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**trorseIrripsy** · 08-24-2006, 08:00 AM

sorry i have to put this in the spotlight but wat are the advantages/disadvantages between kendo and kumdo ? my korean fellow kendoka, who sometimes go to a kumdo dojo says kumdo is much better than kendo, physical strength and stamina...you can pick up much faster in kumdo. i guess this can be reflected with guys practising kumdo who came 1st in kyu level and 2nd in dan level in the aust kendo championships. With this in mind, could you really say that they are the same ? Like a red apple and green apple, taste different but gives you same vitamins in the end

Heya Pokie...
Well.. no offence... but from the sound of this... you are interested in kumdo then kendo.. Why dont you think of that kendo and kumdo is the same.. but just different style and have different ideas on what Kendo/kendo is about. If you prefer full on shiai style.. why not kumdo then.
Even though the people who came first in the kyu grade.. and the other person 2nd in the dan level are from kumdo... who didnt you think that in the kyu grade... 2nd, 3rd are all from kendo.. and 1st and 3rd are from Kendo in the dan grades...
I was there at the National Comp.. and was fighting agaisnt the guy who came first in the kyu grades in the semi finals... I do admit that he was quick.. but that is only on kotes... Also... if you think in a kendo rules.. on one is not allowed to give pointer from any one, like "look for his kote" and "take notice of his men" which his sensei/master was doing (heard from a korean friend who was there watching) so it all comes from different style you prefer....

08-24-2006, 08:00 AM	#31
trorseIrripsy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 415 Senior Member	sorry i have to put this in the spotlight but wat are the advantages/disadvantages between kendo and kumdo ? my korean fellow kendoka, who sometimes go to a kumdo dojo says kumdo is much better than kendo, physical strength and stamina...you can pick up much faster in kumdo. i guess this can be reflected with guys practising kumdo who came 1st in kyu level and 2nd in dan level in the aust kendo championships. With this in mind, could you really say that they are the same ? Like a red apple and green apple, taste different but gives you same vitamins in the end Heya Pokie... Well.. no offence... but from the sound of this... you are interested in kumdo then kendo.. Why dont you think of that kendo and kumdo is the same.. but just different style and have different ideas on what Kendo/kendo is about. If you prefer full on shiai style.. why not kumdo then. Even though the people who came first in the kyu grade.. and the other person 2nd in the dan level are from kumdo... who didnt you think that in the kyu grade... 2nd, 3rd are all from kendo.. and 1st and 3rd are from Kendo in the dan grades... I was there at the National Comp.. and was fighting agaisnt the guy who came first in the kyu grades in the semi finals... I do admit that he was quick.. but that is only on kotes... Also... if you think in a kendo rules.. on one is not allowed to give pointer from any one, like "look for his kote" and "take notice of his men" which his sensei/master was doing (heard from a korean friend who was there watching) so it all comes from different style you prefer....
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