HK articles in Budoka 2010.pdf
Text: Maddie Iginla
Korean swords Art, Haedong Kumdo 1st Nordic Championships in Helsinki.
Brief explanation
Haedong Kumdo is a Korean dynamic swords art, which can be said to consist entirely of the three kinds of main schools as followings:
■ wesu kum Ryu ( use one hand )
■ Ssang Su kum Ryu ( use both hands together)
■ Ssang Kum Ryu ( use both hands seperately)
Finland currently affects two haedong Kumdo-union, including the United World Haedong Kumdo Federation (UWHKF) will start in both two-swords and one-sword system in the basic training course.
Championships
The 1st Haedong Kumdo Scandinavian Open Championships were held on September 18th in Helsinki, Töölö Sports Hall.
We were honored by very talented participants from Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Excellent performances of one and two swords kumbups, sparring and cutting were shown, as well as demonstrations by the Swedish and Finnish teams.
Grandmaster Kim Jeong Seong with HK National Reps have been overseen the whole time from the beginning to end. Main purpose of this HK Champ was, of course, have fun together with other competitors and to measure with their own skills and development.
All competitors were well prepared and showed their best skills of HK, for the enjoyment of fellow HK practitioners and the audience.
Indeed it was obvious that there has been much development of skill among all of the participants and we can expect us all to keep developing our skills even more for the coming Eurpean HK Championships held in Greece next year.
Now a lot of tips and guidelines for recycling in Athens next year will be taken advantage for 2011 first EU HK Champ.
Hopefully,
all European HK nations will be plentifully present in Greece 2011 to strenghten our brotherly Spirit.
Practice
Currently Under UWHKF's haedong kumdo can practice in Finland Helsinki, Vantaa, Iisalmi, Kotka, and Pori. Www.miekat.fi site for additional information on training. Children's classes are currently only in Helsinki. There is no age- limitation workout!
Grandmaster Kim Jeong Seong
Grandmaster Kim Jeong Seong is a two-sword haedong Kumdo Ryu' founder.
Grandmaster Kim, 53, lives in Busan, South Korea, and manage there own Dojang and United World Haedong Kumdo Federation union activity. He, however, travels around the world to grow and teach haedong Kumdo-family. This year, he was in Finland for the third time .
Grandmaster Kim is training himself to hard: his daily routine at the place around top of the mountain close to home and there's the great outdoors to practice. Knowing the natural energy and continuous development of human being are the grand master Kim's main priorities through the haedong kumdon training.
He is still also very technically accurate and develop the substantiated and natural on the direction of the exercise on the basis of its experience.
Grandmaster Kim remind and culturvate himself so that he can continue to meet a new day as a novice as a general HK trainee.
The natural way of living
A nine-day visit to Finland during the Grandmaster Kim talked about a lot in a natural way of living and instantly. 19.9. he gave a lecture hall Töölö on "Spiritual Growth through Haedong Kumdo" (spiritual growth through haedong kumdo).
The lecture was given by the grand master that nature and the human link between the ubiquitous energy and how we can learn about this energy by practicing relaxation and concentration as well as clearing our minds even to the thoughts. Such exercises should be part of all levels haedong Kumdo-workout.
Importance of a good quality of life is to keep your body healthy and live a high moral standards in our daily lives, Grandmaster stressed. He also showed a good example in the correct functioning of the entire duration of their visit by helping to simple tasks such as cleaning up and washing dishes or giving his views on metaphysical subjects. Grandmaster Kim also performs Needle and herbal treatments, massage which he offered to everyone who tried out.
it all seemed to be as important and valuable for him.
We conducted a good back yet, and such kind of stuffs which is lectured and stressed by GM Kim should be applied in practice and workout at the gym or at home.
Also, spiritual development is important for trainees haedong kumdo.
Developing our spiritual selves should be a very practical and natural way of living, helping others in whatever way we can.
Results
September 18th 2010
Haedong Kumdo Scandinavian Open Championships results:
Sparring color belt
1. Markus Karppinen (FIN)
2. Maddie Hentunen (FIN)
3. Niklas Eklund (FIN)
Sparring black belt
1. Daniel Jansson (SWE)
2. Sami Tiainen (FIN)
3. Mikko Huttunen (FIN)
Paper cutting GUP
1. Kofi Hudson (FIN)
2. Janne Mi (DK)
3. Sakari Kukko (FIN)
Forms 1 sword GUP
1. Tarja L�s�(FIN)
2. Iris Mononen (FIN)
3. Jaakko V�rynen (FIN)
Forms 1 sword 1. dan black belt
1. Bj�n Johansson (SWE)
2. Martin Viksten (SWE)
3. Tiina N�i (FIN)
Forms 1 sword 2.-3. dan black belt
1. Robin Pettersson (SWE)
2. Tomi Saarinen (FIN)
3. Mikko Huttunen (FIN)
Forms 2 sword GUP
1. Tarja L�s�(FIN)
2. Jaakko V�rynen (FIN)
3. Maddie Hentunen (FIN)
Forms 2 sword 1 dan black belt
1. Tiina N�i (FIN)
2. Bj�n Johansson (SWE)
3. Sami Tiainen (FIN)
Forms 2 sword 2.-3. dan black belt
1. Tomi Saarinen (FIN)
2. Robin Pettersson (SWE)
3. Andreas Watkinsson (SWE)
Straw mat cutting 1. dan black belt
1. Tero Heikkinen (FIN)
2. Bj�n Johansson (SWE)
3. Juha Lepist�(FIN)
Straw mat cutting 2.-3. dan black belt
1. Tomi Saarinen (FIN)
2. Robin Pettersson (SWE)
3. Daniel Jansson (SWE)