Hapkido is the Korean martial art of self-defense. It is based upon three principles:
Harmony (Hwa), Circle (Won), and Dynamic (Lyu).

Hapkido incorporates various hand strikes, kicks, joint/wrist locks, pressure points, body throws, break falls, rolls, ground defense, weapon defense, and much more. Hapkido means the way of coordinated power. Hapkido is based upon the water principle. When water flows towards a rock, it flows around the rock. Likewise, the Hapkido practitioner goes around an attacker. In addition, the Hapkido practitioner takes the attacker's energy (hard), absorbs it (soft), and then uses it, as well as his own energy to defend an attack (hard). The true Hapkido practitioner exposes or creates a weakness in the attack via off-balancing. Hapkido techniques do not rely on physical strength. This makes it possible for someone smaller to defend himself/herself against a larger opponent.

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