American Hapkido Hurk Choo Kwan Demonstration

This is my Hapkido dojang's National Martial Arts Day performance in Seattle, WA in October 2005. Unlike most American dojangs who only send their few best students to demonstrate, Master Eddie Arnold opened the door for students of all levels to participate. The spirit displayed by our students says a lot more about the dojang than a flashy all-black-belt performance.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• hapkido
• martial arts
• demonstration
• hap ki do
• takedowns
• throws
• self defense
• self-defense

[dougmac76]

Cool. I see a lot of Aikido moves. Does Hapkido have Aikido roots?

[naitp]

Yep -- Hapkido and Aikido are both derived from an older Japanese martial art called Aikijiujitsu. Aikido may be older, though -- Hapkido first emerged in Korea in the 1930's but didn't begin to gain a following until the early 1950's.

[DEdge1221]

Geez...so hostile. I assume the insults were to me. You're still missing the point, dumbass. Martial arts aren't all deadly arts. They are also for self defense. Not all are about killing. Don't judge. You aren't perfect, dipshit.

[VRJaguarandi]

remember thsi is only a demostraton but remember hapkido techniques arevery pauinful go and try whit a hapkido master one of hs techniques and then you´ll know whats is true pain

[TheDamSam]

Smalest tatami ever!

[slyme1711]

fitness, confidence, conditioning and awareness will always increase your chances of overcoming a violent attack. People that comment that demonstrations don't look like real life situations are most likely too weak minded to study martial arts and should stick to playing with their playstations.

[slapbass04]

5:03. Nasty. I practice HKD so I know all about falling, but hitting the wood like that still hurts...

[lkj098lkj]

This is wonderful demonstration. And I was sprised that their rank is not high. I can give them all A+.

[sleepinglionmartial]

Dont forget - I'm sure these guys know how to strike as well as lock. If a lock doesn't work you can always fall back on striking... an elbow to the head almost always works. I am disapointed by the language of those commenting. I'm sure the famillies of this school read this...

Train hard and peace

[KapitanMuahaha]

I have to disagree. ANYTHING can happen in a fight. I had a guy grab my jacket in just such a manner as you described ("give you their hand")- I took him down and he screamed. He didn't fly through the air as is commonly shown in demo's. He hit the ground hard. I couldn't believe it but there it was. Does it happen all the time? No, but it does happen. Peace.

[lvcsslacker]

pretty good demo

[scopeophile]

the explanation is in the title - 'DEMO'.

They're are trying to show how these techniques are used and applied.

Blocks and locks are a very effective method in gaining the upper hand in a 1 to 1 situation.

A lot of security forces training refers to martial arts such as Hapkido and other grappling / opponent controlling techniques .

Pretty sure they wouldn't take that route if it wasn't useful if applied effectively, surely?

[warfox777]

I love fighting ignorant folks like you=)