Hapkido

[Arys]

What do you think of Hapkido as a Combat Art? Good on the streets? Or just good in the dojo?

[Venezolano]

Good in movies.

[Karateka_latino]

My TKD instructor also did Hapkido.. he test it in a real situation once and it worked.

 

Just make sure to find a good school.

[martialartsresearcher]

Yes. A good school is always more important then a particular style. Just my to cents. see ya.

[Davison]

depends on the person who studys it and who teaches it.

[White Warlock]

Agree with Davison.

 

It is very hard nowadays to judge a system's effectiveness, as very few people are 'pure' in their training and what they apply in a confrontation has a lot to do with their state of mind and upbringing.

 

Hapkido offers some very effective concepts. Sort of like an aikido course on steroids (that isn't necessarily a good thing btw), with a few kicks added in. I did not study in hapkido, only witnessed training sessions. A person with a good mindset could apply it effectively as a means of self-defense.

[sano]

nope aikido has to be the fakest martial art style. come on focus your ki into the throw. that's silly man try any other combat art mostly boxing or maybe judo. but any style jackie chan uses stay away from it. why do you think they say in aikido they don't compete in combat sports? because it will not work. too dangerous my eye.

[White Warlock]

Well, i'm going to have to say you're well full of it there sano. Aikido is exceedingly effective when you are restricted by laws. I used aikido techniques almost exclusively during the years I worked in a psychiatric emergency room. It is, hands down, the best way to handle a physical confrontation while not doing harm to your adversary (or, in this case, patient).

 

And, as for aikido not entering into competitions, that has far more to do with the philosophies so intrinsic to this system. Without attempting to sound trite, i recommend you actually take a moment to understand what it is you 'think' you are talking about.

 

Cheers friend.

[SevenStar]

sano is insano.... don't mind him.

And, as for aikido not entering into competitions, that has far more to do with the philosophies so intrinsic to this system. Without attempting to sound trite, i recommend you actually take a moment to understand what it is you 'think' you are talking about.

 

I'm not sure about that one - judo is a "gentle" art, based on kano's pacifist nature, yet and still it's also a combat sport. I view aikido as a viable art, but I don't see why it's philosophies prevent it from being used in competition.

[White Warlock]

Well, Ueshiba wasn't merely a pacifist... he was an Omoto-Kyo priest, a relatively young religion that is part neo-shintoism and part sociopolitical idealism. Given this understanding, aikido became Ueshiba's means to communicate a belief system of harmony with the force and principle of nature.

 

When you consider this, you realize that aikido was intended to be the vessel by which those not in harmony would be brought into harmony via unification.

 

I.e., someone attacks you and you become friends and at peace with this person who had previously attempted to take your life, by guiding him and redirecting him, and in the end preserving him. So... to compete is to voluntarily enter into disharmony.

 

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