Hapkido is an eclectic Korean martial art that is oriented toward self defense.
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Elements of a good reverse punch
One of the challenges I've been running into lately is proper chaining around a reverse punch, especially with my off hand. I continue to practice, but there are some fundamental difficulties with ...
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“Spinning Block” Pattern Origination
In my group as a way to practice improving flow we do the following series in every class:
Come into a neutral, relaxed stance) facing north (chosen for sake of ease of directions in this list).
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Safely Training Axe Kick Throws
We have a technique in hapkido that flows as follows (using the hard-grab variation for simplicity, there are variations):
Opponent grabs left hand with their right.
Defender pulls arm out to the ...
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Livehand Locks for Training Purposes
One set of techniques that my dojang doesn't practice much with, but that I have seen in several other Hapkido sources (mostly "lightning patch" groups), are live hand variations on locks.
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Explaining how to breathe deeply
One of the things we emphasize heavily in my Hapkido group is breathing. It tends to flow with your motion and be very deep in nature. We also have deep breathing exercises along these lines ...
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Sliding the Feet in Contact With the Ground
Some techniques in hapkido are practiced with a foot sliding along the ground or remaining in contact with the ground. For example, in a sequence we call a stepping pattern, it isn't uncommon to step ...
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Backspinning Heel Kick, Hapkido Origins
A lot of techniques in Hapkido have clear derivations from other arts. A lot of our kicks come from either TKD or from a parent art of TKD, while a lot of the hand-techniques seem to be derived from ...
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How to cover all of the material? Especially in small classes
Hapkido has an extremely large number of techniques and an even larger number of variations in it. It includes a huge variety of techniques with the hands, feet, and with various weapons. Not to ...
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Demonstrations of Minimum Force
Frequently with newer students when we begin teaching them locks, we encounter the phenomena that when they don't get the lock to go on they will try to apply more force to make it work. This can be ...
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Value in Practicing Spinning Kicks
In hapkido we have a large number of kicking techniques, ranging from sweeps and kicks from the ground up to and including spinning kicks, skip kicks, jump techniques, etc.
My question here is in ...
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How can one practice spear-hand strikes, while still knowing you got the technique right?
One of the techniques in many martial arts is a spear hand strikes, where you make your hand rigid and thrust into the opponent. There are a couple of different variations, e.g., in hapkido we have a ...
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Official Term/Good Reference for Hapkido Advanced Basics
In my school we teach, at around the 5th kup level, a series of "advanced basics" that involve taking the seven sets and doing them in a push-pull motion while moving. An example might be doing a ...
