Addressing a couple of errors here. Explaining the history of Hapkido, I stated that its creator, Choi Yong Sool, was influenced by Aikido, when in fact he and the creator of Aikido, Ueshiba Morihei, were both individually influenced in Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu by Takeda Sōkaku. I gained historical understanding from my Korean grandmaster, which it appears I slightly misunderstood due to the language barrier, and used it here rather than researching further to confirm. I figured personal testimony from a second generation master trumped anything I could get online. It does, as he definitely understands the history completely, but I just misunderstood it, hence the mistake here. Also, I just swapped the meanings of “tae” and “kwon” by honest accident. I labeled them backwards in the graphic and that translated to my narration. Tae should refer to kicking, while kwon should refer to punching. Thanks to all who pointed them out
Thanks for clarification. Yep, you can certainly see the Daito-Ryu Aikijitsu aspect. Never saw Hapkido but has really opened my eyes. (Aikido, karate and Capoeira practioner >20 yrs)
So we are going to pretend ITF Taekwondo doesn't exist? ITF has a mandatory self defense portion with the same wrist locks that are found in hapkido. And throws with the hips.
Errare humanum est. When Hapkido was "introduced" in my country it was done by focusing on its dayto ryu aikijujutsu roots. If the story of the orphan who lost "his papers" is true that's film trilogy material. Korea has an strong entertainment industry. Just saying. 😂
There's no reason not to teach taekwondo and hapkido together. They complement each other nicely. Taekwondo has the forms. Hapkido has the breathing control exercises. Taekwondo has striking. Hapkido has grappling. They go together perfectly. My instructor (Chung Oh) always taught them both, and I continue to teach them both at my school. 🙂
Happy new year 2023 absolutely positively I prefer aikido and hapkido over taekwondo good health peace of mind and prosperity ppl aikido all the way forget taekwondo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yes, Aikido and Hapkido both stem from Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu in Japan around the same time, from Sokaku Takeda who was the teacher of Yong Shul Choi (Hapkido) and Morihe Ueshiba (Aikido). This is what I have found in some research done by others who are into the history of these arts, far more deeply than I. I am a Hapkido student of 20 + years. This has inspired me to look a bit deeper myself. But caution is always best used here as the truth in these matters, (I have been told) can be difficult to uncover.
Loved the closing sentiments, I've always felt the same. People focus so much on which martial arts is the most effective in a street fight and forget about all the other benefits and reasons for training. You articulated it beautifully!
Hapkido is a great traditional martial art. You did a great job explaining Hapkido. I have never studied TKD, but our basic kicks seem similar, and I feel that the kicks are phenomenal. Thanks for relaying positive information about one of the original MMAs.:)
As a Hapkido practitioner I have to disagree with a couple things in this video. It was said Hapkido is a soft style but Taekwondo is hard. Thats not exactly true. The kicks of Hapkido and Taekwondo are almost identical. Hapkido is a combination of soft and hard. A soft would be Aikido or Jujitsu. Hapkido uses a lot of breaks, blocks, and strikes. Second, Hapkido didnt come from Aikido!! They are "first cousins" they both came from Akijujitsu! The founder of Hapkido learned from a Japanese master and then went to Korea where it evolved and adopted Korean styles including the kicks of Taekwondo.
traditional taekwondo does not include weapons training. this is just a fact tho, if a taekwondo instructor teaches weapons its awesome, i love weapons, but he must explain it is not actually taekwondo.
@@michaelhampton5828 well technically taekwondo means the way of the hand and foot, so while it's great, it's technically out of what taekwondo can teach
Taekwondo does not use or teach weapons training. It could be down to individual instructors to introduce them to their syllabus but traditionally taekwondo does not have weapon training.
Some agree, and some disagree. I think someone should be able to combine any arts they like, if that’s what interests them. It’s just very common in the US to have a TKD/HKD school already packaged together for you
Best explanation I’ve heard of my two arts in a while. I’m a 5th Dan in TKD and HKD. From Ju Do Kwon Association. Grand Master Ho Young (Tiger) Chung. www.tigerchungstaekwondo.com
@@mario.619 no, they go hand in hand. I learned both. They have saved me multiple times in life. I practiced them from the age of 5 to the age of 15, in the 90s. My very first class as a 5 year old I got my shoulder dislocated. These guys were serious. I am now 35 and again, tkd and hapkido saved me many times vs multiple opponents even. Problem now is finding a good teacher
GM Choi Yong Sul never trained Aikido, he trained Daito Ryu Aiki JuJutsu under GM Takeda Sokaku, who was the instructor of O Sensei Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido
As I knew the root, both Choi & Ueshiba were from the same master "Takeda Soukaku (Daitoryu Aikijujutsu)". Choi tought the AikiJujutsu technics to his students. Most students have been train other martial arts before (such as Judo , Shotokan Karate , TKD , TangSooDo etc). Then combine those arts together and named as Hapkido (Choi just has been Credit as Founder by the students). The concept are different but uses the same Chinese Character.
@@tm114paul Remember Jutsu means Art. Do is way. Jutsu is real deadly. Do is more nice . Some even think more spiritual . We are losing the Art to the way. That is sad.
@@paulhunter2505 Yes, I agree, since the time has been past for many decade they don't need the art for killing or war anymore. I think the arts have been adapted into the other way in order to prevent the lost arts. As the same time, the arts still have to keep the practical training in the present time also.
Beat me to it. I studied Kuk Sool Won for many years. The founders of Kuk Sool Won, Hapkido and Hwa Rang Do all had the same teacher, who himself studied Daito Ryu. I trained in Hakko Ryu Jujitsu (which is of Daito Ryu origin as well) before and after Kuk Sool Won. All the same, just different flavors of the same theme. All good. It works.
TKD is not orientated towards tournaments. If you want to focus on that you can if you choose to focus in other areas you can. It’s not about WTF or ITF it’s about personal choice and quality of instructor and club
Hapkido has a curriculum of kicks more vast Than taekwondo....some of the info you said is good, but lacks a lot in real knowledge of Hapkido at least. But I have to commend your effort, very good in general and its very nice to see/hear someone speeking about Hapkido.
Great video. The darndest thing... I started training both Wtf tkd and judo 1981-2000 . Two complete different schools. Somehow I hated to have to learn hapkido in my 3 different tkd schools I've attended as a student. 2 in Stockholm and one in Thailand. Little did I connect judo and hapkido?!. How could I've missed that connection? Now I'm in again 😊
Yeah! It's pretty cool to see how different arts intertwine and how some of their roots stem from the same thing. I've dabbled a tiny bit in Judo over the years but it's something I want to do more frequently. Every art can offer us something we didn't know before
@@MattHinkamp so true. I got my comment a bit wrong. I never did judo for 19 years. Only tkd. Judo for maybe 4-6 years. Was just 10. Don't remember exactly but man, it's a great sport. Regret stopping judo. Regret it so much.
