(Korean jiu-jitsu Hapkido) Gongkwon Black Belt Match 2005

[Og3990]

3:03

that dude got slammed on his head. cant be healthy

[henryetta612]

this is giving hapkido a bad name

[dirosaga]

then again, maybe mma should be called jeet kune do, since it ultimately stems from the originality of Bruce Lee's Jeet kune Do theory: abosrb what is usefull, reject what is useless, and make it your own.

[dirosaga]

umm this is just mma. nice try though. :p it's only difference is that it is using traditional striking arts ofhter than westrn striking out (probably taekwando or karate instead of kickboxing or mma). it's just mma that subsitutes some martial arts that are usually unpopular in westrn mma entertainment. I don't think it's bad, only that you could call it korean style mma.

[dirosaga]

@dirosaga i meant kickboxing or boxing*

[larbet]

Looks more like Judo with submission techniques. Doesn't look like Hapkido at all to me, maybe some of the kicks that's about it. That being said you can exactly use Hapkido in competition unless you want break someones arm off or split their head open with a throw.

[elbowtko]

looks like Pankration but with a full on Gi, and more stoppage after strikes

[1banryukyu]

Would it be disrespectful to state that the morden Korean fighting arts are based on or heavily influenced by the Japanese fighting arts since Japan colonized what is today North and South Korea from 1910 until 1945. The Japanese replaced and or outlawed the original Korean fighting arts. Just my thoughts, oh thanks for the video clip.

[HermesDo]

@1banryukyu hmm i believe its disrespectfull because if you see things that way. is it disrespectfull to say that chinese kung fu went to okinawa through korea and then to japan? so korean got martial arts first  while japanese took them and just changed them. so that influence on the 1910 to 1945 is mostly chinese rather than japanese. the only things changed is the japanese philosophy, which believe me is not adapted by koreans.

[1banryukyu]

@HermesDo Sir, thank you for your reply. Please see your Youtube web page for my reply, it was a little too long to put here. And good luck in you training of the arts. Osu

[koguryo18]

@HermesDo I agree Koreans have a different philosophy. For example, the roots of Aikido and Hapkido are the same but their philosophies are very different. The same goes with Gomdo and Kendo. And the same goes with practitioners of the art. It's up to the individual, on how he interprets the art and how he applies it. However, I cannot say that Japan and China did not influence Korea's martial arts. Just like Korea's economy has adopted the exporting savvy of Japan and commercial output of U.S.

[HermesDo]

@koguryo18 i didnt said china and japan didnt influenced korean martial arts. my point is that koreans have distinct styles that you can cleary classify as korean.

[tickyul]

Impressive and hardcore too, full throws and no mat........yikers.

[Kurono3255]

6:20 song plz

[thehunter413]

wooden floors :P

[ipoful]

this is professional martial arts

[TsimFuckiz]

wow thats what i like we always have protection without it makes u way harder

[Heidenreich18]

can someone explain me, if the different colors of the Gi's have a meaning oder just a question of taste ? what belts are in this system? like judo?or like hapkido or TKD ?

[teastley13]

@Heidenreich18 Hey mate, re the colored Gi's, Black is for all students, instructors are blue and the gym/dojang owner can wear the white.

Belts are: white, yellow, green, blue, red, brown then black. no stripes on the belts like some tkd or hapkido schools.

Its a fun art to learn. the sparring has a muay thai mixed with judo feel

[rogeriopazduarte]

good video

[SudoJudo1]

Its a great style!!

[masenka76]

I look forward to some new GKY uploads! (the ones from Seoul i mean) These vids are really nice to watch. Kamsahamnida! Ho shin!

[kohanjin]

the original art form is Daito Ryu Aikijujitsu, both Morehei and Choi Yong Sul studied under Takeda. Gongkwon as well as every other martial art has borrowed from each other over the years, but especially during the Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910 - Aug 15, 1945 (Independence Day). Japanese borrowed sword arts and Korea borrowed a form of Jujitsu from Japanese (since they were forced to study it in grade school) > but Koreans had Ssireum long before 1910, a form of Mongolian wrestling.

[groundnpounder]

are they fighting on floor boards?

[Corw1n1]

Same thing I said. That don't make for easy falling or ground fighting. Pretty tough; I'm impressed at that.

[initdialog]

looks like kickboxing and judo mix. actually a good idea. but there is no korean ju jutsu, since it's a japanese word.

