Hapkido
Hapkido(Hangul:합기도;Hanja:Hợp khí đạo) is a Koreanmartial art.
To simple sight it is a combination of techniques oftaekwondowith others ofaikibudo.Its teaching is very much focused to the self-defence.
History
[change|change source]The history of hapkido is enough confused, but many resources believe it to be the work of two Koreans:Choi Yong Sul(1904-1986) andJi Han Jae(1936-). When was child, Choi had been inJapan,where it seems that he worked as servant for the master ofDaito ryu Aiki jutsu,Sokaku Takeda.
Choi had demonstrated qualities in Daito-ryu Aiki-jutsu and often in Takeda they sent him in order to face with other persons who performed martial arts. From his return toKorea,Choi had begun to give classes of martial arts. One of his students, Ji Han Jae, had made Korean traditional techniques ofkicksandpunches(obtained fromtaekkyonand fromhwarangdo) a part of the collection of techniques and in result he gave it the name of hapkido in the1959.
Besides of Choi and Ji, many schools of Korean martial arts have taken part in the development of several techniques that have helped in causing such hapkido as it is known it.
Other websites
[change|change source]- (in Spanish)Sin Moo Hapkido in Spain
- Official Website
- (in Spanish)Spanish Association Yang Hum Kwan HapkidoArchived2008-05-03 at theWayback Machine
- (in French)Official Website Sin Moo Hapkido in FranceArchived2008-06-30 at theWayback Machine
- (in Spanish)Site of the Hapki Yu Kwon Sul of Land of BasquesArchived2021-02-25 at theWayback Machine
- Official Website of the Cheong Kyum AssociationArchived2010-02-09 at theWayback Machine