Hi all,
I've got a quick question about different ways of executing/teaching hapkido. I'm sure we have all heard of hapkido schools that are heavily influenced by the instructors previous TKD experience. However, recently I went to check out a school that teaches hapkido with a strong judo/yudo influence instead. The school owner primarily teaches judo (he's an 8th dan), but also teaches hapkido. I actually came to check out the judo class, but I got there early and saw the hapkido class as well. I personally liked what I saw, even though it was different from what I had experienced at a hapkido school I trained at briefly before (Kim, Jin Pal of Washington DC).
At the Jin Pal Hapkido school there were TONS of kicks of the flying spinning and jumping variety. At the school I just checked out there were very few kicks, and all of them were below the waist. The funny thing was that many of the self defense techniques they did I had seen at Jin Pal Hapkido. Even though they were the same techniques that had a different "feel" to them. It is really hard to explain further. This is not to say what I saw was "bad" or "sub par". Far from it. I liked it a lot, at least as much or more than my previous hapkido training. I'm just commenting on the difference in feel between the the two schools.
I was wondering if others have had similar experiences with judo influenced hapkido before. Do you guys also see a lot of difference between the execution of the same techniques between different hapkido schools?
Jon
P.S. Nothing I have said hear should be considered a criticism of either school. I will more than likely be joining the judo/hapkido school I mentioned and if I was still living in DC Jin Pal Hapkido would be number 1 on my list of schools to train at.
I've got a quick question about different ways of executing/teaching hapkido. I'm sure we have all heard of hapkido schools that are heavily influenced by the instructors previous TKD experience. However, recently I went to check out a school that teaches hapkido with a strong judo/yudo influence instead. The school owner primarily teaches judo (he's an 8th dan), but also teaches hapkido. I actually came to check out the judo class, but I got there early and saw the hapkido class as well. I personally liked what I saw, even though it was different from what I had experienced at a hapkido school I trained at briefly before (Kim, Jin Pal of Washington DC).
At the Jin Pal Hapkido school there were TONS of kicks of the flying spinning and jumping variety. At the school I just checked out there were very few kicks, and all of them were below the waist. The funny thing was that many of the self defense techniques they did I had seen at Jin Pal Hapkido. Even though they were the same techniques that had a different "feel" to them. It is really hard to explain further. This is not to say what I saw was "bad" or "sub par". Far from it. I liked it a lot, at least as much or more than my previous hapkido training. I'm just commenting on the difference in feel between the the two schools.
I was wondering if others have had similar experiences with judo influenced hapkido before. Do you guys also see a lot of difference between the execution of the same techniques between different hapkido schools?
Jon
P.S. Nothing I have said hear should be considered a criticism of either school. I will more than likely be joining the judo/hapkido school I mentioned and if I was still living in DC Jin Pal Hapkido would be number 1 on my list of schools to train at.