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Since I'm new around here, and I don't see another thread in here like this, what kind of Hapkido do you train in and what is it like?
For myself, I am learning Sin Moo Hapkido which is Ji Han Jae's system that he brought to America in the early 1980's. We do a good mixture of kicking, striking, and self-defense oriented escapes, wriste locks, joint manipulations, and throws. Our curriculum also has a strong personal development side to it, where we work on breathing excersizes and meditation aimed at enhancing our own strengths and the strength of our techiques.
Disclaimer: This is not meant to be a "my Hapkido is better than yours" post. I just haven't had a lot of exposure to Hapkido styles outside of Sin Moo and would like to learn more.
I do Duk Moo Hapkido which is an academy which our grandmaster in korea set up while training in the first seoul dojang. We do kicking and self defence techniques mainly aswell as throws and joint manipulation etc. we are the only hapkido school in Britain recognized by the Korean Hapkido Federation
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I have limited hapkido experience, I just have a question in regards to the different branches of Hapkido. I was told that the founder of hapkido had like ten masters who all went out and formed their own federations. Is there any relevance to this.
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could be il have to check up on it, ill ask my master coz he loves to talk about hapkido lol hapkido was only really officially established in the 1950's due to the japanese controlling martial arts at the time then when korea split the first dojang in seoul was set up and i know my grandmaster was on of the first followers so it could be true
I can't tell you exactly what kind it is. All my instruction is credited to a 9th Dan TKD (8th Dan Hapkido) and a 4th Dan TKD. I know that the 4th Dan has gotten some influence from a different 9th Dan in TKD as well as Combat Hapkido. However, the specific style is lost to time.
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my experience in hapkido is limited. i dont remember what org my Grandmaster is from that i got private lessons. his style had one form to learn an in that form was the foundation for all the techniques you learn. it uses alot of stand up grappling and throws, takedowns, joint manipulations and the kicks are executed similar to tang soo do
the second style of hapkido i took is affiliated with a Kanbukan tang soo do organization. the kicks in that school are done no higher than waist level an in addition to the techniques i learned in the first school, this one does alot of weapons like knife, sword, and bo staff
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I have limited hapkido experience, I just have a question in regards to the different branches of Hapkido. I was told that the founder of hapkido had like ten masters who all went out and formed their own federations. Is there any relevance to this.
That question usually opens a big old can of worms.
The founder of Hapkido is generally considered to be Choi, Yong Sul. He brought the core of the system (Daito Ryu Aiki Jujitsu) from Japan back to Korea. His students learned that and then many of them branched off to add other techniques and concepts and it was all eventually called Hapkido.
The founder of Sin Moo Hapkido (the system I train in), Ji, Han Jae, will tell you that he did the most work to get the name Hapkido recognized as a specific art, but there are also people who say they train in only what Choi taught and that is the true Hapkido, and then there are systems put together by Choi's other students as well.
I'm only 1st Dan, so I just train. I don't presume to judge the value of what others train in without trying it out for myself, but the above is what I have heard.
I study Shinsei Hapkido "The Holy and True Way." I am an orange belt. It's basicly like other Hapkido styles but it teaches low kicks to the shins and things also.
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I study Shinsei Hapkido "The Holy and True Way." I am an orange belt. It's basicly like other Hapkido styles but it teaches low kicks to the shins and things also.
A Korean Martial art founded by a conservative Christian from Goergia.
Excellent.
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The hapkido my master studied involves a lot of low leg kicks and kneeing to the quads as well.
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The hapkido my master studied involves a lot of low leg kicks and kneeing to the quads as well.
No no, only Karate for Christ guys have the where-with-all to add low kicks to fighting. The Koreans certainly wouldn't have known to do this prior to 1982.
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