Individual match
The one-on-one format of kumdo competition, as opposed to the team format. It is normally decided over three points (3판 승부), and the first to score two within the time limit wins. An extension (연장전) is played if undecided.
How to say it
- Korean
- 개인전gaeinjeon
- Spanish
- Competencia individual
- English
- Individual match
- Japanese
- 個人戦こじんせんkojinsen
Gaeinjeon (개인전, «individual match») is the format of kumdo competition in which two competitors wearing protective gear (호구, hogu) face each other and score by striking or thrusting at set targets with the bamboo sword (죽도, jukdo). It is distinct from the team format (단체전, danchejeon), in which individual matches are fought in a pre-set order and together decide the team result.
- Three points: the individual match is in principle decided over three points (3판 승부, sampan seungbu). The first to win two points (판, pan) within the regulation time wins.
- One point at time-up: if only one competitor has scored a point when time runs out, that competitor wins.
- Extension: if no winner is decided, an extension (연장전, yeonjangjeon) is played and the first to score wins.
- Targets: strikes to the head, wrist and waist, and a thrust to the throat.
- Tournaments: a Korean national championship for company teams ran its individual events by dan grade (3rd to 6th 단, dan) alongside five-person and seven-person team events, all by knockout tournament (토너먼트, teoneomeonteu).
- International championships: the world championships of the International Kendo Federation include men's and women's individual divisions. Each member organization may enter up to four competitors per division. In the preliminary heats of the 19th edition the match time was 4 minutes, and an undecided match was declared a draw.
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