Hapkido tournament video clips

[Kirves]

If you are interested in seeing some short video clips from the Finnish Hapkido Championship tournament held by the Finnish Tolkido Federation, here are some:

 

http://www.tkalcan.com/tolkido/kuvia/mm/videot/

 

PS. These are not my clips, I don't have anything to do with them, I just found them and thought someone else might like them too.

[ZeRo]

thanks

[kchenault]

Interesting. Thanks.

[Kirves]

I might add some info as the text on the page is all in Finnish... Most of the videos are just interesting fight footage, but there are some specific videos that may need some presentation:

 

video 2: just shows that one from the club whose page this is, won

 

video 4: illegal punch to face

 

Also, groundfighting is allowed by the rules, but unless something really happens (holds, locks, submissions, chokes...) the referee will stop it. You can see this once or twice in the videos.

[SBN Doug]

Interesting, even though a couple were pretty short.

 

Can you tell me why some seem to have hand and foot pads (and resemble point sparring /w throws) and other where no pads (and resemble more of a judo match)?

[Kirves]

There are different classes with slightly different rules. There's a 0-3 years of Hapkido training class, 3-5 years of Hapkido training class and over 5 years of Hapkido class. All with their own weight classes too. For example, ground fighting is forbidden in the 0-3 years class. And some of the protective gear is mandatory, some optional.

 

There are more to the rules than this, but hope this clears up why there are some differences.

[SBN Doug]

 

Ahhhhhh!