**Hap Ki Do**
[Way of Harmony and Inner Power]

THE HISTORY OF HAPKIDO

DAITO-RYU AIKI-JUJITSU FOUNDER/SOKE TAKEDA SOKAKU- AN OFFICER OF THE JAPANSE MILITARY WHOM ANNEXED KOREA DURING WW2.

DURING THAT TIME PERIOD SOKE TAKEDA SOKAKU TOOK CHOI YONG SUL OUT OF KOREA AND TO JAPAN TO LIVE WITH HIM.

CHOI YONG SUL LIVED IN SOKE TAKEDA SOKAKU HOME AND TRAINED JUJITSU WITH HIM EVERYDAY FOR THIRTHY YEARS.CHOI YONG SUL WAS ALSO AN INSTRUCTOR AT SOKE TAKEDA SOKAKU DOJO IN JAPAN AND TRAVELED AROUND WITH HIM DOING JUJITSU SEMINARS.

IN 1943 SOKE TAKEDA SOKAKU DIED.HE WAS THE LAST RECORDED SAMURAI...

SHORTLY AFTER CHOI YONG SUL MOVED BACK TO KOREA AND STARTED TEACHING A PURE FORM OF DAITO-RYU AIKIA JUJITSU CALLED

YU SUL TRANSLATED IN KOREAN MEANS SOFT ART

JUJITSU TRANSLATED IN JAPANESE MEANS SOFT ART

AFTER PLAYING AROUND WITH NAMES CHOI YOUG SUL BECAME FOUNDER/SOKE OF HAPKIDO

HAP - HARMONIZE KI - ENERGY DO - METHOD/PATH

HAPKIDO IS SAID TO HAVE STANDUP STRIKING LIKE TANG SOO DO AND TAEKWONDO WITH JUJITSU/ JUDO LIKE THROWS/JOINT LOCKS/GRAPPLING

HAPKIDO MADE IT'S WAY FROM KOREA TO THE USA IN THE 1980'S.

IN THE USA HAPKIDO IS USUALLY BEING TOUGHT TWO DIFFERENT WAYS

# 1 HIGH KICKS AND KATA FORMS INFLUENCED BY TAEKWONDO

#2 LOW LINE KICKS AND GRAPPLING INFLUENCED BY JU JITSU.




Reference: http://elitefreestylehapkido.com/hapkido-history.php


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