What is Hapkido?
'''Hapkido''' ({{Korean|hangul=합기도|hanja=合氣道}}) is a Korean [[martial art]]. To simple sight it is a combination of techniques of [[taekwondo]] with others of [[aikibudo]]. Its teaching is very much focused to the self-defence. == History == The history of hapkido is enough confused, but many resources believe it to be the work of two Koreans: [[Choi Yong Sul]] ([[1904]]-[[1986]]) and [[Ji Han Jae]] ([[1936]]-). When was child, Choi had been in [[Japan]], where it seems that he worked as servant for the master of [[Daito ryu Aiki jutsu]], [[Sokaku Takeda]]. Choi had demonstrated qualities in Daito-ryu Aiki-jutsu and often in Takeda they sent him in order to face with other persons who performed martial arts. From his return to [[Korea]], Choi had begun to give classes of martial arts. One of his students, Ji Han Jae, had made Korean traditional techniques of [[kick]]s and [[Punch (strike)|punch]]es (obtained from [[taekkyon]] and from [[hwarangdo]]) a part of the collection of techniques and in result he gave it the name of hapkido in the [[1959]]. Besides of Choi and Ji, many schools of Korean martial arts have taken part in the development of several techniques that have helped in causing such hapkido as it is known it. == Other websites == * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.sinmoohapkido.org/ Sin Moo Hapkido in Spain] * [http://www.sinmoohapkido.com/ Official Website] * {{in lang|es}} [http://yhkhapkido.iespana.es/yhkhapkido/ Spanish Association Yang Hum Kwan Hapkido] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503100536/http://yhkhapkido.iespana.es/yhkhapkido/ |date=2008-05-03 }} * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.sin-moo-hapkido.com/ Official Website Sin Moo Hapkido in France] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630074907/http://www.sin-moo-hapkido.com/ |date=2008-06-30 }} * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.hapkidoeh.com Site of the Hapki Yu Kwon Sul of Land of Basques] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225045956/http://hapkidoeh.com/ |date=2021-02-25 }} * [http://www.hapkidocka.org/ei