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Pages in category "Hapkido practitioners" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Liesl Ahlers; F.
Pages in category "American hapkido practitioners" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Hapkido (UK: / ˌ h æ p k iː ˈ d oʊ / HAP-kee-DOH, [4] US: / h ɑː p ˈ k iː d oʊ / hahp-KEE-doh, [5] also spelled hap ki do or hapki-do; from Korean 합기도 hapgido [hap̚.ki.do]) is a Korean martial art. It is a form of self-defense that employs joint locks, grappling, throwing techniques, kicks, punches, and other striking attacks.
Sun-hwan Chung (born May 6, 1940), also known as James Sun-hwan Chung, is one of the highest-ranking Tang Soo Do, Hapkido, and taekwondo grandmasters in the world. [1] [2] He is founder of the Moo Sool Do (Martial Arts United) form of martial arts and is president of the World Academy of Martial Arts, LLC.
Han being a senior student of Yong-sul Choi, assisted in promoting the first hapkido school in the country's capital city. [9] In 1959, Han opened his own hapkido school in the Samgangji section of Seoul. Han became an influential teacher and taught people in both the Korean military and the Korean presidential guard. [10]
Smith, 52, a life-long Hagerstown resident and owner of White Tiger Martial Arts, recently earned his 9th Dan (degree) Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido and American Style Karate.
After Choi returned to Korea in 1946 he started teaching a martial art he had learned in Japan, Daito Ryu Aikijujitsu. His initial students and their students, etc., adapted these techniques to their own needs and added techniques from other Korean and non-Korean styles, forming Hapkido, Kuksool Won, Hwarangdo, Tukgongmoosul, Hanmudo, Hanpul ...
In 1959, Ji combined all of his martial arts knowledge and began to teach hapkido. Many people consider Ji the founder of hapkido, while others credit his teacher Choi, who referred to his art as yawara (Korean: 야와라; 柔) or yukwonsul (Korean: 유권술; 柔拳術)". It is commonly claimed by his students that Ji was the first to use the ...