So what is kumdo and what will I be studying?
There are two main styles of Kumdo, martial and competitive. Our dojang combines the competitive style of kumdo with iaido, a japanese sword drawing style. We feel doing so gives the practitioner a more complete understanding of the application of movements. Kumdo is practiced under a very rigorous set of rules which will be strictly enforced.

We'll be honest with you, kumdo training at the very beginning can be extremely monotonous with a lot of repetition of only a few very simple, basic movements. But it's these basics of kumdo that are vitally important to the foundation of kumdo skills. And it's because of this that beginning students spend so much time on them. Kumdo doesn't really get fun until students reach a level of proficiency where they can wear the hogu and fully participate in every aspect of class.

Beginners can expect to join the group in basic warm-ups, and then one of the instructors will take the new students off to one side to give more focused instruction on the basics. This allows for everyone to work on the skills they require. For newbies, this could mean various things such as proper stances, proper grip of the mok geom (wooden sword/bokken), swinging the mok geom, foot movement, and eventually body movement while swinging the sword.