HAPKIDO

[bushido_man96]

I'm not sure if it's a small organization but they do have a web site it's erietkd.com . My school has a web site also it's

Altoonakarate.com

There's some pictures on our website that my son and I are in.

Sorry I didn't give the sites as a link, I'm not sure how to do that.

Amy

Thanks for the info...I'll check them out.

[TheUSPS]

where is a good place to purchase hapkido uniforms and any gear?

[bushido_man96]

where is a good place to purchase hapkido uniforms and any gear?

I would check with AWMA, or maybe Century (although I never hear good info about Century).

[sensik]

i have studied hapkido for around 7 years now i am a black belt and teach. and i love hapkido. it can be tied in to so many ways of martial arts. and you can do each attack differntly.

[ensorob]

I've been doing Hapkido for about 3 years in a half now and my school is called Enso Center. We are affiliated with World Hapkido Federation created by Grandmaster Kwang Sik Myung. Who is also my Masters Hapkido and Tae Kwon Do Instructor. I have five of them.

The forms/patterns we are four direction, eight direction, and hyung se. One of my favorite Ki Hap Hyung Se which means Universal Energy Pattern.

Sometimes we will do rolls with eight direction.

We learn Ho Sin Sool which is our set for every belt and there's always five of them.

[JGBurnum]

Isn't hapkido fighting using pressure points, etc.?

[bushido_man96]

No, not specifically. Some schools may demonstrate use of some pressure points, but for the most part, it is a joint manipulation-based style, not unlike Jujitsu styles.

[arcelt]

Hapkido is a style that I have great interest in, I only wish it were taught in my area. My two main arts currently are TKD and Aikido, and Hapkido seems to be an interesting amalgamation of the two very different styles.

[Jay]

Yea I would also like to give it a try but I haven't come across any schools in the UK.

I saw it on human weapon and it looks pretty good fun.

[DWx]

Where abouts are you from Jay? I've seen adverts for quite a few schools and know of people who do Hapkido here. There's quite a lot of schools down London way in particular..