I did judo and karate before, and was thinking of starting taekwondo or hapkido now. Do you think hapkido is similar enough to judo in teaching self defense that I wouldn't get a lot from taking classes? Do you think that taking taekwondo instead would be better then?
@@Hosigie I really don't know how they do today. When I did tkd I believe that it was to keep it "traditional". I really didn't question why then. It was just a little bit hapkido. And even if this sounds stupid I didn't connect how similar judo and hapkido was. I was actually very bored of judo because I thought martial arts were "cooler" with kicks and stuff. You know... Young and stupid. I just kept on doing judo because of loyalty to my parents who invested so much in me and things like that. Today I haven't been in a dojo or dojang for 20 years. I really regret stopping both. I don't know anything about hapkido really. But as self defence I have to say that judo is imo opinion much much more useful. You don't really have to hurt anyone and it keeps you pretty safe. Absolutely idiotic to use tkd if you have other options. If you miss it's game over. If you connect with a kick it could be potentially deadly. I see both as sports. Nothing else. Try and see 😊
@@Hosigie long story shorter... My feeling is that hapkido is more like "I'm gonna finish you" 😊 so "cruel" techniques. And since you're familiar with judo I think that at the end of the day you'll find judo more fun and easy to use. But... I'm not an expert
It’s amazing how anna Williams from tekken incorporates hapkido along with her koppojutsu martial arts a lot To be able to train yourself in all these different martial art techniques is a journey
very interesting to read these comments as a former Sin Moo Hapkido practitioner, nowadays I practice Combat Hapkido which suits me more than Sin Moo hapkido ( I still pay my respects to that style and teachers). Korean martial arts are quite interesting.
Good to see the New Zeakand Hapkido Federation eagle in some of the footage. Our founding Grand Master Lee Jung Nam came to NZ to teach TKD but ended up teaching HKD as well. He even spent a few years teaching HKD at the Police College (Academy to Americans) Then he divested himself of his HKD schools but kept his TKD interests. I think we still have one Dojang where both arts are taught.
It was very common for the masters who left korea early on to loop in TKD and HKD to garner as much attention from foreigners who were interested in Korean arts, especially around war times. Thank you for sharing some history from your own master. Be well
@@MattHinkamp Thank you for posting this video. I learned a lot. Our master left Korea in the early to mid 70s after serving in Vietnam. When did they begin to leave? Or when did they start arriving in the US.
Thank you for the video. Two points. 'Tae' means 'foot'. 'Kwon' means 'fist'. You have it the other way around. Also, HKD is from Daito Ryu Aikijitsu, not Aikido. Though Aikijitsu is at the heart of Aikido as Ueshiba (Aikido's founder) learned the art from Takada, the patriarch of Aikijitsu. Who trained Choi is an open question. Takada kept good records and Choi doesn't show up. Speculation is that Takada's liberal friend Kotaro Yoshida may have trained Choi (Yoshida was Choi's Japanese name).
Yes, thank you for the comment. The TKD error was in fact an accidental switch. The HKD history was my own misunderstanding through my Korean grandmaster which explained it correctly but I had the wrong understanding from him. This video was never expected to go this far, it was a quick throw together for some students of mine. I appreciate you coming into this with positivity
Excellent information on these two arts. I studied under Grand Master Ho Young (Tiger) Chung. Ho Yung “Tiger” Chung immigrated to the United States in 1971 with a passion for teaching and inspiring. But, the story doesn’t start there. As a soldier in the Korean Army, Tiger Chung had the privilege of teaching young American soldiers Tae Kwon Do - the ancient Korean art of self-defense. Beloved by his students, Tiger Chung was invited to the United States as a guest and never looked back. Tiger Chung uprooted his family and moved to the land of the people he grew to love and became a proud U.S. citizen. Tiger Chung’s resume is extensive: as a 10th Degree Black Belt, he has achieved Grand Master status and is renowned around the world; is a former National (Korea) Tae Kwon Do Champion, world record holder (1981) for breaking 17 two inch cement blocks, studied under Choi Yong-Sool, the founder of Hap Ki Do. I hold a 5th Dan through Grand Master Chung. We also trained in both arts combined.
This was informative and entertaining. We do share a love for Martial Arts. Though I am definitely more Combat focused: I appreciate and respect your thoughts.
Correction on stuff I know for a fact. FYI I am a Korean born, who practiced WTF for a few years just like 80% kids in Korean population in 90's. TAE is kick, KWON is fist, Do is way. KWON-DO is the same chinese characters with Kun-Do from "Jee Kun Do" just different pronunciation within different language. The origin of Tae Kwon do is Now clear. All the BS that says it's from ancient Korean martial arts or direct chinese influence is BS. General Choi Hong Hi who practiced "Shotokan Karate" under Japanese occupancy on Korea then later in 1950's he modified Shotokan style a bit, and under approval President Park Jung Hee. He founded KTA in 1959. Then he founded ITF in 1966. Then in South Korea TKD just gradually evolved fast kicking point based sports with WTF by other people. In 1972 General Choi went to Canada as a Asylum Seeker. End of Story
Bingo. Korea never had martial arts akin to China or Japan. Just because Korea is an Asian country doesn't automatically mean that they have Kungfu as well...although by god they wish they did.
@@mikitadou they had martial arts,almost all Asian countries did but very little survived Japanese occupancy. Taekyon is a minority martial art that still exists today and it certainly looks like its kicks were incorporated into tkd along with shotokan.The video is bullshit,its giving only the WTF perspective.
@@scarred10 Taekyon has a very sketchy history, according to some sources it was a dance game with low kicks only. That's right, ironically high kicks were probably incorporated from TKD into Teakyon to make a "historical" connection. I am still digging into this subject. But alas...where nationalism is involved it makes it much harder to find the truth.
@@mikitadou I know about the controversy with taekyon but where did the fancy kicks in tkd come from,it wasn't in the shotokan gen choice had learned in Japan,they had very basic front,side and round kick.
Thank you, yes it was an honest oversight when I was editing the picture, swapped the two and it made it into the audio dub too...never expected this video to get more than a few views but I’ve learned now to double check. I appreciate the positive nature of your feedback
thanks for a really informative video. I feel like I'm gravitating towards hapkido. In my area I have a practical option of training taekwondo, aikido and judo at the same time. There is also a hapkido club. It is silly that I have done taekwondo for some years, aikido and was planning to take on judo next semester when I could just switch to hapkido and have all these in the same package ;D
Although I do differ with some of the opinions given in your video, I truly respect the quality of your presentation. Awesome job sir! If your ever in Port Orange, Florida let me know and you can come check out our Hapkido school.
