The essence of a martial art is competition. The spirit and skill of competition is the foundation of our successful daily lives in society in which we are often confronted by aggressors. Thus, we see the essence of martial arts is to cope with these situations. Since any martial art is a means of self-defense against an aggressor and further, a defense against injustice, the competition of martial arts should thus be accompanied with spiritual refinement and a sense of patience.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hapkido at its finest.,
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This review is from: Hapkido Special Self-Protection Techniques (Paperback)
To the very best of my knowledge, without a question, this book is the best work on Hapkido I have had the good fortune to study. But at the outset, I must confess that my black belt rank is in Combat Hapkido, regardless this is well organized, illustrated with good, but black and white pictures. I am exceptionally happy that many of the joint manipulative techniques have the Korean names as well as the English. This is going to help round out the curriculum which I teach.
For younger people, there are some fantastic acrobatic techniques included, and I think that this might appeal to many. But as I am not young, and not as flexible this does not concern me as much. Yet, the sections on self-defense with joint manipulations was fabulous. There were several sections of this material, and the exceptionally logical sequence and pacing is a testament to Kwang--Sik Myung 10th Dan status. This book is not simply included into my large Martial Arts section of my personal library, more accurately it is now taking "centre stage".
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Reference Book,
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This review is from: Hapkido Special Self-Protection Techniques (Paperback)
This is a continuation of material covered in his "Ancient Art of Masters". This one is a good sized book with a softbound cover, making it very portable and easy to use, yet covers a lot of material. There is a great depth of detail covering the basic strikes as well as combination and special combination strikes. There is a wealth of material covered for specific self defense situations ranging from wrist grabs to garment grabs to kick defense (and everything in between). Reagrdless of the editorial comments, this is a book about self defense skills, not martial competition.
The photo layouts and such are very clear and well done, making it very easy to reference the material. For students of GM Myung's system, I imagine this is a very handy reference. For martial artists of other Hapkido schools (or other traditions) it presents a grand survey of what Hapkido is from its physical techniques. Of special interest is that the book is in English and Korean (Hangeul) with the text repeated in each language side by side in columns, making references to Korean words and such very, very easy. For anyone interested in such things, this book is a must-have (most books either are all Korean or all English w/ romanized Korean). The only complaint I have is that the history section was not updated (and corrected) since the previous book. As a "newer" book, it would have been a good time to fix this. But don't let that prevent you from buying this book. This book, along with "Anceint Art of Masters" and Dr. Kimm's "Hapkido I" would make for an excellent reference library for Hapkido enthusiasts.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good general ref for the hapkido practitioner,
By Toronto_Matt (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hapkido Special Self-Protection Techniques (Paperback)
The late Master Myung, Kwang-sik is owed a debt for being one of the few high level practitioners to capture the art in print throughout its modern history. He published one of the very first training manuals for Korean hapkido in Korean in the 1960s, followed it up with one of the earliest and best hapkido books in English in the 1970s (Korean hapkido: Art of Masters), published a multi-text series on the art and also published this book in the 1990s.
This book was originally published with the Korean market in mind and is presently in a fully bilingual format throughout the text with everything being equally represented in Korean and English. Indeed, I picked up my copy in the Kyobo bookstore in downtown Seoul while i was living and training there. I would rate this book not as highly as his earlier book "Korean Hapkido" which along with "Hapkido" by Kimm, He-Young are the two must-have books on hapkido. The pictures in the earlier text, I feel, displayed the techniques to greater advantage and were easier to follow. In this text the pictures are a bit on the small size and tend to be a little dark. But what the book lacks in clarity in attempts to make up for in comprehensiveness. There are a great many more techniques displayed here and they are organized in a logical fashion. Make no mistake about it. This book is for those wishing for a catalogue of techniques, who are engaged in class instruction of the art. It has very little in the way of philosophy and the book's historical elements are inaccurate and attempt to obscure the now widely acknowledged Japanese influence on the founder of the art. It also would not be possible to learn the techniques by looking at the pictures in the book alone. It would be a good reference for those studying the art as the art is broad and its techniques are many. This text might be the ticket to jarring the memory of the student who has forgotten techniques that he practised some months ago in class. It is a good book and I'm glad that I have it in my library. Any hapkido-in would be. I especially like the inclusion of 'sunsool' or attacking-techniques at the beginning of the book as 'fundamental techniques of the art'. That helped me rethink the order in which I teach my own students the techniques of the art, freeing them somewhat from a mental reliance on relating the techniques to specific gripping situations at an early stage in their training. I would say that there are other books that are more necessary early acquisitions but this is a good one to add to the hapkido practitioner's collection.
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