Hapkido

[Dont call me Sir]

After 25 years in the arts (TKD, Judo, Muay Thai, Boxing, Kick Boxing, Aikido) I had my first taste of Hapkido (at a seminar) and loved every minute of it!

Hats off to you guys who study Hapkido, it's a great art and one that I'll definately take up in my next life.

DCMA.

[Kill Jill]

You mentioned that you already knew Aikido. Isn't it essentially similar? I just know that the circular movements of Aikido are typically larger than in Hapkido, but otherwise aren't the various components about the same? Do you think a black belt in Aikido should be allowed quick promotion in Hapkido too?

[Dont call me Sir]

In all honesty, Aikido was the one martial art that I didn't stick at. I only studied it for about 9 months, so didn't really give a fair go. However, the Hapkido I learnt - albeit a very small amount - had the strikes, etc, which impressed me. All the movements were more compact, like you say, so, as a 'package', I prefered the Hapkido.

As for an Aikido practitioner being allowed a quick promotion to Hapkido, well, I don't think I'm experienced enough in the two arts to say.

Either way, it was fun.

DCMS.

[bushido_man96]

What kind of a seminar did you attend? Was it Combat Hapkido (ICHF)? I did Combat Hapkido for about 9 months off and on, and enjoyed it. The only downfall to it is that it is very curriculum heavy.

[ps1]

I took a class of Hapkido once. However, after discussion with the instructor and demonstrations on both of our parts...It was virtually identical to Aiki Jujitsu. We both decided I wouldn't learn much new there. He told me I was more than welcome to train there if I desired...but I already had a place to train my Aiki. I guess this is my long winded way of saying I really like Hapkido also.

[Dont call me Sir]

What kind of a seminar did you attend?

I was one of 10 instructors teaching at a large international seminar. I was there to teach Combatives. I was impressed with the Hapkido instructor through discussions that I had whith him prior to him taking over his portion of the seminar, so I decided to join in his segment and thoroughly enjoyed it.

DCMS.

[tkdman102088]

combat hapkido and hapkido are very fun arts....my school incorporates combat hapkido and it is fun to learn for self defense and contains many painful moves(to the attacker). i like it

[ravenzoom]

I wonder how hapkido would fare in a self defense situation? Wouldn't it be hard to use on a full on attacker? Thanks for the replies.

[bushido_man96]

combat hapkido and hapkido are very fun arts....my school incorporates combat hapkido and it is fun to learn for self defense and contains many painful moves(to the attacker). i like it

I agree. The ICHF system is very nice, and has some very good applications. I think it is very practical, as all of the kicks are done below the waist level, and the use of distraction techniques facilitates the moves very well.

[tkdman102088]

hapkido and combat hapkido are very useful in full on self defense situations if you are good that is...they were originally designed for self defense and that is their purpose.