Very Well Done Excellent interpretations of both arts And Do not Be distracted by David Duthie Remark Young Sol Choi Was a student of Sokako Takeda who would Study the anatomy of Killed Soldiers to learn how joints ligaments tenets work Both Young Sol Choi and Morei Ueshiba Studied under him I believe Young Sol Choi stayed longer However both came away Mastering principles of Daito Ryu Aikijujitsu. Choi Applied more Kicking and refinement of follow-through and a Smaller circle. Were as Ueshiba use larger circle more upper Movement in technique thus HAPKIDO was Choi and Ueshiba aikido
I was blessed to have trained under a 7th Dan who had been a Senior officer in the Republic of Korea Marines and a 5th Dan who had been his Junior officer The 7th Dan was all about the use for Combat, little Spirituality, hard as a ROK, we'd say, while the 5th Dan was as mellow and easy going as one could imagine and taught me what Self Control was about and that a Man does not have to walk around thinking and/or behaving as though they were some kind of Bad Ass, though that's precisely what He was and developed in His primary students. I wonder how much Spirituality is being taught today? I know all 3 of my kid's had an instructor that pretty much focused on Technique and fighting skills not Spirit, likely due to him not being Korean? Both Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido, are wonderful Art's and quite functional if they need sincere application. When I'm asked by parent's of young children about the Martial Art's they are the ones I most recommend. Body, Mind, Spirit.
Taekkyon is a hoax though. What we see today as a high kick jumping taekkyon is a modern development to justify the "traditional korean influence" on taekwondo. Ironically TKD has a bigger influence on Taekkyon than the other way around. Not surprisingly North Korea never even heard about Taekkyon at all. The one surviving grandpa who supposedly taught Taekkyon as a martial art didnt show a single kick above the waist...and all the surviving drawings and pictures of supposedly taekyoen are just two people standing with their hands down in a dance position with public around them. Where do those nonsense high tornado kicks come from? From TKD acrobatic marketing scheme.
taekwondo is also derived from tang soo do. which is korean shotokan meaning taekwondo is derived from not only from subak or taekkyeon but it is also has shotokan karate som few kicks and techniques do have taekkyeon influence mixed with tang soo do
Thanks for watching, yeah it’s a pain because many things in our art require other individuals. Let’s hope we can move past this soon collectively and get back to what we love
@@christianmorera4127 It did, and TKD is an offshoot of that too. TSG conserved most of the aspects of the shotokan karate, while TKD went into acrobatics and marketing to compete with Japan for the martial arts schools market share, especially in the US.
A well done video and very informative. I have an extensive TKD background and in fact came from a "hybrid" school but I don't consider myself a Hapkido practitioner. At the end of the day every school should be a hybrid of some sort and really a punch is a punch and a kick a kick and so forth it's just the fun unique bits that separate one from another. That being said I still dig Hapkido and would have done that had I found a legit school near me (legit Hapkido is hard to find period). I see a TSD vs TKD vid i need to check out too.
Taekwondo and hapkido are very powerful my mom is about to get me in taekwondo I really wish I could have stayed in karate before I learned this type of martial art it really is incredible when you're studying something to save your life and defend yourself because you never know how the situation in reality can be danger of your life sometimes you have to learn how to fight for yourself and defend yourself when the situation is Dyer and when that situation comes 🥋☯️🙏😌🙏☯️🥋
Inaccurate on the term for forms. They use three differnt ones: poomsae, tul, and hyung depending on the association. TKD uses, depending on ITF or WTF, mostly poomsae or tul. The more common term is hyung, which hapkido does not, traditionally, perform.
I'd no idea about the "omni-Korean" dojangs teaching TKD+HKD together. Fascinating! Sounds like that could be a hugely wide and flexible curriculum... or a completely incoherent mishmash!
I’m thinking about learning KO AM MU DO from an instructor from my home town. Do you know much about this art? I would love to know your personal opinion on it. Thanks!
actually Hapkido ( the styles that come from Dojunim Ji Han Jae's lineage) have a lot of kicks, many more than taekwondo actually. it has high, middle, low and special kicks (teuksu balchagui) . By the way, the low spinning kick you showed on the video is a versior developed in GongKwonYuSul, different from the Hapkido version.
learning to kick very high may look flashy and impractical, but that is not why practitioners do it. It is well known that the higher a kick goes the more effort it takes. This could result in a weak strike. Being able to kick higher than the average person's head means you can drop that kick to head height and deliver it with much more force.
In the seventies, the commanding General of the Army Base Scofield Barracks in Hawaii. He came directly from Korea and was impressed by the ROK Army training in Taekwando. He brought a red belt Taekwando instructor Taekwando in their PT Training. One weekend night, this instructor went downtown Honolulu and got his ass beat by a plain old street fighter!!
These Martial Arts are the Identity of Korea as a whole. If anything else, it is best to study these two arts if the time is available. A lot of Chinese martial artist and entertainer had went to Hapkido schools and non other then Bruce Lee hung out with Hapkido students.
The ideal martial art involves 80% hand strikes and 20% kicking. The reason is. Your hands are naturally faster than your legs..also with age you naturally lose your leg speed and flexibility. You never lose your hand speed no matter your age.
Not to mention, giving up one of your legs is potentially dismal for your balance and in a lot of cases, lifting your leg to kick gives your opponent the upper hand (literally)
TKD came from Taekyon. In the early 2000s I trained with the highest ranked Hapkido Black Belt in the world at the time. Kwang Sik Myung. 10th degree Supreme Grand Master. Before I signed up we talked. I asked him what was the difference between the two. He answered: "In TKD we punch, kick, counter....we fight. You are older now and have a family. You must go home at night. In Hapkido if you try to punch me, I will break your arm, dislocate your shoulder maybe rip from your body and I might even kill you.....then I go home. Hapkido is about defending yourself and making sure the attacker never comes back. We end it. No fighting." I have had the blessing of being trained by three Korean Grand Masters in my time. I watch Hapkido videos of people saying they did not learn certain techniques. This is the reason I chose to train under OLD MASTERS. Two of the Masters I have trained with taught Hapkido. In both schools we were taught forms, weapons, grabbing techniques as well as ground fighting, and more intense kicks than in TKD.
