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  2. Combat Hapkido - Wikipedia

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    Combat Hapkido does not incorporate certain traditional Hapkido techniques which it deemed impractical for modern self-defense scenarios. For example, acrobatic break falls, jump/spinning kicks, forms, and meditation have been omitted, along with the removal of weapons such as swords and other weapons which would be impractical and not typically carried in modern society.

  3. Black belt (martial arts) - Wikipedia

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    In judo and some forms of karate, a sixth dan will wear a red-and-white belt. The red-and-white belt is often reserved only for ceremonial occasions, and a regular black belt is still worn during training. At 9th or 10th dan some schools award red. In some schools of jujutsu, the shihan rank and higher wear purple belts. These other colors are ...

  4. Hapkido - Wikipedia

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    The following is an example of the Korea Hapkido Association technical requirements from 1st degree to 5th degree Black Belt as recorded by Hae-young Kim in 1991, created in association with Ji Han-jae. [1] These techniques are now considered pre-dan level. 1st Degree Black Belt Single Kicks; Wrist Seize Defense; Clothing Seize Defense; Punch ...

  5. International H.K.D. Federation - Wikipedia

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    Koreans who want to enter the police academy need a black belt certificate from one of the selected Korean hapkido organizations. In the past the IHF was one of only three organizations whose certificates were accepted; now the certificates of four more organizations are accepted.

  6. Martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Testing or evaluation is important to martial artists of many disciplines who wish to determine their progression or own level of skill in specific contexts. Students often undergo periodic testing and grading by their own teacher in order to advance to a higher level of recognized achievement, such as a different belt color or title.

  7. Han Bong-soo - Wikipedia

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    He began his study of hapkido as a teenager with Yongsul Choi in Seoul, Korea but the bulk of his training came from numerous other hapkido instructors where he received most of his black belt rankings. [4] [5] Han studied and refined this Korean martial art for more than 50 years. He held the rank of 9th dan black belt in hapkido. He was the ...

  8. 'I love combat': This 88-year-old judo black belt is an ...

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    Donald Weiss discovered the martial arts nearly 70 years ago as a teenager in New York. He's still learning jiu-jitsu every week at a Wellington dojo.

  9. Marine Corps Martial Arts Program - Wikipedia

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    There are an additional five degrees of black belt, with several of the same common prerequisites, including recommendation of reporting senior, appropriate level of professional military education completed, and current instructor status. Black belt 2nd degree to 6th degree signify that the holder is an authority in the Marine Corps Martial ...