Do you KNOW HAEDONG KUMDO? (via: @haedongkum @seum_haidonggumdo/IG )
YOU MAY EVEN THINK THAT THIS MARTIAL ART WHERE THIS YOUNG MAN HAS TO CUT PAPER PRECISELY IS VERY OLD, BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT IT IS QUITE RECENT, BECAUSE WHAT THESE PEOPLE AT THIS ACADEMY ARE TRAINING IS CALLED HAEDONG KUMDO, WHICH IS A KOREAN MARTIAL ART THAT EMERGED IN 1982, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF CREATING A CULTURAL RESCUE OF THESE SWORD TECHNIQUES THAT WERE USED BY SOLDIERS, HOWEVER WHILE ORIENTAL MARTIAL ARTS THAT USE SWORD GENERALLY PREPARE YOU TO FIGHT AGAINST JUST ONE OPPONENT, HAEDONG KUMDO WILL TEACH YOU TO PASS THE SWORD AGAINST MULTIPLE OPPONENTS, WITH A IMPRESSIVE PRECISION AND SPEED, BUT DON'T THINK THAT ON YOUR FIRST DAY OF TRAINING YOU'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE LONG, CURVED SWORD, NOT AT ALL, HAEDONG KUMDO STUDENTS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THESE VIDEOS FROM THE SEUM ACADEMY, TRAIN WITH THIS SHINAI SWORD, WHICH IS MADE OF BAMBOO, FOR TWO REASONS, FIRSTLY BECAUSE THEY ARE SAFER FOR BEGINNERS, AND SECONDLY BECAUSE THE WEIGHT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF A REAL SWORD, GENERATING A VERY REALISTIC SIMULATION.