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**Gastonleruanich** · 08-11-2006, 11:47 AM

BTW - I am not advocating inclusion of kendo in the Olympic games. Far from it, I am against it, as is almost all Korean kumdo-in's I speak with. I am just an interested observer, watching this play out and speculating.

I'm not sure how big WKC is in Korea, outside the kumdo community. We tend to have a warped sense of this, since we are a "captive audience," as the old saying goes. Maybe someone who is living in Korea can answer. Kumdo tournaments weren't even televised on a regular basis until fairly recently, and they certainly didn't have any kumdo-only facilities when I was living there. When Koreans swept the Korea-Japan University competition recently, first time ever in its 30+ year history, it hardly got a mention in the local news media.

08-11-2006, 11:47 AM	#30
Gastonleruanich Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 592 Senior Member	BTW - I am not advocating inclusion of kendo in the Olympic games. Far from it, I am against it, as is almost all Korean kumdo-in's I speak with. I am just an interested observer, watching this play out and speculating. I'm not sure how big WKC is in Korea, outside the kumdo community. We tend to have a warped sense of this, since we are a "captive audience," as the old saying goes. Maybe someone who is living in Korea can answer. Kumdo tournaments weren't even televised on a regular basis until fairly recently, and they certainly didn't have any kumdo-only facilities when I was living there. When Koreans swept the Korea-Japan University competition recently, first time ever in its 30+ year history, it hardly got a mention in the local news media.
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