Hapkido comes from Saito ryu akijujutsu same font from the hapkido. Both founders trained under takers, but hapkido doesn't draw inspiration from haikido
Good youtube. You can be both a good person and a good fighter. Or a good person and very good at there Art or way. Just have fun and smile. Life is too short.
Yes! Our school is in Kenner, near New Orleans. Where in prarieville will you be training? As far as your question, I wish I asked the question “why” a lot more. Rather than accepting everything I was taught at face value, knowing the reasons why we practice the things we do was largely missing from my early years of training
We all hate that one person what's the difference between Kenpo, Karate & Taekwondo? What's the difference between Judo & Jiu Jitsu ? How are these art forms applied to Hapkido & Akido? One shall never ask these questions my student just keep practicing .
Taekwondo is a hard art because it opposes the energy from your opponent. Hapkido is a soft art because it blends with your opponents energy, redirecting it against them. That is a simplification, but it is also their major core difference.
Honestly I tried hapkido for a year as a black belt in tae kwon do And maybe it was the school but the level of kicks was schooling as well as we did little to no sparring because ‘it’s a martial art designed to hurt’ But when we did you could see that the level of confidence for a real life paced defence wasn’t there even in the higher belts Now doing judo and bjj and couldn’t be happier with my confidence in using techniques in a real situation But I do practise martial arts and learn only for the beauty of the art
I understand what you mean, every school handles things differently...Hapkido can be very dangerous if continuously practiced at real-life pace, so a lot of schools choose to tone it down most of the time just to simply reduce injuries. Happy to hear that you got a more complete arsenal by trying other arts. I think we should all be encouraged to do that
It would be sort of cool if there was more sports fighting competitions in Hapkido however theres nothing necessarily inherently wrong with the idea of Hapkido not having as much of a sports fighting aspect thats just a matter of what people preferences are and what they want to get out of there's training.
Tae Kwon Do is martial sport based on Korean martial art techniques, punching and kicking. Hapkido is martial art and self defense incorporating punching and kicking, joint locks, throws, chokes, pressure points, Yudo, weapons, dan jan ho hap breathing. "The whole enchilada". The ultimate martial art.
All martial arts are character forming. All instill a degree of confidence. What is important is to learn something. Your body shape and amount of flexibility or power will guide your choice of art. Everyone is wary of the Judo player, so I would advise incorporating it in your journey, it will make a good balance with Hapkido, rather than Aikido which is a too similar mindset. I would give Hapkido 9 out of 10 for speed and agility training, and Judo 10 out of 10 for power, speed, endurance and agility training. Both Arts carry a strong sense of joy and camaraderie along with them, and you're never alone in a Dojo. Bottom line, practise like there's no tomorrow, and if it ever comes to a serious situation, there will be. Luck to you and keep your grip.
You can use techniques and skills used in both...I would say the school matters more than the name of the art, quality instructors will make their own style practical
The hapkido founder wasn't an aikido, or judo practitioner! He was a student of takeda who taught DAITO RYU AIKIJUJITSU, AND THE FOUNDER OF AIKIDO ALSO STUDIED THIS STYLE UNDER TAKEDA AS WELL! So hapkido doesn't come from aikido, or judo, but both come from DAITO RYU AIKIJUJITSU! that's why they have similar movements.
TKD does NOT use weapons unless the instructors adopt them, Also, the term is noonchawk (two sticks and a connector is a single unit), NOT nunchucks and there is no plural for them. Also, it is called a ssawng chool bawng in Korean. Hapkido studies rope/belt, staff (chawng bawng), cane, and tahn bawng (also known as a chul (rope) bawng (stick)). They do not teach the other weapons, traditionally, mentioned (keom (sword), sai, kama, escrima/kali/arnis sticks, etc)
I love korean martial art, culture, technology and people , but here are the *facts* -TKD is rebranded karate -Hapkido is rebranded aikido -You can take away great strikes from TKD training, but you can get yourself killed believing in aikido/hapkido fantasies
Addressing a couple of errors here. Explaining the history of Hapkido, I stated that its creator, Choi Yong Sool, was influenced by Aikido, when in fact he and the creator of Aikido, Ueshiba Morihei, were both individually influenced in Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu by Takeda Sōkaku.
I gained historical understanding from my Korean grandmaster, which it appears I slightly misunderstood due to the language barrier, and used it here rather than researching further to confirm. I figured personal testimony from a second generation master trumped anything I could get online. It does, as he definitely understands the history completely, but I just misunderstood it, hence the mistake here.
Also, I just swapped the meanings of “tae” and “kwon” by honest accident. I labeled them backwards in the graphic and that translated to my narration. Tae should refer to kicking, while kwon should refer to punching.
Thanks to all who pointed them out
Right. Choi Yong Sool was trained in Daito-Ryū Aiki-JuJutsū and blended Judo, Tang Soo Do and other Korean arts to make Hapkido.
Thanks for clarification. Yep, you can certainly see the Daito-Ryu Aikijitsu aspect. Never saw Hapkido but has really opened my eyes. (Aikido, karate and Capoeira practioner >20 yrs)
So we are going to pretend ITF Taekwondo doesn't exist? ITF has a mandatory self defense portion with the same wrist locks that are found in hapkido. And throws with the hips.
As he is a A$$hole and an insult to Aikido. Steven Seagal would NOT win against a Hapkido master.
Errare humanum est.
When Hapkido was "introduced" in my country it was done by focusing on its dayto ryu aikijujutsu roots.
If the story of the orphan who lost "his papers" is true that's film trilogy material. Korea has an strong entertainment industry. Just saying. 😂
There's no reason not to teach taekwondo and hapkido together. They complement each other nicely. Taekwondo has the forms. Hapkido has the breathing control exercises. Taekwondo has striking. Hapkido has grappling. They go together perfectly. My instructor (Chung Oh) always taught them both, and I continue to teach them both at my school. 🙂
Happy new year 2023 absolutely positively I prefer aikido and hapkido over taekwondo good health peace of mind and prosperity ppl aikido all the way forget taekwondo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I like the grappling and punching from Hapkido a lot more along with the weapons
Hapki kwan Juitsu
Yes, Aikido and Hapkido both stem from Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu in Japan around the same time, from Sokaku Takeda who was the teacher of Yong Shul Choi (Hapkido) and Morihe Ueshiba (Aikido).
This is what I have found in some research done by others who are into the history of these arts, far more deeply than I. I am a Hapkido student of 20 + years. This has inspired me to look a bit deeper myself. But caution is always best used here as the truth in these matters, (I have been told) can be difficult to uncover.
Loved the closing sentiments, I've always felt the same. People focus so much on which martial arts is the most effective in a street fight and forget about all the other benefits and reasons for training. You articulated it beautifully!
