This is a video taken to check my technique last year. It shows the Wae Geom (Japanese Seord) form of Yu Pi Ryu which is one of the 4 Wae Geom documented within the Korean military manual Muyedobotongji published in 1790.
How 4 Japanese Sword styles ended up in the Muyedobotongji is murky, but we do know that they’re credited to a Korean Military Officer Kim Che-gun (김체건) who is said to have learned these in Japan during the reign of King Sukjong (숙정, who reigned 1674–1720). It is documented that the Japanese Sword (Wae Geom) was demonstrated at the Korean court in 1690 so the forms has had to be picked up sometime before that but exactly how they were acquired and under what circumstances we do not know.
The version I demonstrate in this clip is the Kyeongdang version which is a reenactment or interpretation of the material in the Muyedobotongji done by Grandmaster Lim Dong Gyu (임동규). It’s kinda like HEMA (Historical European Martia Arts) if you’re familiar with that but in this case it would be HAMA (Historical Asian Martial Arts). Note that I’m not very skilled and that I’m only a coloured belt so this should be taken with a load of salt :-)
Doing great! Keep it up. I personally have not much experience with weapons, so am impressed by your efforts!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind encouraging words :-D
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