Hap Ki Do groundfighting demonstration

A United States Hap Ki Do Federation (U.S.H.F) groundfighting demonstration at Indiana University. December 2007. Participants included myself and members of the Indiana University Hap Ki Do club.
The point of these techniques is to use coordinated movement to keep your attacker from gaining a controllable position. Stressed in lessons are things like the concept of free parts (these are things like using your hands to spin yourself around in order to keep your guard/legs between you and them, up kicks if your down and attacker is standing over you, and eliminating their ability to base out when sweeping), worst case scenario if mounted don't let the person settle (hip movement is critical) and always keeping your guard between you and your attacker.
Remember the best self-defense is avoidance. IF you can talk or walk your way out of every fight, you will never lose!

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Hapkido
• Hap Ki Do
• Groundfighting
• Standing up in base
• up kick
• Korean martial arts
• mount defense
• escaping mount
• guard
• keeping guard
• guard recomposure

[jbentley83]

Good to see a martial art OTHER than Brazillian JJ showing some ground fighting.

Personally, going to ground is the -last- thing I'd want to do during combat :)

[BreaPerson]

groundfighting techniques are probably the most useful techniques to learn

[samurai184]

@BreaPerson knife techniques would help also.. haha

[TYCKY321]

It is simply from information my Hapkido instructor attained from our Grandmaster who is president of the United Hapkido and Hapkihae Federation. It is our notebooks we use to keep track of techniques and learn the history and language of the Korean people and Hapkido.

[TonesterD]

TYCKY321 "It comes from Tae Kyon, Aikido, and Aikijutsu". Can you site references? Choi Yong Sul taught aikijujutsu, some of his students formed "hapkido". But Taekkyun? I think only ad-hoc as hapkido masters competed for number and variety of techniques, adding anything imagined or copied. Aikido - sister art under aikijujutsu - but no record I've seen of Choi teaching it in Korea; not even studying it in Japan. Any references appreciated. Thanks, Tony

[KurtCobain198666]

Hmm it's allot different from jiujutsu on the technical level.

[TYCKY321]

Ground techniques in Hapkido are for high ranking belts. Most of our techniques are from standing and deal with grabs or punches. It comes from Tae Kyon, Aikido, and Aikijutsu.

[flooopy1]

Hapkido is basicly Korean Jiu-Jitsi. It can be traced back to Aiki -Jiu-Jits.

[btkgepeto]

Coolllllll! at the ground is like jiu-jitsu!!!

[HirkiAikido]

pretty kool stuff lol and i love the foot at 2:38