In South Korea, two sword arts with claimed ancient roots — kumdo and haedong kumdo — have different ties with the nation’s martial past. Learn how they fit into Korean history, as well as that of Japan.
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Posted in Korean Martial Arts History.
Korean martial arts history has never been a simple matter. Many of its twists and turns resulted from the painful Japanese occupation that lasted from 1910 to 1945, but others stemmed from matters as mundane as the Korean-English language barrier. Meanwhile, practitioners and scholars have argued, struggled and fought about the evolution of the various
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Posted in General Martial Arts History, Hapkido, Hwa Rang Do, Korean Martial Arts, Korean Martial Arts History, Taekwondo, Traditional Martial Artists.