Hapkido is a great traditional martial art. You did a great job explaining Hapkido. I have never studied TKD, but our basic kicks seem similar, and I feel that the kicks are phenomenal. Thanks for relaying positive information about one of the original MMAs.:)
Thank you for your in depth and thoughtful comments michael
As a Hapkido practitioner I have to disagree with a couple things in this video. It was said Hapkido is a soft style but Taekwondo is hard. Thats not exactly true. The kicks of Hapkido and Taekwondo are almost identical. Hapkido is a combination of soft and hard. A soft would be Aikido or Jujitsu. Hapkido uses a lot of breaks, blocks, and strikes. Second, Hapkido didnt come from Aikido!! They are "first cousins" they both came from Akijujitsu! The founder of Hapkido learned from a Japanese master and then went to Korea where it evolved and adopted Korean styles including the kicks of Taekwondo.
traditional taekwondo does not include weapons training. this is just a fact tho, if a taekwondo instructor teaches weapons its awesome, i love weapons, but he must explain it is not actually taekwondo.
True!
False. Hambos are pure self defense
Not even the bo or staff?
@@michaelhampton5828 well technically taekwondo means the way of the hand and foot, so while it's great, it's technically out of what taekwondo can teach
Taekwondo does not use or teach weapons training. It could be down to individual instructors to introduce them to their syllabus but traditionally taekwondo does not have weapon training.
IMO, TKD and Hapkido are two components that go hand in hand to form a complete art.
Some agree, and some disagree. I think someone should be able to combine any arts they like, if that’s what interests them. It’s just very common in the US to have a TKD/HKD school already packaged together for you
Best explanation I’ve heard of my two arts in a while. I’m a 5th Dan in TKD and HKD. From Ju Do Kwon Association. Grand Master Ho Young (Tiger) Chung. www.tigerchungstaekwondo.com
No, they are completely different arts
I disagree
@@mario.619 no, they go hand in hand. I learned both. They have saved me multiple times in life. I practiced them from the age of 5 to the age of 15, in the 90s. My very first class as a 5 year old I got my shoulder dislocated. These guys were serious. I am now 35 and again, tkd and hapkido saved me many times vs multiple opponents even. Problem now is finding a good teacher
GM Choi Yong Sul never trained Aikido, he trained Daito Ryu Aiki JuJutsu under GM Takeda Sokaku, who was the instructor of O Sensei Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido
As I knew the root, both Choi & Ueshiba were from the same master "Takeda Soukaku (Daitoryu Aikijujutsu)". Choi tought the AikiJujutsu technics to his students. Most students have been train other martial arts before (such as Judo , Shotokan Karate , TKD , TangSooDo etc). Then combine those arts together and named as Hapkido (Choi just has been Credit as Founder by the students). The concept are different but uses the same Chinese Character.
@@tm114paul Remember Jutsu means Art. Do is way. Jutsu is real deadly. Do is more nice . Some even
think more spiritual . We are losing the Art to the way. That is sad.
@@paulhunter2505 Yes, I agree, since the time has been past for many decade they don't need the art for killing or war anymore. I think the arts have been adapted into the other way in order to prevent the lost arts. As the same time, the arts still have to keep the practical training in the present time also.
Beat me to it. I studied Kuk Sool Won for many years. The founders of Kuk Sool Won, Hapkido and Hwa Rang Do all had the same teacher, who himself studied Daito Ryu. I trained in Hakko Ryu Jujitsu (which is of Daito Ryu origin as well) before and after Kuk Sool Won. All the same, just different flavors of the same theme. All good. It works.
Cringe. Aikido is fake as pamela andersons titties.
" then Osensei dodged bullets"
Lol at aikido cult members
Balance, humility and spiritually are most important. I would prefer Hakido over TKD. I think TKD is oriented towards tournament
Depends on ITF or WTF and the instructor's focus
TKD is not orientated towards tournaments. If you want to focus on that you can if you choose to focus in other areas you can. It’s not about WTF or ITF it’s about personal choice and quality of instructor and club
The 90s era tkd was the only good one. And finding a real hapkido school is impossible now. Good luck
Hapkido has a curriculum of kicks more vast Than taekwondo....some of the info you said is good, but lacks a lot in real knowledge of Hapkido at least. But I have to commend your effort, very good in general and its very nice to see/hear someone speeking about Hapkido.
I would rather train Hapkido over Taekwondo simply because I think it is harder to do taekwondo as you grow older
Great video. The darndest thing... I started training both Wtf tkd and judo 1981-2000 . Two complete different schools. Somehow I hated to have to learn hapkido in my 3 different tkd schools I've attended as a student. 2 in Stockholm and one in Thailand. Little did I connect judo and hapkido?!. How could I've missed that connection? Now I'm in again 😊
Yeah! It's pretty cool to see how different arts intertwine and how some of their roots stem from the same thing. I've dabbled a tiny bit in Judo over the years but it's something I want to do more frequently. Every art can offer us something we didn't know before
@@MattHinkamp so true. I got my comment a bit wrong. I never did judo for 19 years. Only tkd. Judo for maybe 4-6 years. Was just 10. Don't remember exactly but man, it's a great sport. Regret stopping judo. Regret it so much.
I did judo and karate before, and was thinking of starting taekwondo or hapkido now. Do you think hapkido is similar enough to judo in teaching self defense that I wouldn't get a lot from taking classes? Do you think that taking taekwondo instead would be better then?
@@Hosigie I really don't know how they do today. When I did tkd I believe that it was to keep it "traditional". I really didn't question why then. It was just a little bit hapkido. And even if this sounds stupid I didn't connect how similar judo and hapkido was. I was actually very bored of judo because I thought martial arts were "cooler" with kicks and stuff. You know... Young and stupid. I just kept on doing judo because of loyalty to my parents who invested so much in me and things like that. Today I haven't been in a dojo or dojang for 20 years. I really regret stopping both. I don't know anything about hapkido really. But as self defence I have to say that judo is imo opinion much much more useful. You don't really have to hurt anyone and it keeps you pretty safe. Absolutely idiotic to use tkd if you have other options. If you miss it's game over. If you connect with a kick it could be potentially deadly. I see both as sports. Nothing else. Try and see 😊
@@Hosigie long story shorter... My feeling is that hapkido is more like "I'm gonna finish you" 😊 so "cruel" techniques. And since you're familiar with judo I think that at the end of the day you'll find judo more fun and easy to use. But... I'm not an expert
I love this video. History, help to chopse and harmony in 7 minutes. Awesome, thank you.
