Bamboo sword
The jukdo (죽도) is the bamboo sword of kumdo. It is made of four bamboo slats bound with leather and is used in partner practice and sparring in armor.
How to say it
- Korean
- 죽도jukdo
- Spanish
- Sable de bambú
- English
- Bamboo sword
- Japanese
- 竹刀しないshinai
Jukdo (죽도, juk “bamboo” + do “sword”) is the Korean name for the bamboo sword used in kumdo. It is a key element of partner practice, which is done wearing armor (hogu, 호구).
- It is made of four slats of bamboo tied together with leather straps.
- Its main parts are the seonhyeok (선혁, leather cap at the tip), the junghyeok (중혁, middle leather), the byeonghyeok (병혁, leather around the handle), the deungjul (등줄, string along the back of the sword) and the kodeungi (코등이, guard).
- A strike scores only when it lands on the part between the seonhyeok and the junghyeok (gyeokjabu, 격자부).
- The Korean Kumdo Association (대한검도회) sets a maximum length of 120 cm for university students and adults, 117 cm for high school students and 114 cm for middle school students.
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