Mr robertoupp I began martial arts training in 1965 and won't go into all the arts I have trained in or various types of competitions I have won but I'm willing to bet I have more experience than you. I lived above Ji Han Jae's dojang in San Francisco and traveled across the U.S. helping Ji teach Hapkido seminars. Trust me that when someone delivers many of these kicks in self defense, they are very fast, deceptive, and unusual to defend against. Thinking they are ridiculous hurts you REAL BAD
The technique at 4:16 is used by Jon Jones (and others) in mma all the time and it is a very successful technique, especially if you target the knee, his leg will snap in half. The other techniques, yeah I'm not sure about those, lol.
Michael Matta From what my instructors told me. Always keep your hands up! You can never know when your opponent wants to punch you while you're going to kick them
All but the crescent kick are quite practical as demonstrated. A crescent kick is useless against punches (and guns/knives, especially) 95% of the time.
hapkido is much like krav maga, some may be watered down but pure hapkido is brutal, trust me i know. its not a sport" moves are to disable an opponent severely .
that is the basic bare bones version of the technique. if you have done a lot of kicking already and have excellent balance you do not need to have the hands down. this is done really for balance when solo training to isolate the technique. The applications are also the basic bare bones version of the kick in order to learn the technique and get it down pat. After it is learned and can be done effeciently then the coach or sensei will modify it for sparring and streetfighting at higher levels.
Using a kick to block a punch is a waste of time and energy. Why not just move your body out of the direction of the kick and either strike or use your opponent's own momentum and throw them?
Many of the posters here might have experience in various martial arts and tournaments but the real proof is on the street in a real fight. The word self defense becomes salty, you must attack hence the words self attack would be better for martial arts which means arts for war and in war it's better to strike first.
just a niceguy not always. also depends on wjere you live. if you are trying to back up and someone keeps coming and you tell him stop and he keeps coming you can strike him
@@ShadowPlay1919 , that is called self-defence, not warfare which is the meaning of "martial". Most of the Asian "arts" were made for self-defence, including TKD despite the claims, not military use.
Eugenio Fernandez after years of training you dont need to warm up anymore. kicking becomes as natural as waving your arms around. but it takes a long time to get to that point
this detailed demo shows his expression of his art in his dojang. Basic level stuff. Kick #2 i would not teach to beginners and another more effective could be used. Kicking a opponants hand while he is punching is too advanced an application for a demo on basic. Leaning is good but not all the time. Sometimes a good position can be a bad one & vice versa depending on the ever changing circumstances of a fight.
I personally do Sin Moo Hapkido and you took way too big of a step for those kicks you only need a short step its self defence so you'll be within talking distance and if you are quite far away let the attacker come to you the attacker won't wait for you so don't do a big step you'll lose your balance and you leave your groin exposed
First of all, when have metal boots ever been made and who in their right mind would actually wear them? No one alive has ever kept a knife in their foot. Second of all, you're missing the point on most of these. They're not normally steps, he's breaking it into steps as to instruct the viewer. The beginning of the video demonstrates them as a fluid motion, so they work fine. Anyone can look at a martial art they don't understand and call it unnatural and or useless.
...about metal boots: Sarcasm. Do you know what it is??? I'm kickboxing black belt and graduated in teaching. Then I also won many karate and taekwondo competition. I know basics of ju-jitsu, MMA and krav maga...I think I know something about martial arts and I can tell you that those technics are ridiculous...even in fluid motion. It will be too long to explain in youtube comments but it is about the movements they do before they hit, compared to the style I talked about before. Trust me.
trying to kick a punch is difficult because the hand moves faster than the leg,not really practical,and your distancin in all these kicks is at a long punch range,step and punch when most punches are thrown at shorter distance which makes many of the kicks unworkable like most northern styles they tend to be long range only,suggest lookin at s.e.asian systems as they train more to a practical form for modern streets
kicks!? please... 0:53, you can hurt someone just if you wear metal boots and you can't protect your body; 2:00 you can hurt someone just if you have a knife in your foot and the position of the left leg make you lose your balance if the opponent advance; 2:35 it makes sense; 3:00 never seen a more useless technic...with that stand you cannot put any strenght in it and you totally lose your balance and your head is totally defensless...it is ridiculous!!!
