elfboy
25th September 2003, 04:07 AM
For a while, I've wondered about the clothing aspect of both Kumdo and Kendo. Whereas the basic Kendo uniform is the keikogi and hakama, which was worn as typical clothing way back when, Kumdo seems to have something completely different, the white uniform with the black embroidery or something like that. After looking around Mingshi's excellent 12th WKC picture site, I saw this picture of what appeared to be an official on the Korean delegation with an interesting uniform variant. http://www.geocities.com/wkc12pic/prep02.jpg
I'm talking about the man on the left, bending over to inspect the boxes of Kendo equipment to the left of the picture. He seems to be part of the Korean team, but he's wearing a dark green keikogi with what seems to be a Korean flag pinned on and a white hakama. Hm... never seen this before! Seeing as I don't know too much about kumdo, what is the significance of this outfit? I would be curious to know as to what extent the differences in fashion is between Kendo and Kumdo. And in the future, will Kumdo retain its Japanese influence right down to its uniforms or has traditional Korean design, such as the dobok worn on chusok, the Korean thanksgiving, start to influence it?
Just a silly thought. When Korean thanksgiving comes this time of year, I can't help but think of kimchi :D. Happy chusok to you all!
I'm talking about the man on the left, bending over to inspect the boxes of Kendo equipment to the left of the picture. He seems to be part of the Korean team, but he's wearing a dark green keikogi with what seems to be a Korean flag pinned on and a white hakama. Hm... never seen this before! Seeing as I don't know too much about kumdo, what is the significance of this outfit? I would be curious to know as to what extent the differences in fashion is between Kendo and Kumdo. And in the future, will Kumdo retain its Japanese influence right down to its uniforms or has traditional Korean design, such as the dobok worn on chusok, the Korean thanksgiving, start to influence it?
Just a silly thought. When Korean thanksgiving comes this time of year, I can't help but think of kimchi :D. Happy chusok to you all!