Hmm. My advice would be to (politely) decline. There's a few things here that leap out at me along those lines....
Hi.
Recently my senior instructor came to me asking me about my previous instruction in sword.
How much instruction did you have, in what, and with who? How long did you study?
I am a second degree black belt and kyo sa nim (certified instructor).
But that's not in the sword-work, is it? That's in the Tang Soo Do you train in, yeah? I'm just trying to get a gauge on the context of the ranking... it's showing your position in your current school, correct?
My instructor wants me to start a sword program at our school, and honestly, I don't have enough training to develop a complete sword program at our school.
Good! The best reason not to do it!
I know a few forms in the style of Moo Jung Gumdo and the rest of my training was in the style called San Ryu Do, which was taught by a man who turned out to be a fraud.
Er... yeah... I've had a look around for this Moo Jung Gumdo, and, honestly, I'm coming up short in anything showing any basis in any sword system at all. From what I've seen, it's part of the "OMAC" (Oriental Martial Arts College), a group founded by a "Supreme Grandmaster" Choi, who is said to have been trained in "Gumdo" (no particular style, always a warning sign), but there's no mention of where, when, how long, what ranking etc... all his credible training seems to be in TKD (with some interesting stories, to say the least...). Even if there's some credibility to the system, learning "a few forms" isn't anywhere near enough to have any real basis in understanding a system, which I'm sure you know, hence the question here. But the point is, if your training consists of a questionable modern system, some small parts of another fairly unknown one, and naught else, I cannot recommend strongly enough that you decline the offer to create a sword syllabus.
I have had some students approach me about wanting to start sword training, and I don't know where to start.
Again, good! Another good reason not to teach sword!
You can only learn so much from YouTube, so I turn to you out there in the weapons community... What should I do and where should I go in Pittsburgh, PA, to learn more to bring back to my students?
Uh, no. You can't learn anything from you-tube. Trust me on this. I train in 5 different sword systems, some of which are heavily represented on you-tube, and I can tell you that you cannot learn from watching the clips at all. In fact, it's deeply, desperately, deplorably obvious when someone tries. One example that comes to mind is a very experienced martial arts instructor, a person who has spent decades training in Japanese arts, including sword, who put up a clip of himself and a senior student performing the first kata from a very well known system that I have some experience in... everything he did showed that he had never learnt the art itself, the kata was missing some major aspects, there was no understanding of what he was doing, the distance was completely wrong, his targeting and cutting mechanics didn't fit the system, and more. When this was brought up, a senior student of his tried to defend it to me, telling me that "he was taught by a master of this Ryu!"... uh, no, he wasn't. He copied a you-tube clip.
When it comes to where to look in Pittsburgh, honestly, it's not looking hopeful. I tried a number of permutations in search engines, and didn't come up with anything (current). There used to be a Tenshin Ryu, but they don't appear to be there anymore... the only things I found were, well, far from legitimate. One of the worst offenders being the "Traditional Martial Arts Society", who get everything wrong in terms of terminology and authenticity... they claim to "preserve the original combat techniques of the samurai"... no, what they do has nothing to do with actual traditional Japanese martial arts... best avoided, really....
Any and all help is appreciated!
Chodancandidate
To be blunt, the study of sword is dangerous... and, if you're unsure about your ability to teach it, don't teach it. The study of sword is important... it teaches tactics, principles, distancing, and a very serious mindset... if you don't know how these manifest, don't teach it. The study of sword has meaning... it has no practical application in a modern world, so it has to be studied with a reason... if you don't know what those reasons are, don't teach it.
Most importantly, if you don't know sword, don't teach it.
Decline. Politely.