What is your hapkido lineage?

[matt.m]

All hapkido practitioners should be able to trace their lineage back to Choi, Young Sool. I am just curious as to the lineage of the rest. I know for Combat hapkido Pelligrini trained under Kwang Sik Myung. Myung studied under Choi.

With MSK Hapkido, well Lee H. Park Learned Hapkido from Wha, Kwang Wha was a student of Choi's as well.

So I am interested in what everyone else's lineage to Choi is.

[Kumbajah]

Kwang Sik Myung received his rank from GM Ji Han Jae. He did some seminar training with DJN Choi.

[matt.m]

Originally Posted by Kumbajah

Kwang Sik Myung received his rank from GM Ji Han Jae. He did some seminar training with DJN Choi.

Uh, sorry but no......you said it backwards. He would go to Ji Han Jae's seminars and train under Choi.

Slight confusion, no biggie.

[iron_ox]

Originally Posted by matt.m

Uh, sorry but no......you said it backwards. He would go to Ji Han Jae's seminars and train under Choi.

Slight confusion, no biggie.

Matt,

Please, do some research. Myung lived in Seoul - Choi Dojunim lived and trained in Deagu. Myung only met Choi Dojunim when he came to Seoul to train Ji.

Please, please, for the sake of those out there trying to get a handle on Hapkido as a whole, have a better grasp of the research. If you are going to speak with authority, have the facts straight.

[matt.m]

Well going with your reasoning Kev, Myung still learned directly from Choi. Even in He Young Kimms Hapkido Bible, with his own research. He is a historian by trade. So you are arguing about agreeing with me. And by the way it is Tague, not Dague.

Lee H. Park who learned from Won, Kwan Wha was a one time friend of Kimm's and live with Won, Kwang Wha. Won learned directly from Choi himself.

So thank you for you unknowing acknowledgement of my correctness I do appreciate it.

[matt.m]

In all certainty I know for a fact that Ji Han Jae, Won Kwang Wha and Kwang Sik Myung along with Suh Bok Sub were his 1st students, the others I am not sure of. So this bickering doesn't have to go on Kevin. Lee H. Park handed this info to GM Charles Hildebrand, Master Jeff Forby, and Master David LeGrande. The following men I have known all my life and they were Lee's 1st hapkido black belts.

[iron_ox]

Originally Posted by matt.m

And by the way it is Tague, not Dague.

Its actually Daegu, according to the people who live there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daegu

http://english.daegu.go.kr/

Although maybe you can enlighten me from your last visit there. Although, just maybe, the Choi Yong Sul Dojunim, whose students I trained with in Daegu for the last several years has a counterpart from Tague? Who knows?

[Kumbajah]

Originally Posted by matt.m

Uh, sorry but no......you said it backwards. He would go to Ji Han Jae's seminars and train under Choi.

Slight confusion, no biggie.

No, actually I didn't.

Myung Kwang-Sik was born in North Korea but lived in Seoul for most of his early life.
Myung started his martial arts training 1948, at the age of eight with exposure to Kumdo through his father, and in kong soo do through the tradition of the Yon Mu Kwan attaining his Chodan at the age of 12. Myung began his study of hapkido with Ji Han Jae in Seoul at the Ma Jang Dong location in 1957. Joining Myung at that time were also early hapkido practitioners Hwang Duk-Kyu (latter day president of the Korea Hapkido Association), Lee Tae-Joon, Kang Jong-Soo, Kim Yong-Jin (founder of the Ulji kwan) and Kim Yong-Whan. Myung Kwang-Sik later received lessons from hapkido founder Choi Yong-Sul.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myung_Kwang-Sik

[hapkidonet]

Choi Young Sul > Ji Han Jae > Merril Jung > Marc Tedeschi > Erik Medeiros > me, a humble student.

[Zendokan]

Choi Young Sul > Ji Han Jae > Kim Soo Bong > Leonard vranken > me

[Chris from CT]

Originally Posted by matt.m

So I am interested in what everyone else's lineage to Choi is.

Choi, Yong-sul > Lim, Hyun-soo > Me

[goingd]

I believe many of the masters claiming to be direct students of Choi only trained with him through seminars. I won't say any specifically but Ji Han Jae has pointed out himself that many of them were originally his students.

As to my Hapkido lineage, I have no idea... To be honest I think my old Hapkido instructor trained with someone who trained with someone who trained with Grand Master Ji. So I'm pretty low on the lineage ladder. Lineage only becomes an issue to me when people lie about it.

[dandred]

Hello I'm new here!

My master is an 8th dan in hapkido, his master was Lim, Hyun Soo.

I'm in Korea.

[Daniel Sullivan]

Welcome to MT, Dandred!

Daniel

[dandred]

Thank you.

Do you study katas in your form of hapkido?

Also, why is hapkido a spelling mistake on this forum?