Welcome to Canadian Haidong Gumdo Association Homepage
Haidong
Gumdo is the ancient Korean martial art of sword fighting. During the
Goguryo Kingdom , his apostles a martial art based on the ideas of
patriotism, filial piety, respecting the elderly and executing
righteousness. Among them, the outstanding ones were called Samurang
and they were always at the front line of the battle against injustice.
The true principle of Haidong Gumdo is to execute justice with the
'sword light' that is obtained at the break of day from majestic and
brilliant sunlight that glows over the east sea. In recent days, Master
Jang Baek San passed down a martial art to Mr. Jeong-Ho Kim, beginning
in 1961. Mr. Kim modernized the art and established his dojang in Ahn
Yang city on July 24, 1982. On April 10th, 1984, he founded the Korean
Haidong Gumdo Federation in the Seocho district of Seoul and
established the World Haidong Gumdo Federation on November 25, 1996. On
July 23, 2002, the first World Haidong Gumdo Championship was held in
Yong Pyung stadium in Kang Won Province. Over a 10,000 competitors from
14 countries articipated. Currently, Haidong Gumdo is one of the
world's leading martial arts with a million practitioners and over 500
training centers in 50 countries.
Canadian Haidong Gumdo Association
The Canadian Haidong Gumdo Association is a sub-organization of the World Haidong Gumdo Federation. Established in 1996, there are few dojangs located across the country. We are proud that the sword masters of the Canadian Federation dojangs have been known as the best instructors of art. Also, many Canadian practitioners have been taking active roles as the leaders in the international Haidong Gumdo communities.