Middle leather (of the jukdo)
The junghyeok (중혁) is the middle leather of the jukdo, the bamboo sword of kumdo. It helps bind the bamboo slats and, together with the tip leather (seonhyeok), bounds the valid striking area.
How to say it
- Korean
- 중혁junghyeok
- Spanish
- Cuero del medio del jukdo
- English
- Middle leather (of the jukdo)
- Japanese
- 中結なかゆいnakayui
Junghyeok (중혁), literally the "middle leather", is the leather strip in the middle of the jukdo (죽도), the bamboo sword of kumdo. Some English-language kumdo pages spell it "joonghyuk".
- Place in the jukdo: the jukdo is assembled from four bamboo pieces, the tip leather (seonhyeok, 선혁), the junghyeok, the back cord (deungjul, 등줄) and the handle leather (byeonghyeok, 병혁).
- Function: the seonhyeok, junghyeok and byeonghyeok are the three leathers that hold the bamboo together. The junghyeok keeps the slats from spreading between the two fixed ends, and its position shows where the striking area ends.
- Striking area: a strike scores only when it lands between the seonhyeok and the junghyeok. This part is called the gyeokjabu (격자부).
- In competition: a Korean source says referees often warn when the junghyeok comes loose or moves out of position during a match.
- Assembly and care: it is tied around the deungjul, with the rough side of the leather facing out. It is the first part loosened when the jukdo is taken apart. A jukdo with a damaged or loose junghyeok is to be avoided. Makers use cowhide.
- Japanese equivalent: a Korean kumdo vocabulary page links it to nakayui (中結).
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