What is Korean Hapkido?
Korean Hapkido is a form of martial arts with various defense techniques such as cracking, throwing, hitting, stabbing, and kicking. In Korea, Yongsul Choi, the founder of Korean Hapkido, popularized Hapkiyusul since 1945. Today, Korean Hapkido has spread throughout the world after being redefined in Korea. The basic techniques of Korean Hapkido are consist of breathing, kicking, fist, and general technique(sulgi). The general technique(sulgi) is a key technique in Hapkido, and it is aimed at self-defense by using force in the body and using the opponent's muscle, bone, force, acupuncture point. Sulgi is consist of hitting, kicking, breaking(like Kansetsu-waza in judo), throwing. Additionally, each techniques can be mixed together and used interchangeably. This is the battle-like (sparring) nature of Korean Hapkido.
The origin of Korean Hapkido and History
In order to examine the origin and history of Korean Hapkido, it should be attempted in a large framework centering on data from Korea and Japan. Until now, the interpretations of hapkido have been very contentious and there is still little data available to make clear conclusions about this. Until now, the thesis written by each association of Korean Hapkido, related organizations, and even professional scholars has misunderstood the history of Korean Hapkido from the viewpoint of ethnic supremacy. These claims force very dangerous and narrowed thinking for Korean hapkido development. The reality and identity of Hapkido should be clarified in a larger framework than before and based on this, Hapkido should be sublimated into our precious body culture.
Scoring method
The Korean Hapkido competition applies a differential score.
Winning points
When the body is accurately priced by kicking
Sit down and turn the bottom.
When the lower part of the lower body is kicked
When the counter falls down due to the hit area
Goals (2 points)
Throw it correctly with your casting technique and fall off your back or side
When you hit the right side of your back to the back or back correctly within 3 seconds
Jeapseung
Sitting your opponent's attack Sifts your opponent's feet completely off the ground
Suppresses your opponent from the line of the footbath and completes the opponent completely for 5 seconds