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**rXpX** · 12-30-2009, 11:26 PM

As it seems the latest in korean swordmanship has yet to be treated in this forum. So here goes Hankumdo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drCP8_9NUco
hankumdo exams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7j_o72BqXA
hankumdo warming-up

Hankumdo is a Korean sword-art where the basic techniques are based on the letters of the Korean alphabet, Hangul.
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This art was developed by the late Myung Jae Nam, the first plans to teach his sword techniques as a separate art emerged in 1986. Hankumdo was first made public during the 3rd International H.K.D Games in 1997.
Master Myung wanted to develop a sword-art that would be truly Korean and easy to learn by everyone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankumdo

This guy also created Hankido.

Hankido is a relatively new hapkido style, developed by the late Myung Jae Nam.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankido

12-30-2009, 11:26 PM	#1
rXpX Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 614 Senior Member	Hankumdo! As it seems the latest in korean swordmanship has yet to be treated in this forum. So here goes Hankumdo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drCP8_9NUco hankumdo exams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7j_o72BqXA hankumdo warming-up Hankumdo is a Korean sword-art where the basic techniques are based on the letters of the Korean alphabet, Hangul. [...] This art was developed by the late Myung Jae Nam, the first plans to teach his sword techniques as a separate art emerged in 1986. Hankumdo was first made public during the 3rd International H.K.D Games in 1997. Master Myung wanted to develop a sword-art that would be truly Korean and easy to learn by everyone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankumdo This guy also created Hankido. Hankido is a relatively new hapkido style, developed by the late Myung Jae Nam. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankido
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