Kummooyeh – Cutting:
- Cutting demands precision, focus and co-ordination to succeed. It is an opportunity to test your techniques with a real blade and a target that will expose your ability, (for better or for worse).
Kummooyeh – Sparring
- Sparring is a combat exercise that draws upon all of your training. With only moments to react against an attacking opponent, your sword techniques must be precise and swift , your body balanced and strong and your mind clear and brave.
Kummooyeh – Archery
- Archery is an exercise in focus and ritual. Only using traditional Korean horse-bows, it’s up to the practitioner to master a perfectly consistent shot cycle and a razer honed focus to control an arrow in flight
Kummooyeh – Patterns
- A sword pattern is a choreographed sequence of stepping and sword movements. Not only does this exercise give flow and context to the various techniques in the style, it’s a personal exercise in perfection. From the weight distribution on your feet, to the tightness of your fingers, these multiple details cultivate a heightened awareness of your body, and focus to your mind.
Kummooyeh – Meditation
- Meditation is a personal exploration for emptying cluttered thoughts, bodily and spatial awareness. While this is practiced is almost all parts of the curriculum, Kummooyeh dedicates special attention to honing these skills with a moving meditation
Grading Examination Criteria
Keub(level)
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Belt Color
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Sword |
Sparring Pattern
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Cutting Pattern
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Free Sparring |
Combination Strikes
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Subsidiary Techniques |
Head strike
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Push-ups
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7 keub
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Yellow
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Ssangsoo No. 1 |
No. 1
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No. 1
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attacking only
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Combination strikes
No 1: arm, head & retreat-arm No 2: arm, head & retreat-body No 3: head vs body No 4: arm, head & (spinning)body No 5: arm, head, body & (spinning) thigh |
Bahl-kum & Chac-kum (No.1~3) |
50
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10
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6 keub
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Green
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No. 2
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No. 1
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No. 1
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1 vs 1
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Bahl-kum & Chac-kum (No.1~5)Korean archery (2 out of 6 arrows, 10m distance) |
100
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20
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5 keub
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Blue
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No. 3
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No. 2
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No. 2
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1 vs 1
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100
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20
|
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4 keub
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Purple
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No. 4
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No. 2
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No. 2
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1 vs 1
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100
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20
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3 keub
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Brown
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No. 5
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No. 3
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No. 3
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1 vs 1
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Korean archery – 3 out of 6 arrows on target Candle extinguishing Meditation(Kicheon) |
120 |
30
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2 keub
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Red
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No. 6
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No. 3
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No. 3
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1 vs 1
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120
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30
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1 keub
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Red & Black
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No. 7
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No. 4
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No. 4
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1 vs 1
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120
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30
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Chodan Bo
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Black+ W stripe
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No. 8
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No. 4
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No. 4
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1 vs 1
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150
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50
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Kummooyeh Instructing Experience
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Black Belt
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No. 1-8
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No. 1-4
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No. 1-4
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1 vs 1
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All striking techniques
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All techniques above
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200
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50
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