modern..what is thought to be modern today may be obsolete tomorrow . What is considered progressive today becomes tradition when today becomes yesterday. I do not buy into the 'modern' thing.
lol, the first technique my master taught me was to keep my hands up. Kick with your block down... its gonna be a bad day. Poor technique like this video is inexcusable. Hands at sides? really?
just a niceguy I trained in Hapkido for 10 years under a true Korean 10th dan master (Bermas Kim) I have a black belt that I worked hard for and represented Australia in Korea. I think I know what I'm talking about... If your hands are up you are ready to block a counter kick or perform Kibonsu/makochigi etc. Hands at your side like that leaves you open to a easy punch or kick to the head.
sadisticbunny1977 You're right, but I think this video was there to only show the kicks/how to do them. Not to do exactly like this in a fight. Everyone with a bit of Hapkido knowledge knows to always keep your hands up in a real fight
4:16 totally lose your balance, if you miss him your dead...seriously, do you think someone stands and watches you while you do all these steps!? 4:35 ahahahahahahahahahah who the hell would you punch from that distance!? 5:40 while the opponent has 2 arms he punches you with the other one, even if you face a one armed man, you are too balanceless yo hurt with a pussy kick like in 5:42; Such unnatural movements...such a useless martial art...
Nice - Solid presentation - appreciate your efforts to educate the populace.
These kicks look like taekyon kicks. It's obvious that Hapkido did get some of its early kicks from taekyon.
Mr robertoupp I began martial arts training in 1965 and won't go into all the arts I have trained in or various types of competitions I have won but I'm willing to bet I have more experience than you. I lived above Ji Han Jae's dojang in San Francisco and traveled across the U.S. helping Ji teach Hapkido seminars. Trust me that when someone delivers many of these kicks in self defense, they are very fast, deceptive, and unusual to defend against. Thinking they are ridiculous hurts you REAL BAD
Thanks for sharing! Great video!
Excellant instruction. Iam not a hapkido person but these two look very good in executing their kicks.
all techiques can work depending on the situation and who is using them. its all relative. but yes. some of these seem a little strange
The technique at 4:16 is used by Jon Jones (and others) in mma all the time and it is a very successful technique, especially if you target the knee, his leg will snap in half. The other techniques, yeah I'm not sure about those, lol.
One needs great balance to practice Hapkido.
What is with the students belt?
What do you mean level 4 sir ? As in 4th degree level black belt/ advance level? Thank you. I’m currently learning hapkido.
great video, but are the hands supposed to be like this in the style? or should they be up? I am not familiar with hapkido
Michael Matta From what my instructors told me. Always keep your hands up! You can never know when your opponent wants to punch you while you're going to kick them
i always have'em up
Bello.
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good art more self defense techniques than sport techniques making it more effective
Very impractical at best. In Tactical Hapkido (chung sul kwon) all our kicks are low and basic and we are more hand strike oriented .
All but the crescent kick are quite practical as demonstrated. A crescent kick is useless against punches (and guns/knives, especially) 95% of the time.
I'm a first dan in traditional itf taekwondo, and hapkido has way more kicks then itf
Much different to the way GM Ji Han jae showed us 20 years ago
Kick #2 was always aimed to the inside of the thigh/groin . Almost like a kB check
@@johnmckernan151 i do it that way too
hapkido is much like krav maga, some may be watered down but pure hapkido is brutal, trust me i know. its not a sport" moves are to disable an opponent severely .
that is the basic bare bones version of the technique. if you have done a lot of kicking already and have excellent balance you do not need to have the hands down. this is done really for balance when solo training to isolate the technique. The applications are also the basic bare bones version of the kick in order to learn the technique and get it down pat. After it is learned and can be done effeciently then the coach or sensei will modify it for sparring and streetfighting at higher levels.
Using a kick to block a punch is a waste of time and energy. Why not just move your body out of the direction of the kick and either strike or use your opponent's own momentum and throw them?
