whats the difference between hapkido and jujutsu?

Question

i know one is korean and one is japanese, but other than that what is the big diference?

Answer 1

Hapkido is derived Daito Ryu aiki-jujutsu (Various other arts are as well), and contrary to popular belief, Choi Yong Sul never came in contact Morihei Ueshiba in a setting where Ueshiba taught (Although some suggest the two took Daito Ryu at the same time, as Ueshiba was senior to him, but not his teacher). Both of them, however, learned from Takeda Sokaru, a master of Daito Ryu aiki-jujutsu.
Choi Yong Sul, along with other major practitoners of hapkido such as Ji Han Jee made a few modifications from that style of jujutsu, to make hapkido. It does translate over to Aikido, but the two are very different in various ways.

As for techniques: They're both centered around the same concept of diversionary strikes (For example: Kicking someone in the leg to stop them from charging you) that are used to annoy/stop your opponent, so that close-combat techniques can be applied. Jujutsu tends to have more emphasis on ground grappling, while Hapkido has more emphasis on throwing, and most often joint locks/ joint manipulations. This is one reason why Hapkido complements well with a hard striking style such as Tae Kwon Do, Muay Thai, et cetera...
Hapkido didn't originally have high/jump kicks, but that was added over time. There's very few jujutsu schools that have it, and Hapkido still doesn't dwell on those kicks as much as some other arts do.
And I don't know about you, but the big bible of hapkido is 8 pounds: I don't know if you can put "Tae Kwon Do and Aikido" in that many pages. I know I can't.

You can technically say country of origin if you'd like as well.

Answer 2

Contrary to what other thinks HKD is NOT a mixture of TKD and Aikido. Thou HKD and Aikidos founders did train in Daito ryu Aiki JUJITSU. So Hapkido's foundation is jujitsu. What another one said previously is correct. HKD did add native Korean striking and kicking, but it was based from an art called Taekyyon. A very ancient native Korean kicking art. A fore runner to TKD. Another important aspect is that Hapkido techniques have a different attitude than Aikido so to speak. Aikido follows more of a spiritual non violent approach. Hapkido is more of a tactical application. And depending on which style of jujitsu your referring, could greatly determine the differences in the two arts. Some styles of jujitsu do not have the extensive striking and kicking like that of HKD. But the base of throwing,grappling and joint locking is almost exactly the same between the two.

Answer 3

Hapkido is a mixture of taekwon do and aikido, a lot of kicks and strikes with some throws and joint locks. Juijutsu is the art that aikido came from, it's more like judo, plus strikes and some kicks.

Answer 4

Jujutsu is a grappling art developed from the Samurai, it has pins, joint locks, and throws. Modern judo derived from jujitsu, and modern brazilian jujitsu derived from judo. It also has weapon techniques.

Hapkido is a grappling art that includes joint locks, pressure points, throws, kicks, and other strikes. It's curriculum also includes weapons.

Both arts are similar overall, hapkido includes more striking though.

I hope this information is useful.

good luck!

Answer 5

Well, essentially Hapikido is a combination of Tae Kwon Do and Japanese Aiki-Jitsu. Similar to what Shorinji Kempo does (karate + Aikijitsu).

Ju-jutsu uses slightly less atemi (punching & kicking or striking techniques) but contains all throws, wrist locks, kicks, and other nasty street fighting methods plus weapons training and defense.

Answer 6

the names is different