hapkido

What is Hap Ki Do?

Hap Ki Do is a Korean art of self defense emphasizing "Ki-Gong" internal energy development in combination with a wide range of both defensive and offensive techniques. Some of the skills utilized in Hap Ki Do are:

punches and other various hand skills such as palm strikes and finger strikes
a wide variety of kicking skills
blocking skills utilizing circular nonresistance, redirection, trapping and locking skills
vital point and pressure point skills
joint locking skills and body throws
ground control pinning skills and choking skills
opponent restraining skills.

These skills are designed so that an individual can overcome and subdue an attacker or several attackers with minimum effort and maximum results.

The name "Hap Ki Do" (Way of Coordinating Power) was first used by its founder and Grandmaster Choi Yong-Sool and his students in 1947. Although Chung Do Mu Sool Won is a much older art and term than Hap Ki Do, it must be noted that the reference to Hap Ki Do is a way to categorize the description of Chung Do Mu Sool Won's empty hand self defense skills.