1st Day

Warming up and stretch
Sword nomenclature
Brief history of Gumdo
How to greet (bow)
Sword etiquette
Read vocabularies list and FAQ's
Gi Ma Se (horse riding stance)
Dojang 10 commandments

2nd Day

Jung Myun Begi (Straight Cut)
Bal Do (Drawing the sword)
Chahk Gum (Sheathe)
Dahn Jun breathing

3rd Day

Jua Wu Begi (Left and right cuts)
Sahm Dan Begi (Triple cuts)
Gae Oon Gi Gong (inner strength development)

4th Day

Hury Begi (waist cut)
Gwang Jah Begi
Ban Jang (Dan Gong training)

5th Day

Dae Do Se
Front and back cuts in Dae Do Se

6th Day

Dok-lip Se (golden rooster stance)
Start the candle practice

7th Day

Ja Yuon Se (natural stance)
Moving in Ja Yuon Se

8th Day

Cuts while moving in Ja Yuon Se
Yi Uh Begi (continuous cuts)

9th Day

So Do Se
So Do Se straight cuts
Front and back cuts in So Do Se

10th Day

Jo Chun Se

11th Day

Ji Hah Se

12th Day

Review and general checkup
Blowing out one candle with sword

Curriculum

Training Duration

Basic Training
S sang Soo Gumbup #1
Gyuk Gum #1

2~3 months

Ssang Soo Gumbup #2, #3
Gyuk Gum #2, #3

2~3 months

Ssang Soo Gumbup #4, #5
Gyuk Gum #4, #5

2~3 months

Ssang Soo Gumbup #6, #7
Gyuk Gum #6, #7

2~3 months

Ssang Soo Gumbup #8, #9
Gyuk Gum #8, #9

2~3 months

Ssang Soo Gumbup #10, #11
Gyuk Gum #10, #11

2~3 months

Ssang Soo Gumbup #12
Gyuk Gum #12

2~3 months

Shim Sang Gumbup #1 ~ #4
Gyuk Gum #13 ~ #16

2~3 months

Dan (Rank)

Cirruculum

Training Duration

1st Dan

Yedo Gumbup #1 ~ #9

~18 months

2nd Dan

Bon Guk Gumbup #1 ~ #4

~32 months

3rd Dan

Bon Guk Gumbup #5 ~ #7

~48 months

4th Dan

Jang Baek Gumbup #1 ~ #4

~60 months

5th Dan

Jang Baek Gumbup #5 ~ #7

~72 months

6th Dan

Haidong Gumbup #1 ~ #7

7th Dan

Um Yang Gumbup #1 ~ #7

8th Dan

Ssang Gumbup #1 ~ #7