Hapkido is Korean Aiki-jujutsu; when it came to Korea it was called Hapki Yusool. In other words, Hapkido is Japanese Jujutsu that went to Korea. Unlike other forms of jujutsu, however, it maintains a full corpus of techniques and does not limit jujutsu to groundfighting only. This makes it favored often by law enforcement and security professionals. We try to limit exposure on the ground, yet we still need to grapple and submit. Here's one submission without groundfighting that we do from a com

Hapkido, in common with other ai-ki jujutsu arts, is about learning "perfect" grappling skill - skill so perfect it seems supernatural. The only way to do that is to begin with intense motor and sensory analysis of the most simplistic grapples: one person grasping another's wrist. These are NOT self defense techniques. Obviously if someone grasps your wrist the self defense concern is to free yourself, flee or strike - and with a free hand numerous possible strikes are apparent to anyone without