It’s amazing how anna Williams from tekken incorporates hapkido along with her koppojutsu martial arts a lot
To be able to train yourself in all these different martial art techniques is a journey
very interesting to read these comments as a former Sin Moo Hapkido practitioner, nowadays I practice Combat Hapkido which suits me more than Sin Moo hapkido ( I still pay my respects to that style and teachers). Korean martial arts are quite interesting.
Thank you for sharing! This is a very informative video!
Hmmm, I’d have to agree
Very helpful summary and comparison.
Great video and also good detailed information about the two martial arts.
They are both wonderful, beautiful artforms , I started song moo kwan Taekwondo at 7 years old until 12 years old and I miss those days dearly
Good to see the New Zeakand Hapkido Federation eagle in some of the footage. Our founding Grand Master Lee Jung Nam came to NZ to teach TKD but ended up teaching HKD as well. He even spent a few years teaching HKD at the Police College (Academy to Americans) Then he divested himself of his HKD schools but kept his TKD interests. I think we still have one Dojang where both arts are taught.
It was very common for the masters who left korea early on to loop in TKD and HKD to garner as much attention from foreigners who were interested in Korean arts, especially around war times. Thank you for sharing some history from your own master. Be well
@@MattHinkamp Thank you for posting this video. I learned a lot. Our master left Korea in the early to mid 70s after serving in Vietnam. When did they begin to leave? Or when did they start arriving in the US.
This video was interesting. Thank you.
Great video Matt👌
Wow!
These arts are both so cool!
Thank you for the video. Two points. 'Tae' means 'foot'. 'Kwon' means 'fist'. You have it the other way around. Also, HKD is from Daito Ryu Aikijitsu, not Aikido. Though Aikijitsu is at the heart of Aikido as Ueshiba (Aikido's founder) learned the art from Takada, the patriarch of Aikijitsu. Who trained Choi is an open question. Takada kept good records and Choi doesn't show up. Speculation is that Takada's liberal friend Kotaro Yoshida may have trained Choi (Yoshida was Choi's Japanese name).
Yes, thank you for the comment. The TKD error was in fact an accidental switch. The HKD history was my own misunderstanding through my Korean grandmaster which explained it correctly but I had the wrong understanding from him. This video was never expected to go this far, it was a quick throw together for some students of mine. I appreciate you coming into this with positivity
I know him he was my master before covid
Excellent information on these two arts. I studied under Grand Master Ho Young (Tiger) Chung. Ho Yung “Tiger” Chung immigrated to the United States in 1971 with a passion for teaching and inspiring. But, the story doesn’t start there. As a soldier in the Korean Army, Tiger Chung had the privilege of teaching young American soldiers Tae Kwon Do - the ancient Korean art of self-defense. Beloved by his students, Tiger Chung was invited to the United States as a guest and never looked back. Tiger Chung uprooted his family and moved to the land of the people he grew to love and became a proud U.S. citizen. Tiger Chung’s resume is extensive: as a 10th Degree Black Belt, he has achieved Grand Master status and is renowned around the world; is a former National (Korea) Tae Kwon Do Champion, world record holder (1981) for breaking 17 two inch cement blocks, studied under Choi Yong-Sool, the founder of Hap Ki Do. I hold a 5th Dan through Grand Master Chung. We also trained in both arts combined.
This was informative and entertaining.
We do share a love for Martial Arts.
Though I am definitely more Combat focused: I appreciate and respect your thoughts.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Correction on stuff I know for a fact.
FYI I am a Korean born, who practiced WTF for a few years just like 80% kids in Korean population in 90's.
TAE is kick, KWON is fist, Do is way. KWON-DO is the same chinese characters with Kun-Do from "Jee Kun Do" just different pronunciation within different language. The origin of Tae Kwon do is Now clear. All the BS that says it's from ancient Korean martial arts or direct chinese influence is BS. General Choi Hong Hi who practiced "Shotokan Karate" under Japanese occupancy on Korea then later in 1950's he modified Shotokan style a bit, and under approval President Park Jung Hee. He founded KTA in 1959. Then he founded ITF in 1966. Then in South Korea TKD just gradually evolved fast kicking point based sports with WTF by other people. In 1972 General Choi went to Canada as a Asylum Seeker. End of Story
Bingo. Korea never had martial arts akin to China or Japan. Just because Korea is an Asian country doesn't automatically mean that they have Kungfu as well...although by god they wish they did.
true
@@mikitadou they had martial arts,almost all Asian countries did but very little survived Japanese occupancy. Taekyon is a minority martial art that still exists today and it certainly looks like its kicks were incorporated into tkd along with shotokan.The video is bullshit,its giving only the WTF perspective.
@@scarred10 Taekyon has a very sketchy history, according to some sources it was a dance game with low kicks only. That's right, ironically high kicks were probably incorporated from TKD into Teakyon to make a "historical" connection. I am still digging into this subject. But alas...where nationalism is involved it makes it much harder to find the truth.
@@mikitadou I know about the controversy with taekyon but where did the fancy kicks in tkd come from,it wasn't in the shotokan gen choice had learned in Japan,they had very basic front,side and round kick.
Thank you, it was very informative, I did Goju Ryu when I was little 'n my dad did Judo, I like this art form cause it incorporates all
Correction on meaning of taekwondo!
태 - Tae = kicking
권 - Kwon = punching
도 - Do = the way
Love the video as well!!!!🔥🔥🔥
Thank you, yes it was an honest oversight when I was editing the picture, swapped the two and it made it into the audio dub too...never expected this video to get more than a few views but I’ve learned now to double check. I appreciate the positive nature of your feedback
thanks for a really informative video. I feel like I'm gravitating towards hapkido. In my area I have a practical option of training taekwondo, aikido and judo at the same time. There is also a hapkido club. It is silly that I have done taekwondo for some years, aikido and was planning to take on judo next semester when I could just switch to hapkido and have all these in the same package ;D
Although I do differ with some of the opinions given in your video, I truly respect the quality of your presentation. Awesome job sir! If your ever in Port Orange, Florida let me know and you can come check out our Hapkido school.
Thanks a ton for saying that! I will definitely take you up on that if I ever make it there
Very Well Done Excellent interpretations of both arts And Do not Be distracted by David Duthie Remark Young Sol Choi Was a student of Sokako Takeda who would Study the anatomy of Killed Soldiers to learn how joints ligaments tenets work Both Young Sol Choi and Morei Ueshiba Studied under him I believe Young Sol Choi stayed longer However both came away Mastering principles of Daito Ryu Aikijujitsu. Choi Applied more Kicking and refinement of follow-through and a Smaller circle. Were as Ueshiba use larger circle more upper Movement in technique thus HAPKIDO was Choi and Ueshiba aikido
My taekwondo instructor includes weapons and real life situations, which I think is really important
Definitely!
