Hapkido street effectivness?

Question

My friend from school kenny shock is i guess ranked 3d in the nation for under 18 martial arts tricking or somthing, and he recomended me to do either hapkido or combat hapkiod.

Im just curious if anyone could ellaborate on the style? I dont have any martial arts training but i have a background in both wrestling and kick boxing.

Answer 1

i train in hapkido for some weeks now + korean kickbox where they use muay thai + hapkido. it can be verry effective but this will take years to get rly good  and to  use the technics without tinking about it. the swat , police and armey  get lessons in hapkido (not all) so  i tink this prove's that it rly works..

Answer 2

no hapkido, something other than hapkido, karate, or taekwondo where most of fighting is grapple or for points

Answer 3

Hopkido is a very good martial arts but as far as combat effectiveness Aikido is a much more dependable form...

Answer 4

I was stationed in South Korea in the US Army in 1988-90 and saw Korean ROK soldiers training in the dojang. They are required to train in Hapkido for there time in the military. Most of them get 4 years of intense training. I saw many of them going against other soldiers two or three at a time. They do full contact with safety equipment and still got hurt a lot. hapkido is a WICKEDLY DANGEROUS AND EFFECTIVE method of self-defense. Remenber those movies about Billy Jack from the 1970's? He was trained by one of Korea's Grand Masters in Hapkido, I believe his name was Bong Soo Han. He also owns several dojang studios in California and other places. If you can find a dojand to train in I would highly recommend it.

Answer 5

Hapkido seems like a cool art, more practical than TKD, which is more of a sport art.  It seems to concentrate on real fighting more than other Korean arts.

Ultimately your defense of yourself lies not in your art, but in your will to survive, whichever art you take will give you a framework by which you can defend yourself.  

A US Navy SEAL(Roy Boehm), in his 40's defeated four young US Marines at a bar in San Diego, when people asked him how he did he responded "PFW/PFD" and "will over skill".  It is really this fighting spirit you need to survive.

I agree with him totally, it is your fighting spirit that will keep you alive.  I say this as a lifelong soldier  and person who has had to survive some precarious situations.

Answer 6

I've been training in Hapkido for over 10 yrs and a cop for 12 yrs. I did a form of karate which I will not name for about 5 yrs prior to becoming a cop. Hapkido when you are properly trained in the principles of the art is as devastating and as practical as any art in the world. And I will verbally debate that with anyone who argues otherwise based on my years of actual experience in using it in the real world. Not in the ring, not in the Dojang, and definately not hiding behind some key board giving a worthless opinion based on nothing but what you see on T.V. But, by doing law enforcement in a big city with a high crime rate,and working in a jail system that holds over 5000 criminals. Words and hype mean nothing to me when it comes down to real life situations. Which is why I still train in it and will continue to do so. HKD can go from simple techniques such a hip throws, sweeps,hand strikes, basic kicks, joint breaks to move advanced movements like all sorts of jump kicks, multiple attacker, non-resistance, redirection, submission holds, groundfighting, pressure point strikes etc.etc. Just to name a few things on the menu. So KixX is incorrect in saying it will take a long time to learn how to use it. The Korean military and police wouldn't waste their time in doing it if it did. So is it street effective? YES it is!!!  But like all like things when it comes down to martial arts training regardless of what art you study, the quality and experience of your instructor  to teach you and you willingness to learn it make all the difference in the world.

Answer 7

There are better out there for effectiveness, most fights go to the ground and the kicking emphasis of Korean arts isn't the best.

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_Hapk...

http://www.greenhillcombathapkido.com/wh...