well i was trying to find a good japaness style but all i can find in my area. at all (meaing all styles) are hapkido and akido (missplelled i know, pun intended) which one whould be best for me, sinc e you dont know me. 6.2 210 high dexterty. and is hapkido japaness i read it was karean (DAMN SPELLIN SORRY)
2006-12-01 00:59:22 · 9 answers · asked by THE DOCTOR 2 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
Hapkido IS a Korean Martial Arts discipline, and it's a mixture of HARD and SOFT techniques whereas Aikido utlizes SOFT techniques.
both are similar in nature, but Hapkido is considered in the Martial Arts community to be a more well rounded discipline than Aikido because of the fact that it uses both hard and soft techniques. (and I'm not just mentioning this because I'm a practitioner of Hapkido myself).
the biggest problem you may have with either discipline is your height, so you'll have to adjust accordingly if you study either discipline.
We have a couple of guys in our class that are 6'0" and taller and it sometimes proves a bit difficult to perform the techniques for them, but they can do what's necessary in class, it's just more difficult to pull off so they have to adjust themselves in small ways to get around to pulling off the techniques properly.
good luck in finding a school
2006-12-01 01:46:41 · answer #1 · answered by quiksilver8676 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You did not look hard enough for a place to train.
Both of those schools suck. They teach psycho babble, one with mind body and soul crap. Put down your visa and buy a new orange belt. "next month buy one get one free black belts".
Show up shut-up, pay up. These types of schools have thousands of people thinking that they can defend themselves.
They are giving a false sense of security to people. And these people will get their @sses kicked or worse when they drink in a little liquid courage and run off at the mouth.
We used to fight at night in rented out ware house space. The "owners" of these schools would often invite other "schools" to visit. We would roll hard. We also learned how to beat tough competitors.
Go with the white robe and pretty belt crowd if that is what you are into. But if you want to learn to fight, you are wasting time and money.
Look Harder
2006-12-01 06:56:35 · answer #2 · answered by Two dimes and a Nickel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take Aikido (Japanese) if you want to learn an ART of martial arts, its next to worthless on the street. Take Hapkido if you like a combo of TKD kicks and Wrist locks and controls.
2006-12-01 05:56:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aikido has a reputation for training with compliant parnters and not training with resistance.
It is notorious for that. If you don't train with a resisting opponent (real resistance not token resistance) you are not training properly.
Check out both schools, see if either one does this, if not, you got real problems. And resistance doesn't mean tip tap stuff. It means where the guy doesn't let you get the lock, hit, kick whatever off and is fully resisting you as if you were fighting.
2006-12-01 06:02:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try out the schools. You can usually get a free trial lesson and if not you should be able to watch. See how the other people there are and how they handle themselves. There is no best style, only one that works best for you.
2006-12-01 09:02:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hapkido is Korean. Aikido is Japanese. They are similar. Basically, Hapkido is Aikido with some kicking added.
2006-12-01 03:48:21 · answer #6 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ok it's good.But Hapkido it is Korean Style not Japanese.
2006-12-01 07:16:50 · answer #7 · answered by Yann 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This type of martial arts is mainly used for self-defense.
2006-12-01 01:04:02 · answer #8 · answered by yetterbadassdaddy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Take jiu-jitsu, it is a more effective way of fighting.
2006-12-01 02:55:16 · answer #9 · answered by Joe B 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