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Richard, > > It's also something of a joke that Judo became what was described in Seoul Olympic brochures as the ancient Korean art of Yudo, and Shotokan karate became the ancient Korean art of taekwondo, both during the 1950s-1960s. I just hope Kumdo does not go further down the same embarrassing route.<< It's a sad thing. I might as well say that American Indians invented kimchi; I'd be be as truthful (and as believable) as the people you are talking about. Another analog is the person in Denmark (or somewhere up north there) who "rediscovered" ancient viking fighting arts and is now trying to teach it as a living art. Yeah, we know vikings used swords and axes -- just as Koreans used swords -- however, any borrowing from extant arts, or reading ancient texts and attempting to interpolate them into a "system" is ludicrous. The Tower of London has done something similar in revisiting old texts and working out the moves for a living history exhibition -- but at least they don't try to portray it as a system that has been passed down. We've discussed the "Koreanification" of Japanese budo before -- it looks like, due to a deep inferiority complex, they now wish to say kendo was invented in Korea. The sad part is that in the 1950s and 1960s, we Americans didn't know better -- we didn't know about the Shotokan connection (and *my* instructor said "Karate NO good!" there's a last laugh!). Since then, we've learned our history quite well -- uncovering many "gildings of the lilly" as we researched. Fool us once, shame on you; fool us twice, shame on us. Guy
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