Hapkido effectiveness

[UseoForce]

I train in Combat Hapkido, and my favorite thing about it is that I learn everything from wrestling double-legs to Muay Thai elbows to Tae Kwon Do kicking to JJJ to BJJ...

I learn a diverse curriculum because there is a time and place for everything.

I personally don't do much high kicking because I'm just not a natural kicker, I prefer boxing, infighting (elbows, gouges, knees...), and grappling.

That doesn't mean other people shouldn't use them, and that doesn't mean I shouldn't learn them. My instructor is a great high kicker, and he'd be stupid not to use them.

[Kajukenbopr]

It all depends on how you are taught,and how you train for the street.

dont think a collar grab is all you're going to see on the street, or a very slow punch that "may" hit your chest.

Train for every possible situation, collar grabs,throws, defense agains various punches, how to apply locks , how to kick, how to block kicks, how to take down kicks, etc...

Farang Mu Sul was born from Hapkido,and it is an art I see as pretty effective on the street, I think Hapkido has great potential as a self defense art.