Hon Sang Mu Sa Hapkido

[Sho-ju]

Hon Sang Mu Sa Hapkido, anyone seen it?

[miguksaram]

Hon Sang Mu Sa Hapkido, anyone seen it?

 

Do you know the founder's name or what organization it is under?

[Chris from CT]

I believe Hon Sang Mu Sa Hapkido is a cross between Kosho Ryu Kempo and Hapkido. Hon Sang Mu Sa Hapkido generally means Old Pine Tree School Hapkido. It was founded by the Peaceful Warriors Institute in Canada and I believe they are the only school that is teaching it as of right now. That's about all I knows.

 

Take care

[Sho-ju]

I believe Hon Sang Mu Sa Hapkido is a cross between Kosho Ryu Kempo and Hapkido. Hon Sang Mu Sa Hapkido generally means Old Pine Tree School Hapkido. It was founded by the Peaceful Warriors Institute in Canada and I believe they are the only school that is teaching it as of right now. That's about all I knows.

 

Take care

 

That's exactly it. Have you ever seen it done before? (that was my next quesiton) Is it traditional style hapkido?

[Chris from CT]

That's exactly it. Have you ever seen it done before? (that was my next quesiton) Is it traditional style hapkido?

 

No, I haven't seen Hon Sang Mu Sa Hapkido in action, but I do have a basic understanding of Hapkido and Kosho Ryu Kempo. Both rely on natural laws and principles to manipulate an attacker. Granted, in certain areas they go about it differently, but similar none-the-less and effective. I feel it would be very cool to see in action. Is it traditional form of Hapkido? No, it's not.

 

Take care

[miguksaram]

Interesting. I am a student of both and I must say that it is an interesting concept but pretty much the same thing just Kempo has forms. My teachers are good friends and they always joke Kempo=Japanese Hapkido and Hapkido=Korean Kempo. I say if you have a chance you should study it.

[Sho-ju]

Interesting. I am a student of both and I must say that it is an interesting concept but pretty much the same thing just Kempo has forms. My teachers are good friends and they always joke Kempo=Japanese Hapkido and Hapkido=Korean Kempo. I say if you have a chance you should study it.

 

I'm doing cane with with the instructor. I have a bad ankle which got me thinking about the future. The doc tells me I'll be on a cane for certain. Not to mention I just broke it a couple of months ago when I did tap from an ankle lock...thought I had time to work out of it.

 

Here's the link: http://www.thepeacefulwarriors.org/

Edited November 4, 2003 by Sho-ju

[Sho-ju]

I'm going to try a hapkido class this Friday night. I have a judo and karate background and was invited out to a throwing class. What type of throws are done in hapkido? Are they most wrist lock throws? I'm used to bomb'in folks with full shoulder or hip throws, can these be found in hapkido?

[Sorynn]

I'm used to bomb'in folks with full shoulder or hip throws, can these be found in hapkido?

 

I think the answer is "yes."

 

I used to study Judo as a teen, and I am a beginner in Hapkido. We had to learn 5 throws for our first test. Each one had a Judo equivalent, except the hand placement was slightly different. We had to perform a shoulder throw (similar to ippon seinoge), hip throw (similar to ogoshi), sacrifice throw (similar to tomenage), major leg reap and leg sweep (do not remember the names in Japanesse).

 

It may depend on the Kwan of the school, but I would guess many of the Judo throws you have learned have Yudo and Hapkido equivalents.

 

Having said that... my instrutor has used me to demonstrate some of the more advanced throwing techniques to the class because I can breakfall relatively well. Some of those wrist throws and elbow hyperextensions will be entirely new to me when we get there.

[Sho-ju]

I liked the style. It was a very basic class on throwing but it was taught well. I also bought a cane masters cane and love it. Its very heavy, hard wood. I should be going back down to train soon.