Hello, Where are you located in Indiana now? You can certainly train in Chicago on the weekends.
Hello all, Training in Korea can be great. Your profile says you have a Yellow belt. Frankly, you would get more out your training with more...
Virtually every technique that can be done as a defense has an offensive component. And I agree that many motions taken at first to be defensive...
Hello all, I'm sorry, this notion is not strictly correct. While Hapkido's initial training is geared toward defensive action, the bulk of the...
Master Weiss, Very good point. And with no disrespect intended for the other Hapkido people here, it is possible that they have never seen the...
Hello all, In terms of striking, many if not all of the strikes are designed to be done in concert with other techniques, and are rarely done as...
Hello all, I think one of the most important things is to recognize that Hapkido is a "Sword art without a sword". The strikes likewise are very...
Hello all, From my perspective, most people, even those in "Hapkido" don't even know what strikes are from the art of Choi Dojunim, and which are...
The bottom line is that the only reason Hapkido is accepted as a "generic" term is because too many people let it slide that way. The start is to...
You have said a mouthful here - but I believe that the idea that "true" martial artists are supposed to be humble seems a western idea to me -...
Whether Chang Dojunim tries to unite Hapkido or not remains to be seen. I disagree that Hapkido is a generic name, I am working to not make it...
Ok Jon, here I am taking you to task...of course you have to care about lineage - why call what you do Hapkido? It comes from somewhere, taught...
Clearly you have no idea what you are talking about as this entire post is misleading and factually incorrect.
I was referring to the school you mentioned more than anything else.
What organization are you with? This configuration of material does sound familiar...
I assume this is in jest. There is not any real proof Choi Dojunim was ever an assassin, he MIGHT have worked to round up deserters during WWII,...
It is a challenge to find many thing that Choi Dojunim said directly for the record, but for those of you that have not seen this: [media]
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This quote was most likely said after Choi Dojunim had been teaching in Korea for about 20 years, around 1968 or 1969. That is the most likely...
Choi Dojunim taught the following weapons: 3 lengths of Dan Bong, Sword Defense, Cane, Object throwing, knife defense. The three lengths of Dan...
This is a single, simple quote from Choi Dojunim, again it is a direct translation, so it may be a little rough to understand at face value. "In...
Although Hwa, Won, Yu do apply to techniques, they apply more to elements of fighting an opponent. It is quite difficult to express them in...
To bad that conditioning does not equally equate to good Hapkido....
I am curious, how long have you done Hapkido? This is a well rationed and basic understanding of the three elements.
Yeah, this sounded reasonable until the bit at the end for a school with virtually no standing in Hapkido at all...:BSmeter:
I, like many will look with great curiosity at what is produced. You seem to be accomplished in writing and producing martial arts documentaries,...
Yea, you said the same thing three years ago, and still I don't believe he has had any contact with those that have known him for decades. Is...
I can't speak for Taekwondo, but the Kido Hae has not been a governing body since Choi Dojunim left them in the late 1960's, and the organization...
I certainly agree with you comments about live training, that is a very good summation. However, I have to ask you about this section. We do...
There is a lot here, but I want to address just a few things. I don't believe all Hapkido is the same, most are good variants, but they often...
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