[MMAfanFORsure]

@initdialog "Korean Jujitsu" is just a informal internet name. Its real name is Gongkwon Yusul. Some also refer it as hapkido but it is a seperate style from hapkido. "hapkido" or "korean jujitsu" are just internet names on youtube. Not real name.

[10chankc2]

@MMAfanFORsure yusul means jujitsu

[Mamatidebabe]

Very nice! I liked the throws

[TheBmike1]

grate video i have been reading the comments and i know my stuff about aikido :) but know nothing about bjj hapkido or this korean jiu jitsu or traditional japanese jiujitsu but even i know judo comes from japanese jiujitsu what i would like to know, is was traditional jiujitsu used and come from the samurai not sure if i have spelled it right and this vid these fighter seem more graceful than mma bjj with a few exceptions of course

[myth8745]

lol wow at 5:14, did he just JUMP the sweep with his other leg being held???

[kattyliebtjojo]

ouch :D

[YgAriff]

Those who read history or learn would know the roots of the founder - Choi Yong Sul of Hap Ki Do and Akido founder - learned the art from and both teaches their art respectively. But out of respect each founder was a student of another art.

[xStraightEdgeXXX]

choi yong sul and the founder of aikido both trained under the same master and went their seperate ways

[Kami5909]

2:41

[Kami5909]

You didn't watch the video before you made that comment, did you?

[Ruthairat]

Beautiful to watch, clean grappling and ground work. The speed of those head kicks were impressive, good control.

[rorschach789]

wow looks intense but exactly the same as jujitsu, are there any differenses?

[mangodealer]

here lemme clear it up. Jiujitsu, is an outdated form of judo btw.The takedowns evolved from ssireum, a kind of korean wrestling. The kick were from taekki which turned into tae kwon do. hapkido is combination of kicks from tae kwon do, and joint lock take downs and sserium style take downs. however, now modern hapkido like gongkwon yusul incorporate Jiujitsu with hapkido for more actual groundfighting technique. submissions actually existed in hapkido previously and not borrwed from jiujitsu.

[rorschach789]

wow you really seem to know your history on these things, do you take any martial arts classes.

[MPA2000]

Whoa! Jiu Jitsu is an outdated form of Judo? ROTFL Judo came from Jiu Jitsu. When a Judo master came to Brazil, the Gracies further modified Judo into what is now Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

And Tae Kwon Do means Hand and foot striking art. You seem to have some knowledge but either you are exaggerating or misrepresenting to those who don't.

[mangodealer]

yeah i phrased that wrong i meant it the opposite way around as you said it, judo is from jijitsu, a more refined effective version. and I know what tkd means.. i'm second dan black belt

[MPA2000]

How could you phrase it wrong? Even if you used that phrase you are saying that Judo is an outdated form of Jiu Jitsu, which still makes it only a personal opinion. I would be interested in hearing you support your position.

[mangodealer]

judo is the NEW form of jiu jitsu that's what I meant... Anyway, the guy who invented judo, kano, learned jiujitsu and his main inspiration was from jiujitsu in order to invent judo, and said himself that it was a refined form of jiujitsu.

[MooneShadow]

Judo is not the NEW jujitsu. Its a child of Jujitsu and durring peace time Jujitsu was so violent that it was frowned upon to hurt people which is why Judo, Aikido and Karate is more geared for self defense concentrating on specific aspects of Jujitsu.

[yodel2002]

My man I'm going to pretend that you didn't say jiujutsu was invented in brazil by the gracies. The gracies learned jiujutsu from a a japanese master of jiujutsu. This form of classical japanese jiujutsu was later modified by helio gracie into present day BJJ. Judo on the otherhand, is a derivavtive of classical japanese jiujutsu and is completely different from BJJ. You really shouldn't comment anymore on martial arts unless you know something on the subject.

[s3tsunaa]

im getting pretty good with the one inch punch =D

[2sexy4myshooz]

its called gongkwon well the grand master did Judo and Hapkido mostly

[edmun09]

as a matter of fact, im half korean and half american but i can talk korean fluently

[billysue2]

this certainly not hapkido,this looks more more realistic way to presure test apart from lack of punches.

[harnshotokan]

Can i call KJJ ?

[fragilez]

korean mma?! o.0

[smclavis]

looks just like the hapkido i learn along with all the ground fighting. It all depends on the family of Hapkido it comes from. Do some more research before being sooooo cool.