As a kyushinkai player i respect both TKD & hapkido ❤️ Ossu
Thanks a lot!
Thank you, good insight that I've been looking for.
Thanks! I like learning more deeply into this stuff as well
Great breakdown Matt! If you were on the Northshore, I would come and check you guys out.
I was blessed to have trained under a 7th Dan who had been a Senior officer in the Republic of Korea Marines and a 5th Dan who had been his Junior officer The 7th Dan was all about the use for Combat, little Spirituality, hard as a ROK, we'd say, while the 5th Dan was as mellow and easy going as one could imagine and taught me what Self Control was about and that a Man does not have to walk around thinking and/or behaving as though they were some kind of Bad Ass, though that's precisely what He was and developed in His primary students. I wonder how much Spirituality is being taught today? I know all 3 of my kid's had an instructor that pretty much focused on Technique and fighting skills not Spirit, likely due to him not being Korean? Both Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido, are wonderful Art's and quite functional if they need sincere application. When I'm asked by parent's of young children about the Martial Art's they are the ones I most recommend. Body, Mind, Spirit.
Great video, thank you
I think Hapkido would be more effective in a fight.
no mention of the role of Taekkyon or Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu anywhere in this video... shame.
Taekkyon is a hoax though. What we see today as a high kick jumping taekkyon is a modern development to justify the "traditional korean influence" on taekwondo. Ironically TKD has a bigger influence on Taekkyon than the other way around. Not surprisingly North Korea never even heard about Taekkyon at all. The one surviving grandpa who supposedly taught Taekkyon as a martial art didnt show a single kick above the waist...and all the surviving drawings and pictures of supposedly taekyoen are just two people standing with their hands down in a dance position with public around them. Where do those nonsense high tornado kicks come from? From TKD acrobatic marketing scheme.
@@mikitadou I don't care where it comes from, I love itf tkd.
taekwondo is also derived from tang soo do. which is korean shotokan
meaning taekwondo is derived from not only from subak or taekkyeon but it is also has shotokan karate
som few kicks and techniques do have taekkyeon influence mixed with tang soo do
Love the ending quote, more focused on training good people.
big up , love from germany . Doing hap ki do myself , because of corona cant practice anymore and I really miss it
Thanks for watching, yeah it’s a pain because many things in our art require other individuals. Let’s hope we can move past this soon collectively and get back to what we love
TKD comes from Shotokan Karate, and Hapkido comes from Aikijuujutsu + some circus kicks. That's about the only difference.
I thought tang soo do came from shotokan karate
@@christianmorera4127 It did, and TKD is an offshoot of that too. TSG conserved most of the aspects of the shotokan karate, while TKD went into acrobatics and marketing to compete with Japan for the martial arts schools market share, especially in the US.
A well done video and very informative. I have an extensive TKD background and in fact came from a "hybrid" school but I don't consider myself a Hapkido practitioner. At the end of the day every school should be a hybrid of some sort and really a punch is a punch and a kick a kick and so forth it's just the fun unique bits that separate one from another. That being said I still dig Hapkido and would have done that had I found a legit school near me (legit Hapkido is hard to find period). I see a TSD vs TKD vid i need to check out too.
Tae= To kick or smash with the foot
Kwon= Fist or to smash with the fist
Do= Way or method
Very informative! Great job.
Thanks for the comment!
Hapkido combie teakwondo stance kick art formes self defense defense
Taekwondo and hapkido are very powerful my mom is about to get me in taekwondo I really wish I could have stayed in karate before I learned this type of martial art it really is incredible when you're studying something to save your life and defend yourself because you never know how the situation in reality can be danger of your life sometimes you have to learn how to fight for yourself and defend yourself when the situation is Dyer and when that situation comes 🥋☯️🙏😌🙏☯️🥋
Inaccurate on the term for forms. They use three differnt ones: poomsae, tul, and hyung depending on the association. TKD uses, depending on ITF or WTF, mostly poomsae or tul. The more common term is hyung, which hapkido does not, traditionally, perform.
I'd no idea about the "omni-Korean" dojangs teaching TKD+HKD together. Fascinating! Sounds like that could be a hugely wide and flexible curriculum... or a completely incoherent mishmash!
Good one Master Matt!
I’m thinking about learning KO AM MU DO from an instructor from my home town. Do you know much about this art? I would love to know your personal opinion on it. Thanks!
IMO taekwondo is more focused on kicks, while hapkido is more focused on joint locks and throw s
On the surface this is usually the general distinction made between the two yes
Nobody:
Matt: circle
actually Hapkido ( the styles that come from Dojunim Ji Han Jae's lineage) have a lot of kicks, many more than taekwondo actually. it has high, middle, low and special kicks (teuksu balchagui) .
By the way, the low spinning kick you showed on the video is a versior developed in GongKwonYuSul, different from the Hapkido version.
your very lucky to train in both styles 🙏
Hapkido is derived from Daito ryu Aikijutsu. Hapkido has lots of locks like Aikijutsu and Aikido. Hapkido has lots of circular movements unlike TKD.
Thank You!
Thanks for watching!
learning to kick very high may look flashy and impractical, but that is not why practitioners do it. It is well known that the higher a kick goes the more effort it takes. This could result in a weak strike. Being able to kick higher than the average person's head means you can drop that kick to head height and deliver it with much more force.
In the seventies, the commanding General of the Army Base Scofield Barracks in Hawaii. He came directly from Korea and was impressed by the ROK Army training in Taekwando. He brought a red belt Taekwando instructor Taekwando in their PT Training. One weekend night, this instructor went downtown Honolulu and got his ass beat by a plain old street fighter!!
These Martial Arts are the Identity of Korea as a whole.
If anything else, it is best to study these two arts if the time is available.
A lot of Chinese martial artist and entertainer had went to Hapkido schools and non other then Bruce Lee hung out with Hapkido students.
The ideal martial art involves 80% hand strikes and 20% kicking. The reason is. Your hands are naturally faster than your legs..also with age you naturally lose your leg speed and flexibility. You never lose your hand speed no matter your age.