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Many of the posters here might have experience in various martial arts and tournaments but the real proof is on the street in a real fight. The word self defense becomes salty, you must attack hence the words self attack would be better for martial arts which means arts for war and in war it's better to strike first.
just a niceguy not always. also depends on wjere you live. if you are trying to back up and someone keeps coming and you tell him stop and he keeps coming you can strike him
@@ShadowPlay1919 , that is called self-defence, not warfare which is the meaning of "martial". Most of the Asian "arts" were made for self-defence, including TKD despite the claims, not military use.
If you do some of these kicks in a street fight without warming up you might end with a groin pull.
Eugenio Fernandez after years of training you dont need to warm up anymore. kicking becomes as natural as waving your arms around. but it takes a long time to get to that point
this detailed demo shows his expression of his art in his dojang. Basic level stuff. Kick #2 i would not teach to beginners and another more effective could be used. Kicking a opponants hand while he is punching is too advanced an application for a demo on basic. Leaning is good but not all the time. Sometimes a good position can be a bad one & vice versa depending on the ever changing circumstances of a fight.
I personally do Sin Moo Hapkido and you took way too big of a step for those kicks you only need a short step its self defence so you'll be within talking distance and if you are quite far away let the attacker come to you the attacker won't wait for you so don't do a big step you'll lose your balance and you leave your groin exposed
First of all, when have metal boots ever been made and who in their right mind would actually wear them? No one alive has ever kept a knife in their foot. Second of all, you're missing the point on most of these. They're not normally steps, he's breaking it into steps as to instruct the viewer. The beginning of the video demonstrates them as a fluid motion, so they work fine. Anyone can look at a martial art they don't understand and call it unnatural and or useless.
...about metal boots: Sarcasm. Do you know what it is???
I'm kickboxing black belt and graduated in teaching. Then I also won many karate and taekwondo competition. I know basics of ju-jitsu, MMA and krav maga...I think I know something about martial arts and I can tell you that those technics are ridiculous...even in fluid motion. It will be too long to explain in youtube comments but it is about the movements they do before they hit, compared to the style I talked about before. Trust me.
Robertoupp But all of those are different from Hapkido. My brother does Shaolin, my dad did Taekwando and I do Hapkido...All of those are different
trying to kick a punch is difficult because the hand moves faster than the leg,not really practical,and your distancin in all these kicks is at a long punch range,step and punch when most punches are thrown at shorter distance which makes many of the kicks unworkable like most northern styles they tend to be long range only,suggest lookin at s.e.asian systems as they train more to a practical form for modern streets
kicks!? please...
0:53, you can hurt someone just if you wear metal boots and you can't protect your body;
2:00 you can hurt someone just if you have a knife in your foot and the position of the left leg make you lose your balance if the opponent advance;
2:35 it makes sense;
3:00 never seen a more useless technic...with that stand you cannot put any strenght in it and you totally lose your balance and your head is totally defensless...it is ridiculous!!!
Robertoupp Why would I have a knife in my foot??? Or wear metal boots????
modern..what is thought to be modern today may be obsolete tomorrow . What is considered progressive today becomes tradition when today becomes yesterday. I do not buy into the 'modern' thing.
lol, the first technique my master taught me was to keep my hands up. Kick with your block down... its gonna be a bad day. Poor technique like this video is inexcusable. Hands at sides? really?
just a niceguy I trained in Hapkido for 10 years under a true Korean 10th dan master (Bermas Kim) I have a black belt that I worked hard for and represented Australia in Korea. I think I know what I'm talking about...
If your hands are up you are ready to block a counter kick or perform Kibonsu/makochigi etc. Hands at your side like that leaves you open to a easy punch or kick to the head.
sadisticbunny1977 You're right, but I think this video was there to only show the kicks/how to do them. Not to do exactly like this in a fight. Everyone with a bit of Hapkido knowledge knows to always keep your hands up in a real fight
4:16 totally lose your balance, if you miss him your dead...seriously, do you think someone stands and watches you while you do all these steps!?
4:35 ahahahahahahahahahah who the hell would you punch from that distance!?
5:40 while the opponent has 2 arms he punches you with the other one, even if you face a one armed man, you are too balanceless yo hurt with a pussy kick like in 5:42;
Such unnatural movements...such a useless martial art...
Another KB warrior.
I practice martial arts and I can say all those kicks are useless
I agree 100000%
hhhhhh all this technique doesn't work in real fighting