[tincannmann]

I train in gongkwon yusul and hapkido. They are 2 COMPLETELY different systems. And if your Hapkido school incorporates ground fighting, it does not come from Hapkido. Perhaps your instructor has mixed in some MMA or something. Gongkwon is not Hapkido, mate.

[smclavis]

My instructor is 8th Dan Korea Hapkido Federation. I just spoke to him and ground fighting IS part of traditional Hapkido. So i wonder who I sould belive a master or you? Hmmmmm

[tincannmann]

By 'ground fighting' are you sure you mean grappling or just kicking from the ground? I'm with the Ki-Do Association. I'd be very interested to see "Hapkido ground fighting". Either way, what you're doing and what this is are two completely different things.

[smclavis]

I'm glad Hapkido is finally getting worldwide recognition. It is an awesome martial art and not a sport. HAP KI :)

[noestabien]

Ouch man... I have rolled jiu jitsu from the knees on hardwood before and that hurts. I can't imagine getting hip thrown or wrist turned like that onto the hardwood... that must bruise you up bad!

[peacemaker281]

Great matches and technique.

[Meat0head9]

I like hapkido bcuz it teaches u how to do moves if some does something to you unlike karate jst teaches attack formats

[EastHelsinki]

Looks more Brazilian...

[statechamp86]

Korean jiu-jitsu Hapkido

[EastHelsinki]

Oh, Korean jiu-jitsu = Hapkido????

I didn't know that

[statechamp86]

Yes my friend

[statechamp86]

This stuff when Japan took over Korea then they had Aki Ju-jitsu most of master went then wanted somthing that is Korea so they made Hapkido

[MooneShadow]

Brazil got it from Japan as did the Koreans, except notice that Hapkido is Jujitsu combined with Tae Kwon do...

[EastHelsinki]

This is brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or Japanese Jiu-jitsu?

[troop357]

hapkido isnt as perfect at grappling as jiu-jitsu but we learn kicks and punchs too

still the hapkido kicks are the closest on technic to tkd

my favorite martial art for sure good enough on the streets and i *THINK* it would only loose for a jiujitsu in one vs one

[statechamp86]

Ya but as Hopkido you dont need to be god at Ju-jitsu just need to understand and work with it. I would say 80% of all normal ju-jitsu guys dont know how to take down much. If you know Hopkido and stoping take downs then you will not be on ground. That can be shown to you but it takes time to learn :)

[statechamp86]

Hopkido is the master of many things, hopkido takes things and says wow that works ok it is hopkido now hah. So we dont say we are the best everyone is better but everything that works it is really hopkido :)

[statechamp86]

Last thing we teach TKD is not really anything but a sport. The kicks in TKD are too High, the strikes are to long ya powerfull but they train them to hold out a punch, this is not right you have many things that go into a punch main thing is not to give levers and holds. That leads to throws and takedowns

[statechamp86]

Good work alot of high kicks though that means take down or throw. :)

[sanarkhos]

The evolution of the sport!

I don't think the snap-kicking is effective, and perhaps when more padding is used and full-force head kicks are allowed this truth will bear out.

Styles are ultimately BS, it's all about how you train. Good schools train hard!

[menonfire12]

vid is great, but put another music

[kosenjudo]

What a well-rounded Martial Art here. Devestating kicks with good submission grappling. A+

[wailiquan]

well the most impressive thing to me isn't the jujitsu,and it isn't the kicks.

its the fact that their training like i do with no mats!

next is out on the concrete,in piles of broken bricks,oh now were talking baby!!!

well done!

[tincannmann]

It's padded floor mate, the lino is cut to look like wood. Its mere decoration.

[blasianpho]

VEry nice to see this. Korean martials arts have been taking a bad rap as of late. But this just show the diversity in training. Love the mix of TKD, jujitsu and hapkido and judo. Wow! Using the best kicking art on the planet with other arts.

[wailiquan]

good job!

[wailiquan]

good job!

[vinizdanski]

GK yu sul is a very efective martial art, I practice in Brazil, and I realy see that yu sul is very good, grapings and grounds, punchs, kicks , very good for the real life, for the self defense and if you want to fight in tornaments too, other art that is realy good, is a brazilian jiu jitsu.

[ScreamingSamProduct]

And let me guess, Muay Thai is the best!?

[Qyama]

hell no .. hapkido combined with BJJ

[ScreamingSamProduct]

are those the martial arts you practice?

[Qyama]

thats it

[ScreamingSamProduct]

Actually Krav Maga is really good for street fighting, we don't fight fair.

