Hwa Rang Do

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There are a lot of controversy surrounding this art but I think this is very unbiased explanation of the art.

http://www.answers.com/topic/hwa-rang-do?method=22

[MMA_Fan]

Yes, I've heard different things about HRD through some ex-students. Pretty wild stories. Not sure what to believe.

[Slashmire]

Never heard of it (or maybe just slightly), but judging from the article, the "controversy" doesn't seem to have that big of an impact...

[NinjaMaster]

Here are the controvery stories.....

http://www.hwarang.org/ArticleContent.html

http://www.dsystem.com/response.htm

http://www.hwarang.org/Contemporary.html

http://www.hwarang.org/Personal.html

And to be fair, of course:

http://www.hwarangdo.com/judical.htm

http://www.hwarangdo.com/philosophy.htm

http://www.hwarangdo.com/publicnotice.htm

[MMA_Fan]

It's sad that once friends/teachers/students have turned against each other like that and display all their dirty laundry in world wide web for the whole world to see. It makes both sides look bad.

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I know most of those people mentioned in both sites. Since I do not know the exact details I can't really say one way or another for certain.

The art of Hwa Rang Do is awesome and the skills of those who taught HRD are unmatched. All other political stuff, just please it at the door.

[Slashmire]

Well that's actually good to know. Would you qualify Hwa Rang Do as a class apart, or does it look like other arts/techniques?

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Some people might argue but there are always some similarities and overlaps between many different arts - especially if you go back the lineage, there are always some connections that may explain the similarities.

[ungraspable]

I haven't heard about it either until now. That's strange, the person they credited for starting this does not even exisist

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Originally Posted by ungraspable

I haven't heard about it either until now. That's strange, the person they credited for starting this does not even exisist

What do you mean? Who's the one who started it?