In case somebody practices Kendo...
I’m selling my old bogu (kendo armor) on Huuto.net:
It has been gathering dust for last couple of years, and now it looks like I won’t be making a kendo comeback because I’m quite taken with Haidong Gumdo. Besides, it is better to de-clutter since I’m moving soon.
I originally bought the bogu back in 1999 when I was practicing Kendo in Helsinki University Kendo Club.
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Conferences this fall
Looks like 2008 is forming up to be a quite busy conference year, at least looking at my Dopplr page. Here are the events I'm speaking (or performing as is the case with Haedong Kumdo) in this fall: Aug 2nd: Haedong Kumdo Seminar in Mayo, Ireland: part of the Finnish team Aug 9th - 10th: aKademy in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium: Location-aware...
Weekend of Haedong Kumdo
Grand Master Kim Jeong Seong of the United World Haedong Kumdo Federation visited Helsinki last weekend to hold a seminar on Korean traditional swordmanship. The weekend was a very interesting combination of various sword forms, two sword sparring and cutting and control exercises. We also held examinations for various belt levels, where I attained 1st keub (red-black). Our instructors Jose...