Dear Folks:
I just thought I would mention that there may be some risk of playing a bit too fast and loose with the historical facts regarding the MU YE TOBO TONG JI and its KWON BUP material as relates to Korean traditions. I don't want to incurr "thread drift" here but would be willing to share some information based on my own research if people were interested. FWIW.
BTW: It also may be important to consider that a body of evidence suggests that the DAN BONG material practiced by most traditional Hapkido arts could easily proceed from the policing techniques of para-military organizations. I mention this because the techniques I am seeing in those clips provided do not work against an instructed individual with a sword unless the instrument being used has a ko-dung-i (lit: "guard") after the fashion of the Japanese and Chinese truncheons and "sword breakers" such as such para-military or police groups have used. FWIW.
Best Wishes,
Bruce
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