Combat Jiu-Jitsu?

[Jiffy]

Generally speaking, the term "combat" put before the name of a style means an abbreviated version.

The idea behined this is that in combat, we want less choices so that we speed up the thinking process, therefore, the style only looks at what is extremely effective in likely combat scenarios.

In the case of Combat Hapkido, all techniques that are in it come from traditional Hapkido, but many from traditional Hapkido have been eliminated in the thought that their effectiveness is limited or the likelyhood in the scenario where they would be applied is slim.

That's not true. Traditional Hapkido would never have you doing triangle chokes or butterfly sweeps from the guard (From BJJ), brush traps (from Wing Chun), stick/knife fighting (Filipino arts)...I could go on.

Combat Hapkido is far from be "abreviated" traditional hapkido. Ineffective traditional techniques have been taken out and new techniques are constantly being added.

Which combat hapkido system have you been studying???

[bushido_man96]

Generally speaking, the term "combat" put before the name of a style means an abbreviated version.

The idea behined this is that in combat, we want less choices so that we speed up the thinking process, therefore, the style only looks at what is extremely effective in likely combat scenarios.

In the case of Combat Hapkido, all techniques that are in it come from traditional Hapkido, but many from traditional Hapkido have been eliminated in the thought that their effectiveness is limited or the likelyhood in the scenario where they would be applied is slim.

That's not true. Traditional Hapkido would never have you doing triangle chokes or butterfly sweeps from the guard (From BJJ), brush traps (from Wing Chun), stick/knife fighting (Filipino arts)...I could go on.

Combat Hapkido is far from be "abreviated" traditional hapkido. Ineffective traditional techniques have been taken out and new techniques are constantly being added.

Which combat hapkido system have you been studying???

The system UseoForce is describing is the International Combat Hapkido Federation (ICHF). It is a great hapkido system, and has a set curriculum.

[UseoForce]

Yes, indeed.

The nice thing about the ICHF is that it gives instructors a lot of flexibility. For example, most people do not start learning the ground fighting until high ranks, but we do it from the start.

[bushido_man96]

What I like about the ICHF is how easily it can be incorporated into other systems, like my TKD school. We don't have a lot of groundfighting, or joint manipualtions, for that matter, and it is a wonderful supplement, and GM Pelligrini works very well with other stylists.

[Jiffy]

I see. Yes I also study ICHF. If you look at the original combat hapkido syllabus as taught by GM Pallegrini, you will find it does not include such things as ground work and stick fighting. There are other modules that have been added later (eg. the ground fighting part from Master Rodreguez or the Pressure Points part added from that other guy (can't think of his name), but the primary modules are abbreviated version of traditional hapkido. As well as the extra modules, individual instructors often also add parts they have learned elsewhere (we do this too).