Tecniques and Principles

Basic elements of Hapkikwan are:

1. Defence bare-handed against bare-handed oponent;
2. Defence bare-handed against armed oponent;
3. Defence with various arms against armed oponent

Basic principles of Hapkikwan are:

1. Principe of gradual progess – learning first simple, and then more and more complex techniks;
2. Principle of rationality – using the least necessary energy (saving energy);
3. Principle of efiiciency – practicing and using only those technick that are eficient in real situation;
4. Principle of proportionality – defence must be proportional to danger (atack)

Techniks of Hapkikwan include:

- Breathing exercise ("dan jon hoop")
- Sage fallings
- Throws
- Join locks
- Chokes
- Punches and kicks
- Defence against armed oponent (stick, knife, pistol, rifle, etc.)
- Use of arms (short stick, middle stick, long stick, knife, shuriken stars, nunchaku, rope, fire arms, etc.)
- Use of ordinary objects for defence (umbrela, pencil, glass, stones, etc.)
- Power test (breaking boards with punches and kicks).

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One of characteristics of Hapkikwan is that special attention is paid to enable students to use in practice what they has learned in class. In other words, the idea is that student just a after few months of training should be able to defend himself (and others) against basic atacks.

Due to specific system of training which includes 6 types of sparring, Hapkikwan students are capable to compete under almost any rules. In fact, younger students are ecouraged to practice from time to time in different MA tournaments, under different rules.

Yet, Hapkikwan is not a Sport, but Martial Art. It is for defense and fight not for competition.

Like in many other martial arts, there are 10 student's and 10 master's belts.

Higher belts practice among other matters different forms of sparring (of taekwondo type, judo type, etc.). This is not for the competition, but only for the purpose of improving one's skills::

10 kup – white
9. kup – yellow
8. kup – second yellow
7. lup – green
6. kup – second green
5. kup – blue
4. kup – second blue
3. kup – red
2. kup – second red
1. kup (black belt candidate) – brown

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Tecniques and Principles