Not to mention, giving up one of your legs is potentially dismal for your balance and in a lot of cases, lifting your leg to kick gives your opponent the upper hand (literally)
TKD came from Taekyon. In the early 2000s I trained with the highest ranked Hapkido Black Belt in the world at the time. Kwang Sik Myung. 10th degree Supreme Grand Master. Before I signed up we talked. I asked him what was the difference between the two. He answered: "In TKD we punch, kick, counter....we fight. You are older now and have a family. You must go home at night. In Hapkido if you try to punch me, I will break your arm, dislocate your shoulder maybe rip from your body and I might even kill you.....then I go home. Hapkido is about defending yourself and making sure the attacker never comes back. We end it. No fighting." I have had the blessing of being trained by three Korean Grand Masters in my time. I watch Hapkido videos of people saying they did not learn certain techniques. This is the reason I chose to train under OLD MASTERS. Two of the Masters I have trained with taught Hapkido. In both schools we were taught forms, weapons, grabbing techniques as well as ground fighting, and more intense kicks than in TKD.
Thanks 😊
So which style has the most "Ju jitsu/Judo" kind of elements?
And/or which style differs the most from the Olympic rules and style?
*In TaeKwonDo
Hapkido never came from judo or aikido. it comes form daito ryu aiki jujutsu and was developed in korea by Choi Yong Sul and Ji Han Jae
Judo is superior to Aikido and Aikijujtsu.
Hapkido comes from Saito ryu akijujutsu same font from the hapkido. Both founders trained under takers, but hapkido doesn't draw inspiration from haikido
Yeah, it just does tho
it's daito not saito
@@artisticsolarninja Thank you for spoting the typo error....autocorrect selecting for me my words.
Good youtube. You can be both a good person and a good fighter. Or a good person and very good at there Art or way. Just have fun and smile. Life is too short.
Wise words
It means that if you want to be perfect, you should not only learn taekwondo but also hapkido
Youre from nola? I'm from Prairieville(close to baton rouge), any tips/things you wish you knew/recommendations for going into hapkido?
Yes! Our school is in Kenner, near New Orleans. Where in prarieville will you be training?
As far as your question, I wish I asked the question “why” a lot more. Rather than accepting everything I was taught at face value, knowing the reasons why we practice the things we do was largely missing from my early years of training
@@MattHinkamp I joined a place called Tiger Martial Arts in Geismar last week, and that seems like sound advice I should follow so thanks!
@@ryanm5946 good luck to you!
Bealtiful arts . 👊
very good, thank you
Thanks for watching
Thank you.
Thanks for watching
We all hate that one person what's the difference between Kenpo, Karate & Taekwondo? What's the difference between Judo & Jiu Jitsu ? How are these art forms applied to Hapkido & Akido? One shall never ask these questions my student just keep practicing .
Taekwondo is a hard art because it opposes the energy from your opponent. Hapkido is a soft art because it blends with your opponents energy, redirecting it against them. That is a simplification, but it is also their major core difference.
Honestly I tried hapkido for a year as a black belt in tae kwon do
And maybe it was the school but the level of kicks was schooling as well as we did little to no sparring because ‘it’s a martial art designed to hurt’
But when we did you could see that the level of confidence for a real life paced defence wasn’t there even in the higher belts
Now doing judo and bjj and couldn’t be happier with my confidence in using techniques in a real situation
But I do practise martial arts and learn only for the beauty of the art
I understand what you mean, every school handles things differently...Hapkido can be very dangerous if continuously practiced at real-life pace, so a lot of schools choose to tone it down most of the time just to simply reduce injuries. Happy to hear that you got a more complete arsenal by trying other arts. I think we should all be encouraged to do that
@@MattHinkamp fantastic insight man!
It would be sort of cool if there was more sports fighting competitions in Hapkido however theres nothing necessarily inherently wrong with the idea of Hapkido not having as much of a sports fighting aspect thats just a matter of what people preferences are and what they want to get out of there's training.
Both are great martial arts. 👍👌🥋
Why this loud, obtrusive background music that is overcrowding the narration? We have to strain our ears to hear what is being said!
Tae Kwon Do is martial sport based on Korean martial art techniques, punching and kicking. Hapkido is martial art and self defense incorporating punching and kicking, joint locks, throws, chokes, pressure points, Yudo, weapons, dan jan ho hap breathing. "The whole enchilada". The ultimate martial art.
Great video. Only disagreement is I am all about training good fighters 😂
All martial arts are character forming. All instill a degree of confidence. What is important is to learn something. Your body shape and amount of flexibility or power will guide your choice of art. Everyone is wary of the Judo player, so I would advise incorporating it in your journey, it will make a good balance with Hapkido, rather than Aikido which is a too similar mindset. I would give Hapkido 9 out of 10 for speed and agility training, and Judo 10 out of 10 for power, speed, endurance and agility training. Both Arts carry a strong sense of joy and camaraderie along with them, and you're never alone in a Dojo. Bottom line, practise like there's no tomorrow, and if it ever comes to a serious situation, there will be. Luck to you and keep your grip.
It's time to credit Grand Master Bong Soo Han with popularizing Hapkido as well.
The era of clashing between the two should end now.
In My opinion hapkido Is better than TAE Kwon Do
Question: which style is better to use in mma and street fight and better in general
You can use techniques and skills used in both...I would say the school matters more than the name of the art, quality instructors will make their own style practical
The hapkido founder wasn't an aikido, or judo practitioner! He was a student of takeda who taught DAITO RYU AIKIJUJITSU, AND THE FOUNDER OF AIKIDO ALSO STUDIED THIS STYLE UNDER TAKEDA AS WELL! So hapkido doesn't come from aikido, or judo, but both come from DAITO RYU AIKIJUJITSU! that's why they have similar movements.
Can you find footage on master SEA OH CHOI
Just to let you know kwon means fist/hand in korean, not foot.
Very good! :)
Thanks!
TKD does NOT use weapons unless the instructors adopt them, Also, the term is noonchawk (two sticks and a connector is a single unit), NOT nunchucks and there is no plural for them. Also, it is called a ssawng chool bawng in Korean. Hapkido studies rope/belt, staff (chawng bawng), cane, and tahn bawng (also known as a chul (rope) bawng (stick)). They do not teach the other weapons, traditionally, mentioned (keom (sword), sai, kama, escrima/kali/arnis sticks, etc)
Tae ( 태 ) means “foot strike”
Kwon ( 관 ) means “fist strike”
How does it square up to mma?
I love korean martial art, culture, technology and people , but here are the *facts*
-TKD is rebranded karate
-Hapkido is rebranded aikido
-You can take away great strikes from TKD training, but you can get yourself killed believing in aikido/hapkido fantasies
if you combine old karate skills with hapkido, it works like a charm - so your answer is not entirely correct...
this dude is so damn quiet
Pretty sure you won't see him coming.
Hapkido & Kuk Sool Won are like "Brother & Sister ". More in common with each other
You got it wrong in the beginning. Tae is foot, kwon is fist.. Besides that, a good video...
Hapkido seems more appealing.
How about the tang so do?