I used to have a Hapkido book when I was a kid. I had no knowledge of any martial arts, but it looks like it could be extremely intense and painful. Also, my older brother did WTF style Tae Kwon Do so I wanted to study Korean arts like him, and the uniform was really awesome with that diamond pattern jacket, so I wanted to learn it haha. Now that I'm into wrestling/clinching/grappling for self-protection, Hapkido looks even more appealing. I hope to take it one day. P.S The book was "Hapkido, Korean Art of Self-Defense" by Scott Shaw
I studied under Master Mike Wollmerschauser, 8th Degree Dan Hapkido. He was a gentle giant and deadly. RIP Master Mike. the only American to study in Korea under Master Sool.
This is going to sound reductive, but from the perspective of someone who trains mma (kickboxing, bjj, wrestling) a good Hapkido practitioner posesses some skills that will make me have to think about how to proceed in a spar and an Akido practitioner presents little to none. This is based on my knowledge of the disciplines (admittedly limited) and limited training w people learned in the disciplines.
I completely agree with you. The one thing that I've taken away from both hapkido and aikido, was to distance management and the footwork. Obviously, the falling/rolling (ukemi) has been extremely helpful in my crossover to BJJ /modern martial arts. And I can even pull off aikido/hapkido wrist locks when rolling from time to time. Yes, I'm a dirty wrist locker :-). A lot of the Aikido/hapkido techniques don't work as advertised. It's next to impossible to randomly snatch somebody's hand out of the air in a real confrontation. Clinch range training/pummeling training, basic wrestling, has helped me extensively with making any my hapkido/aikido to work. Here is a video I did on how to make Aikido work in the "real world". th-cam.com/video/KeuA4sJiSx4/w-d-xo.html
As a former Hapkidoist, this comparison is like, using the logical analogy, comparing apples to oranges. There is such a huge divergence, these are not even similar.
Well I have a black belt in both arts and. I have to say from my point of view Hapkido is more self defense orientated. Now I’m not saying Aikido can’t be I’m just saying from my point of view. Now I trained in old school hapkido and Aikido.
Aikido compared to other martial art styles is like simple dancing with the opponents. You need to use more explosive techniques nowadays therefore i would go for mix of Aiki Jujutsu plus Kuk Sool Won Hapkido . Ninjutsu is a also great (the warrior mind of this guys and the ability to adopt into new circumstances in a split of a second plus how they using the whole environment to their advantage this is one of a kind .
I used to have a Hapkido book when I was a kid. I had no knowledge of any martial arts, but it looks like it could be extremely intense and painful. Also, my older brother did WTF style Tae Kwon Do so I wanted to study Korean arts like him, and the uniform was really awesome with that diamond pattern jacket, so I wanted to learn it haha. Now that I'm into wrestling/clinching/grappling for self-protection, Hapkido looks even more appealing. I hope to take it one day.
P.S The book was "Hapkido, Korean Art of Self-Defense" by Scott Shaw
I studied under Master Mike Wollmerschauser, 8th Degree Dan Hapkido. He was a gentle giant and deadly. RIP Master Mike. the only American to study in Korea under Master Sool.
This is going to sound reductive, but from the perspective of someone who trains mma (kickboxing, bjj, wrestling) a good Hapkido practitioner posesses some skills that will make me have to think about how to proceed in a spar and an Akido practitioner presents little to none. This is based on my knowledge of the disciplines (admittedly limited) and limited training w people learned in the disciplines.
I completely agree with you. The one thing that I've taken away from both hapkido and aikido, was to distance management and the footwork. Obviously, the falling/rolling (ukemi) has been extremely helpful in my crossover to BJJ /modern martial arts. And I can even pull off aikido/hapkido wrist locks when rolling from time to time. Yes, I'm a dirty wrist locker :-). A lot of the Aikido/hapkido techniques don't work as advertised. It's next to impossible to randomly snatch somebody's hand out of the air in a real confrontation. Clinch range training/pummeling training, basic wrestling, has helped me extensively with making any my hapkido/aikido to work. Here is a video I did on how to make Aikido work in the "real world".
th-cam.com/video/KeuA4sJiSx4/w-d-xo.html
As a former Hapkidoist, this comparison is like, using the logical analogy, comparing apples to oranges. There is such a huge divergence, these are not even similar.
Well I have a black belt in both arts and. I have to say from my point of view Hapkido is more self defense orientated. Now I’m not saying Aikido can’t be I’m just saying from my point of view. Now I trained in old school hapkido and Aikido.
Aikido compared to other martial art styles is like simple dancing with the opponents.
You need to use more explosive techniques nowadays therefore i would go for mix of Aiki Jujutsu plus Kuk Sool Won Hapkido . Ninjutsu is a also great (the warrior mind of this guys and the ability to adopt into new circumstances in a split of a second plus how they using the whole environment to their advantage this is one of a kind .
My teacher taught me a mix of goshin jujitsu and tomiki aikido
Sounds like a good mix.
Aikido in japan, hapkido is martial in Korea. What is the difference?
I made a video explaining and showing the difference. Hope it helps.
th-cam.com/video/iy1KK94NqNQ/w-d-xo.html