[Qyama]

thats true

[BestatwhatIdo]

You do Hapkido and you're giving him shit?

[Qyama]

wtf that suppose 2 mean?!

[BestatwhatIdo]

It means Krav doesn't suck, Taekwondo doesn't suck (though it's hard to find a good school), Hapkido doesn't suck, Jiu Jitsu doesn't suck, and Muay Thai doesn't suck. All arts have their value, and what it really comes down to is how hard you train.

[Qyama]

what u said before doesnt really say that .. but u r right anyway

[kempobrad]

that's easy to say and do in tip tap point sparring, but when its contact sparring (on a wood floor no less) against someone just as good, if not better than you, its another story altogether. just my personal experience

[ScreamingSamProduct]

I play on wood, I've gotten knocked out by one of those pretty combinations, watch my vid, "The Knockout"

[kempobrad]

looked like you got knocked out by punches, not a kick combo. they also weren't trying to throw you, or grapple with you.

very cool though, sparring against two opponents! what was the music on your vid?

[ScreamingSamProduct]

Yeah Kick combos work "In practice" much harder to come off in actual fighting. Aside from that,the song was from Anberlin.

[j124life]

seems pretty technical to me. These guys combine tkds with jujitsu grapples. All they really need is a bit of stand up stamina.

[Qyama]

very good martial art, all the good strikes of tkd n karate + jujutsu ground fighting, looks to me that Gongkwon yusul is a complete MMA

[elu296]

According to offical website; Kyokushin is one of the influences. The founder studied it.

[phaze88]

looks like kyokushin and jiujitsu combine

[napalmdemon]

it is jujutsu, korean jujutsu

[WarriorBoy]

This is some decent stuff! I like it. Never heard of it before, but it would seem that these dudes actually have a pretty good ground game. They also seem to go pretty hard with the strikes. It's very cool to see them doing all this and not just a bunch of forms and rituals, etc.

[ScreamingSamProduct]

Your Website doens't work.

[elu296]

Watch some of the other demos of this. Looks like the punch with force while grappling/on the ground. Better than Brazilian Jiujitsu where strikes tend to be light.

[latchbox]

Holy hell if those guys are fighting on a wooden floor it must hurt like hell to be taken down. I wonder if Korean Jiu JItsu has produced fighters fit for international MMA, that'd be interesting to see..

[ScreamingSamProduct]

I've fought and been taken down on concrete floors. See my vids.

[megajoshTK]

tkd is still better than streetfighting though and tkd has lots of close ranged attackes well at least real tkd does(itf)

[Miyabiii]

man some guy commentated that it looks like "street brawling" and that tkd is better? i dont know what you expect a fight to look like? mabey all kicks to the head and both fighters stay a certian distance away? thats just absurd

[Darryld1]

It is what it is.If you think it looks like other things that's you resorting to matching patterns and if you did that in combat, you'd be likely to lose.Find style in no style;Art in no art.

[choiwonsuh]

Bruce?? Is that you?? Haha, good comment.

[jamesteowm]

Effective training! Cool Dudes

[chrisdawg92ownz]

I really like this style beacuse tkd and the other style (judo, jujitsu? I am not fimliar with these stuff so idk)work well with other. If you where to miss a kick the other person might block it or take you down thats where the ground fighting comes in. If your grappler and ground fighter and can't take the other person down thats where tkd comes in. I am in tkd and been doing Krava Maga for a couple of months. Sorry for my spelling =/

[ScreamingSamProduct]

Me too man. I am krav maga and TKD. Nice meeting ya.

[jhko12]

it seems like there is no style or form. Some ppl look like tkd and others juss straight out street fighters.

[gavelepo]

oh wow...

[mk9000]

That was cool, but for the most part they looked like judo matches, for the most part.

[Silencer116]

Very cool video, i rather watch this than free fight or something!

[KungZoo]

Head punches are only allowed in this gym if you're wearing head protectors.

[HapkidoJosh]

Good video. Were they not allowed to punch to the head?

[lilodot]

rofl they're all so bad... I love gang fight schools

I can garuntee that if you see someone from taekwondo fighting like that then they don't that belt

[lex82]

judo meets taekwondo

[rice5789]

the room is too small~

[uniqueboi]

Cool... looks even nicer than taekwondo

[tkstka]

AMAZING!!!! Go3389 do you have more?

[hedgehogs]

Very nice.