Haedong Gummu(sword dance)

Haedong Gummu was created through my longtime sword training. I added some Korean traditional rhythm to make our mind and body feel alive and fresh. All the generations may train themselves as well as enjoy themselves by practicing it.

Haedong Sword Dance was first shown in the seminar in Busan, Korea on October 21st in the year of 2000. It was taken out a patent (patent number. 25960). It was named "Kim Jeongsung's Haedong Sword Dance." A book with illustration will be published in about several monthes. I wish more people could enjoy this training.

If you train your mind and body steadily according to your level, you may get to feel a subtle change in your own way. That is, you can feel your body more energetic and your mind free from worldly things.
When you practice this sword-dance with all your heart, you can feel your energy rise up all over your body. This is the one of reason why practicing sword and sword dance. Long practicers may enjoy by oneself to feel and know the softness and smoothness of this as well as sensible energy flowing in our soul.

It's the same as the one of Korean ancestors being enjoying!
Isn't it wonderful to enjoy it by something to special which we can feel or by developing good coordination and strong body, etc.?
The movements of Haedong Sword Training look soft and weak but hard and active. It seems like a simple gymnastics to outsiders but it's not true. It's out of fixed way and move as natural flow of spirit. According to your training year and level, you may show your own peculiar movements. There is a combination between silent movements and slow breathing through concentrating on only one thing.

<<In the midst of being silent, your consciousness get more clear and you can concentrate easily. When you move, you can be more smooth, elastic and powerful through managing your consciousness.>>

Body itself was up to mind, and mind controls the energy of body. Then the energy leads the movement of body. Through this process, our body and sword will make one and there will be soft and elastic power of life there. It is just art, power, and beauty itself. It's my wish that more people feel, recognize, and get this wonderful thing and then make their body and mind developed. At the first step, you can activate your spirit by practicing 'Ki-Mu'(ki means energy and mu means dance). It helps you practice sword in the next step by making your body exciting, smooth and elastic.

＊＊ The movements of sword dance has its origins in Haedong Sword Training.

A. Ki-Mu: basic posture

1st style, 2nd style, 3rd style, 4th style, free style

Ki-mu is a kind of dance expressing one's spirit. If you concentrate your own spirit softly, there will be a peculiar flow of spirit. And you can move your body according to the flow of spirit. At this moment you can move your body unconsciously.
You can enjoy this movement if it is combined with our traditional rhythm. You can enjoy it more according as how much unconsciously you can be immersed in it and how well you can combine your breath and movements. And the more excitedly you get involved in, the more fun your body and mind get.

Ki-Mu(ki means energy and mu means martial affairs) is also called spirit martial art. To practice this, you should concentrate your spirit strongly. Your hard concentration make your spirit flow strongly, and you have to feel the strong spirit.
As soon as you feel your strong spirit, your body will be moved unconsciously. Similarly you can enjoy this art more if it is combined with Korean traditional rhythem.

B. Gummu

* pose in a sheathing
1st style, 2nd style, 3rd style, 4th style, free style

*pose when draw
1st style, 2nd style, 3rd style, 4th style, free style

C. Gyukummu(sworddance which some swordmen puting together looks like fighting to the music)

Two or more people are needed to show this. It looks wonderful with more than four swordmen. They may feel the flow of their spirit and do Ki-Mu and Gummu to the Korean traditional music excitedly.

D. Ssanggummu(double-sworddance)

It is a creative sword show to practice Haedong Ssang Gummu based on Haedong SsangGumbub(techniques to use doublesword). It takes pretty long time to be able to do this because they have to use two swords at a time. Using two swords may be a little confusing and hard at first, but experienced swordmen will be easily accustomed to it soon. Above all, two swords in both hands can not be incomparable excitement to one sword practice. I really wish I could share this wonderful experience with more people.