history of hapkido

Hapkido was developed in Korea, the name literally means,  "The way of coordination and internal power." Hapkido is seen as a  complete martial art in that it consists of: dynamic striking and kicking techniques, very similar to Tae Kwon Do, both soft and hard style deflection techniques, throws, takedowns, ground-fighting, and extensive joint locking techniques.

Hapkido is really the combination of 2 Korean Martial Arts -Tae Kyon which is an ancient Korean Kicking Skill that was widespread during the time of the Three Kingdoms and Yool Sool which comes from the Japanese art known as Daito-Ryu Aiki-Jutsu.

Hapkido shares with other Korean fighting systems a history which dates back nearly 2000 years.. Over time the martial art now known as Hapkido has been influenced by Chinese and Japanese martial arts and ideals. Hapkido today is a multi-faceted martial art that blends soft and hard techniques. Like traditional styles of Karate-do ("the way of the empty hand"), Hapkido uses strong linear or hard techniques such as strikes and kicks. Like Aikido or Aiki-JiuJitsu, it also employs circular (i.e., soft) techniques, such as off-balancing or throwing, which re-direct an attacker's energy to his or her disadvantage.