Learn to use other peoples power against them with Hapkido self defence... The safe and effective bully buster.
Hapkido is a form of self-defense that uses joint locks, grappling, throwing techniques, kicks, punches, and other striking attacks. It also teaches the use of traditional weapons, including knife, sword, rope, nunchaku (ssang juhl bong), cane (ji pang ee), short stick (dan bong), and middle-length staff (joong bong), gun (analogous to the Japanese jō), and bō (Japanese), which vary in emphasis depending on the particular tradition examined.
Hapkido employs both long-range and close-range fighting techniques, utilizing jumping kicks and percussive hand strikes at longer ranges, and pressure point strikes, joint locks, and throws at closer fighting distances. Hapkido emphasizes circular motion, redirection of force, and control of the opponent. Practitioners seek to gain advantage over their opponents through footwork and body positioning to incorporate the use of leverage, avoiding the use of brute strength against brute strength.
Oh and its great for Kids, Women and Adults of all fitness, age and sizes !
And yes, we start off with board breaking !
Don't worry ! you will practice this in class before the big day ! We will not let you fail this one. Our White Belt boards are also very thin and easy to break. The point of this board break is to get you cofortable and confident in starting to break boards, especially when you are under pressure and every one is watch. You will learn that little thin boards are nothing to be scared of ! As you prepare for the bigger thicker boards at Black Belt level. We start preparing you from day one. We do not make you wait till you are a higher level belt to start having the real fun.
Hapkido training has a focus on self defence techniques
Our Hapkido syllabus is focussed on effective self defence techniques, including kicking, striking, punching ... as well as learning how to fall should you be thrown or fall, so you can keep fighting. Our students also learn throwing techniques by using their attacks forces and power against them, but that comes a bit later.
Core strengthing in Danjun breathing, which using breathing to give you strength, control your emotions and give you power. Its a form of mediation to being power into your core, and its also part of your grading syllabus.
