[jarsbars]

...of course, it's hard to get a handle on things (IMO) when talking about the koreans and kumdo.

I always seem to run into countless variations of "kumdo federations" which SOUND like one big deal but can mean any number of little deals.
there's a "world kumdo federation"
there's a "united states NATIONAL kumdo federation"
there's a "united states WORLD kumdo federation" (which can't be googled, btw).
.. on and on and on...

It's very confusing.

Heck.. when I was doing taekwondo in college, the main instructor of the system (he was in NJ, we were in TN)'s last name was KUM. He has since changed the spelling (how? why?) to KAHM. He's also added the title "Dr." to his name .. but I digress.
He mixed some things he had learned over the years to call his own style "Sung Woo Do Kwan"... and then this later seem to morph into what became known as "Kum Do" ..and it was also known as "Royal Korean Karate"... and "Kum Do Tae Kwon Do" ... (confused yet?)...
Anyway, the got rid of the "Kum Do" name because it was said that he was getting slack from guys doing kumdo (or maybe it was the whatever-kumdo-federation).

My point is... I have a hard time trying to figure out who's who and what's what when it comes to kumdo schools and kumdo federations. NO OFFENSE TO ANY KUMDO PLAYERS ON THIS BOARD.

That said, I know that Mr. Park (in Atlanta) is a kumdo guy and he's definitely legit.