Flow Drill - Hapkido Technique of the Month August 2007

[47wma]

Nicely executed, cleary explained. Thank you.

[Sharkman3472]

Lock flow drills are cool!! I love watching practitioners from Aikido and Hapkido do these. I find it interesting to see the distinct similarities and differences in these drills. Nice Work!

[coffeeping]

the flow drills are explained in a systematic way, awesome!

and the combos is logically great when u considering the instinctive resistance from the opponent, and the moves proceed towards the takedown palm strike (though i personally prefers Punch instead XD )

the video is great! keep it coming

[HapkidoJosh]

Thanks for the great comment! I agree on the punch part. For a period of time my instructor insisted that we did palm heel when their head was on the floor because we didn't want to hurt our hands with a punch against a solid surface, but we abandoned that philosophy after a while. It still sticks with me sometimes.

[sargtkd]

I am a very big fan of your techniques they are all great the instruction is spot on can't wait for some new clips. If your doing any that is

[HapkidoJosh]

Thank you very much. I am actually editing a video right now and should have it posted next week some time if not today.

[superdruid999]

somehow these jointlocks remind me of japanese jiu jitsu, ninjutsu or aikido, where did hapkido come from? from which country?looks awesome btw.

[HapkidoJosh]

Hapkido is a Korean Martial art. Which has roots in Japanese Aiki Ju Jutsu (where Aikido came from). It shares the same Chinese characters as Aikido but the arts are very different.

[superdruid999]

i guess that explanes why it reminded me of the japanese martial arts. didnt know that korea had a martial art like this, the only korean martial art i could think of was TKD. thanks for the reply, it was very helpfull :)

[peacemaker281]

Great lesson and points I personally believe in!

[LDVYao]

OMG! I just Love your lock hold videos! Clear, easy to understand, and useful! i learn JKD, so your lock hold helped me alot in JKD! hope to get a series of your lock hold and hope you guys can post even better videos!=) thank you sooo much

[HapkidoJosh]

Thank you very much! What do you mean by a series?

[OneShotStop229]

I'm assuming he or she means a video of you doing more locks, in a series. In Combat Hapkido, we call them the wrist lock series, or arm lock series, and so on. I agree, though, you should make one big video (or a few big videos) of all of the wrist locks, arm locks, takedowns, chokes, pressure points...

The people want to know what you know! Give the people what they want! I love your videos, man. You rock!

[ninjalex08]

I really liked this video. I hope they are all this good. Thank you for posting.

[AMERPCEWARRIOR]

Very good and clear instruction some of the best I've seen in type of media. You have a very way of breaking the steps down in simple terms that are easily understood. Keep up the good work and please post more.Thank you

[HapkidoJosh]

Thank you very much!

[HapkidoJosh]

I also test my students on a regular basis by just resisting without warning. I'm very big on telling my students not to quit if something doesn't go your way but instead changing directions or do a technique using the path of least resistance.

[HapkidoJosh]

Another drill that I like to do is going with the flow. The attacker will grab and pull or push in any direction and they have to try to react and just have the best technique for the situations come out. Instead of choosing a technique to do before they are attacked.

[kempobrad]

another very important aspect of these arts, hapki, aiki, judo, jujutsu etc. lots of people do leverage, or deflection, but alot do not drill or understand the real concept behind their art in my opinion. they don't really know what 'ju' or 'hapki' is.

[kempobrad]

this comment by you for some reason did not show up the first time i came back here...nevermind lol

[HapkidoJosh]

I had made the comment but noticed a spelling mistake so I deleted it and posted again.

[kempobrad]

just a question this time josh. do you ever practice these or any other drills against someone who is resisting, not just theoretically resisting, but really doing it? for instance when you practice going from the armbar to the push over takedown, the guy doesn't just stand up for you. or when you do get it, he doesnt just fall over. i realize this is basic technique, and a demo.

[HapkidoJosh]

I have several types of sparring exercises that I like to use. Some of them are: Some times we work on specifics like "Just Jointlocks and Throws (Kind of like Judo)", "Just Punching and/or Kicking", or "Just Ground Fighting"....

[HapkidoJosh]

Then I also do things more like one steps but more free flowing. Like have one person be the attacker and the other the defender the attacker gets to do one technique then the defender blocks/evades and goes to a finish within reason using any technique they have learned. From there we bump the techniques the attacker can use to 2 or 3 then we go on to full out sparring with everything from punching and kicking to jointlocks and ground fighting.

[kempobrad]

cool, sounds like good stuff. but what i mean is that the attacker is really resisting the techniques with physical strength. just one of my things i guess, my instructor was very specific about not 'letting' someone take you down even in practice after the first few times. even in the beginning, he wouldnt try to stop you from doing it, but...you had to MAKE him fall. a very important aspect in my opinion

[HapkidoJosh]

Sorry I got carried away with my answer and forgot about the point. I don't go to the extent that you speak of. When we do our sparring both participants are resisting (competing). With beginners I would worry that people could get hurt pretty easily trying too much resistence.

[kempobrad]

i see your point. i guess what i mean is, when you throw someone, you should actually be throwing them, not touching their arm, and them falling down and rolling. of course, some of the more devastating aiki throws need a certain level of cooperation. but i think those are more breaks than throws personally

[HapkidoJosh]

Ah, yes of course.  Whenever I am working with a student that has been around a little while I make sure the technique feels "right".

I think a lot of people have the misconception with the throws that the opponent is going to flip over movie style. When really you want them to plow their face into the floor or land on their neck and shoulder area. I make sure my students unerstand this when they are practicing the techniques that we have to jump to practice some of these techniques safely.

[kempobrad]

true, even i have been guilty of saying that "that wont really happen" ..i didn't realize that that is just the breakfall/roll. we did some of those moves in kempo jujutsu, but we just bit the matt lol of course..we didn't do alot of the joint throws to the extent aiki, or hapkido does.

[bloublou35]

thanks a lot!!