olymics. The Korean Kumdo Associatio (KKA), which is a part of IKF, is definitely opposed to the WKA.

Having said that, I understand that the GAISF meeting in Seoul this past spring ended with IKF deciding to go for inclusion in the Universiad Games - this is basically the college olympics. Perhaps this is a move to ensure amature competition and keep money out of it. But once in GAISF, I think it will be hard to prevent movement toward Olympics, and IKF must see that.

This leads to an interesting question - at some point in the future, are we going to see a splinter group emerge from the kendo community some changes will be hard to swallow for certain factions within the IKF?

Hmmm... doping and kendo. Ineresting visuals here...

08-11-2006, 05:30 AM	#24
texprofi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 556 Senior Member	Ben, Good points - the competing WKA organization is filled with politically minded Koreans who I believe are incredibly short sighted, and yes, the IKF did have them in mind when they made this move. As a side note, some of the guys in WKA don't even practice kendo/kumdo - they are the remnants of the old guard who are lobbied to have tae kwon do included in the Olymics. The Korean Kumdo Associatio (KKA), which is a part of IKF, is definitely opposed to the WKA. Having said that, I understand that the GAISF meeting in Seoul this past spring ended with IKF deciding to go for inclusion in the Universiad Games - this is basically the college olympics. Perhaps this is a move to ensure amature competition and keep money out of it. But once in GAISF, I think it will be hard to prevent movement toward Olympics, and IKF must see that. This leads to an interesting question - at some point in the future, are we going to see a splinter group emerge from the kendo community some changes will be hard to swallow for certain factions within the IKF? Hmmm... doping and kendo. Ineresting visuals here...
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