Atten: Kumdo students and people interested in Kumdo

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I've been hovering around these boards for some time now. You see, as a newbie kumdo student, I went searching for kumdo forums and didn't find any...well, any in english anyways. But I did come across this great kendo forum. For a newbie, trying to learn all that was kendo was hard. I was trying to learn kumdo terms, forms, etc. and also kendo terms, forms, etc. on this forum. Therefore, I never even bothered joining the discussions here. I felt I had nothing to say since I really didn't even know half of the terms used in the discussions. =/

So due to this and the lack of an online kumdo community (in english) I took it upon myself to make a kumdo community/forum. (www.kingdomfighter.com) Please understand that my intentions for this forum and this post is not to steer members away from this forum, but to guide newbie kumdo students to the sport and to acknowledge that kumdo and kendo are the same sport. I hoping for a kumdo community to be able to coexist and acknowledge kendo for what it is and not let korean nationalism (drop all that kumdo vs kendo nonsense) affect this sport we all love and share.

Help: Additionally, I want to ask kumdo students for assistance in making this community work. There is not much content and very few members, but the beginning is always hard. I think with enough ambition we can build a great online kumdo community (in english of course! =]).

Kumdo Community http://www.kingdomfighter.com
All are welcome - students of kumdo, kendo, fans, etc.

[slidercrank]

Must I register first just to view the messages? Sometimes I'd like to be able to browse and lurk for a while before registering for a board.

[Miravil]

Must I register first just to view the messages? Sometimes I'd like to be able to browse and lurk for a while before registering for a board.

Same here.

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ok i turned that off. =] had it on because ppl complained that they couldn't find the register link. =/

visit...not much content yet though.

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switched servers...and gotta reload the database (all member info, etc.)...everything will be back to normal by tomorrow

thanks,
steev

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fixed! sorry about that. everything is working now. register today =]

[Alex]

Checked out the forum. Hope it goes well for you.

This is a question for those doing Kumdo. (i.e. clubs that refer to themselves as Kumdo rather than Kendo.)

1. How many Kumdo clubs belong to the IKF affiliated federation in your country, wherever that may be?
2. How many Kumdo clubs don't belong to any particular federation?
3. How many Kumdo clubs belong to the recently formed World Kumdo Association?
4. how many Kumdo clubs belong to some other organisation?
5. Is there a noticeable increase in the number fo Kumdo clubs in your country?

The reason I ask is because the WKA seems to be innactive, but recently there have been a number of articles in Japanese magazines about it and the great Olympic question.

Without wanting to start another kumdo vs kendo squabble :dead: , any comments on the status quo would be welcome.

Thanks for your input. :cheerful:

Alex

[taiwnezboi]

My kumdo dojang is affiliated w/ the KKA (Korean Kumdo Association) and the EUSKF I believe (Eastern United States Kumdo Federation).