Hapkido Dans

[Hapkido Panama Kid]

Well

 

here i brought you the info of the belts or dans of Hapkido

 

First

 

-White Belt

 

-Yellow Belt

 

-Yellow Belt (2nd dan)

 

-Blue Belt

 

-Blue Belt (2nd Dan)

 

-Blue Belt (3rd Dan)

 

-Red Belt

 

-Red Belt (2nd Dan)

 

-Red Belt (3rd Dan)

 

-Black Belt (1st Dan)

 

-....and so on

 

here's a chart who shows the belts's colors in order

 

http://img81.exs.cx/img81/7189/beltchart7rr.jpg

 

And also i wanted to ask a question...if you are practicing hapkido I believe you can answer this.... in what belt are you?

[tufrthanu]

Well at the school I went to they only had 6 belts:

 

White

 

Green

 

Blue

 

Red

 

Brown

 

Black

 

Dan ranks are for black and above. Below that they are called Gups. I only took it for several months but I was promoted to white/green stripe.

[ramonnavarro123]

Hi HapKiDo Panama Kid and all.

I am glad that you are motivated and have your HapKiDo spirit groing strong and I want to correct you some if you mind, ok !

When color belts are expressed they are called Gups not Dans.

So in the correct naming of the ranks it is like this:

First

-White Belt 10th & 9th Gup are mixed into one stage here !

-Yellow Belt 8th Gup

-Yellow Belt (1 Stripe) 7th Gup

-Blue Belt 6th Gup

-Blue Belt (1 Stripe) 5th Gup

-Blue Belt (2 Stripes) 4th Gup

-Red Belt 3rd Gup

-Red Belt (1 Stripe) 2nd Gup

-Red Belt (2 Stripes) 1st Gup

-Black Belt (1 White Stripe) 1st Dan

-Black Belt (2 White Stripes) 2nd Dan

-Black Belt (3 White Stripes) 3rd Dan;

-Black Belt (4 White Stripes) 4th Dan it is the last rank in Black Belt that we use stripes in Song Moo Kwan HapKiDo and is also the first level the student is now a Teacher or can be.

-Black Belt (5th to upper Dan levels do not use stripes)

HAP

[tufrthanu]

Ramon do you do Song Moo Kwan hapkido or Song Moo Kwan Taekwondo?

[ramonnavarro123]

Hi and be blessed tufrthanu

I do Song Moo Kwan HapKiDo, why ?

HAP

[tufrthanu]

Because Song Moo Kwan was one of the 5 original Taekwondo schools in korea and I just wondered since you gave that as the name. I currently do Song Moo Kwan TKD...the traditional stuff...its nice.

[lapulid2]

there are fourteen belts in my school. too many colors to name, and about four stripes per belt. progression is relatively quick through the belts and if your thinking about saying that its for the money...all belts are free and there are no testing fees.

[ramonnavarro123]

Hi and be blessed tufrthanu

You are right about your TaeKwonDo explanation and it is correct about TKD thought in HapKiDo for Song Moo Kwan hapKiDo is that it is based in the natural of the style for the person to use its nature as a human being as nature is, its grouth becomes movile and even with the changes it goes beyond the need for one to defend against an attack that the person as a martial artist and that the person style according to Song Moo HapKiDo is to be able to change in accordance to de situation even it not mattering what is the matter of the situation and the person applying Song Moo HapKiDo then can take advantage of the situation and the changes that accur wich are basically the disturbance of peace.

This is by applying the 3 HapKiDo principles that are yu, won and hwa or flow, circle and harmony !

There for our Style school is Song Moo Kwan HapKiDo and it means : The Green and Alive School of HapKiDo Martial Art or The Natural Martial Art of HapKiDo.

HAP