In recent days, Master Jang Baek San passed down a martial art to Mr Jeong-Ho Kim, beginning in 1961. Mr Kim modernised 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 Seocho city 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 10,000 competitors from 14 countries participated. From July 25th to 27th in 2004, The 2004 World Haidong Gumdo Championship was also successfully held with 10,000 competitors from 31 countries.
Currently, Haidong Gumdo is one of the World’s fastest growing martial arts with a million practitioners and over 1,300 training centres in 50 countries.
