CompleteMartialArts.com - Hapkido Essentials
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List Price: $29.95
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Manufacturer: Turtle Press
Starring: Chang Soo Lee, Myung Yong Kim
Directed By: Sang H. Kim
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0823327201420
Format: Color
Label: Turtle Press
Manufacturer: Turtle Press
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turtle Press
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-07-28
Running Time: 70
Studio: Turtle Press
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Hapkido is a complete self-defense art, encompassing a full range of striking, kicking, throwing and immobilization techniques. On the Hapkido Essentials DVD, learn the kicks, strikes and blocks of Hapkido from Grandmaster Myung Yong Kim, founder of Hapkido Jin Jung Kwan, and Grandmaster Chang Soo Lee, head of Hapkido Jin Jung Kwan. The grandmasters and some of their top instructors in Korea, personally teach you over 75 hapkido techniques including: * Stance
* Danjun Breathing: beginner, intermediate and advanced levels
* Vital point attacking
* Vital point theory
* Striking: elbow, knifehand and backfist
* Blocking: single and double arm
* Falling: forward, backward, side, aero and rolling falls
* Kicking: single, double, combinations and special kicks for a total of 51 kicks! This comprehensive instructional DVD was filmed on location in Korea. Together with Hapkido Self-defense Volumes 1 and 2, this DVD presents a complete self-defense system. Learn directly from the headmaster, founder and international demonstration team members of this dynmaic Korean art.
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Summary: False Credentials
Comment: This man is not part of the World Hapkido Federation. Possibly something out of Korea, and not the true World Hapkido Federation.
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Summary: Great Hapkido
Comment: Hapkido Essentials and the two Hapkido Self Defense volumes are great for technique review. These products are good for those individuals that are now training or having had some previous experience in Hapkido or other similar Korean martial arts. It is difficult to see the hand positions for many of the techniques. Other than that you will see super rolling, throwing, blocking, locking, rotation, and flexion.
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Summary: Decent demo footage but very little teaching
Comment: Let me preface this by stating that I'm a TKD and HKD instructor. I was interested in this DVD because it features Korean HKD masters and grandmasters, and I hoped to learn some new tips or teaching steps for basic HKD techniques.
Unfortunately, this DVD contains very little explanation of the techniques shown. While the people showing the techniques are generally good, they do not break down the techniques step by step. Instead, you see them do the technique at full speed a few times, then they replay the footage in slow motion, all the while there is a voice-over giving a description of what's going on.
First, while the techniques look good, I've already got plenty of footage of technique from my own home videos, and my DVD player has slow-motion playback. So this DVD is hardly worth the price just for the footage.
Second, while the explanations are correct, they are not nearly detailed enough to learn the techniques correctly. If you already know HKD, sure, you can follow along, but if you already know HKD you really don't need this DVD. My goal was to see other ways to teach basic HKD techniques, but this really doesn't contain any teaching.
Third, the nakbup section is dangerously under-explained. It shows black belt students lining up and running through moves like front-fall, back-fall, high jump-rolling, and long jump-rolling with almost zero explanation of the techniques. When I and other instructors teach these techniques, we start with drills that show proper body position and go through the motions from a much lower height and slower speed, then gradually build up. This DVD skips all that and just shows black belts doing the techniques full-speed and at full-height. It's not even a very helpful demo as you can clearly see variation in the students' technique and the voice-over doesn't mention even some of the obvious points of execution.
Also, there's no mention of the fact that these drills are done a well-padded floor (like a wrestling mat). If a novice tried the nakbup drills on a regular floor or even puzzle-mat, they could easily injure themselves.
The only reason this DVD merits even 2 stars is that at least the footage shows good execution and it covers a pretty wide array of basic HKD techniques.
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Summary: Well worth buying
Comment: I found it a interesting and useful DVD for gaining more knowledge and technques to complement my training in Hapkido.
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Summary: A good reference tool
Comment: I have practiced hapkido for almost 10 years now. This is a great dvd to buy if you want to review techniques you've already learned, get a different take on techniques you already are familiar with, or simply want to know more about hapkido. It is not, however, possible or a good idea to learn something new from this dvd. Mr. Miyagi put it best when he said you cannot learn karate from a book.
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