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Originally Posted by samirbk
I've been doing hapkido for a little over 6 months and i'm really not that impressed with it, it seems like more of a demonstration art than a martial art. There's an MMA school i want to join, but i'll give hapkido another 6 months since a year would be a fair timeframe to make a judgement?
Does anyone have an opinion on Hapkido's relevance for self defence, has anyone taken it up, or even better, had to use it?
There just seems to be too many useless techniques like jumping over 5 guys bent over, half the joint locks wouldnt work on an attacker who was on the ball and my club doesnt do any sparring. No disrespect to the Korean culture, but it just doesn't seem like something i'm looking for.
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You would be better off going to the MMA and getting a jump start with 6 more months of training then wasting it on a traditional Hapkido school based on forms and ritual.
You already know and are saying what needs to be said most of it is endless useless technique that wouldn't work in real life situations.