Original sentence: Kumdo is a modern martial art of fencing, the Korean equivalent of Japanese kendo.Kumdo uses Korean language terminology exclusively, though much of it is cognate with the original kendo terms.Military life during this period allowed Japanese peasants a means of social mobility they otherwise would not have, as they could aspire to be elevated to samurai class and status before the Edo period.Other scholars regard it as being a Korean version of Japanese Kendo, with almost all kata, techniques, rules and regulations identical between the two.The name means "the way of the sword," and is a cognate with the Japanese term.These ancient arts are not popularly considered to be ancestors of kumdo, though some kumdo scholars, including those at the Korea Kumdo Association, believe ancient Korean fencing as outlined in a Silla dynasty book known as Bonguk Geombeop (本國劍法; Korean Sword Method) was the basis of all modern two-handed sword techniques.This belief is not commonly held outside Korea.This work was based on earlier Ming and Joseon texts including Qi Jiguang's Ji Xiao Xin Shu, the Muyejebo, and the Muyesinbo and incorporates known Chinese and Japanese martial arts and weapon techniques.Toyotomi Hideyoshi, born a peasant, was even able to become the ruler of Japan
Edited sentence: Kumdo is a modern martial art of fencing.Kumdo uses Korean language terminology exclusively.Military life during this period allowed Japanese peasants a means of social mobility they otherwise would not have, as they could aspire to be elevated to samurai class and status before the Edo period, and even hegemony over Japan, as with the example of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.The name means "the way of the sword,".The term is often mistaken for a Korean kendo, but the origin of the term derived from old Chinese book 漢書藝文志.This work was based on earlier Ming and Joseon texts including Qi Jiguang's Ji Xiao Xin Shu, the Muyejebo, and the Muyesinbo and incorporates known Chinese martial arts and weapon techniques