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What is Hapkido?
The word Hapkido can be broadly translated as “THE WAY OF COORDINATED POWER.” Practicing Hapkido teaches one to coordinate and unify the mind and body. It is both an art of self-defense and a way of life.

The practice of Hapkido involves empty hand and weapons techniques. Each category is divided into offensive and defensive techniques, and each of these is further divided into striking, joint locking and throwing. Within the joint locking techniques, twisting, throwing, paralyzing and strangulation are included. Within the striking techniques are punching, kicking, cutting and stabbing. Techniques with weapons include the use of a dagger, sword, club, cane, staff, spear, fan, rope and stone throwing.

Hapkido is especially powerful because the weakest part of the opponent's body is attacked with a stronger means, namely attacking the arteries, veins, nerves and organs, thereby altering the opponent to your advantage.

Hapkido Principles
There are Three Major Principles in Hapkido:

1. Water, softness, adaptability, strength, conformity, patience.


2. Circle force, rather than being met with force, is led in a circular manner to minimize its effect and then is redirected upon the opponent.


3. Harmony between mind, body, techniques and environment.