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Practical Hapkido DVD - Punch Defense Special Edition

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I have quite a few martial art DVD/VHS videos ranging Aikido, BaGwaZhang, Yang style taichi, Chen style taichi, ChiGong, and Hapkido. I believe each art has its strength and I see Hapkido as most practical one in the street. I have Vol.I of this Hapkido DVD also and I was surprised that it was teaching(not just showing) so many techniques. It was good since I could review so many unique and effective techniques, but too many different techniques made me somewhat difficult to remember them(I feel that they put actual DoJang curriculum at Vol.I).

The Vol. II is quite different since it only teaches "Punch Defense Techniques". I haven't seen any video that covers punch defense intensively (well, punch attack is the most common attack, isn't it?). There are many kinds of punch defense and counter attacks illustrated in good details. It seems very practical as name suggests. Front view, rear view, regular speed, slow speed, and screen capture for important frames (here, they draw blue arrows for defense action, and red arrows for counter attack action on the image, simliar to what you can see from football game broadcasting) helped me to remember the techniques this time. It is not "make you feel good" approach, but "make you learn something" type video. I appreciate it.

It is compact, but it does one job well. The only drawback is that screen capture resolution is not very good compared with other part of motion video, but the whole frame is more important in martial arts and it is not a big problem. Quite unique martial art video.

This DVD is very helpful to learn self defense against punches. It tells you all about Hapkido self-defense technique and movement. The techniques of Hapkido punch defense seem quite unique but realistic and practical. The best part of this video is its step by step approach; image capture of each technique with added graphics to illustrate the defense and attack motions. This makes it easy to understand and easy to follow for beginners. I have never seen any other martial art video like this.

Highly recommend!!

This is one of Master Kim's older videos. While the picture quality isn't the best, the "actors" really gave 100% in demonstrating. The skills are direct and effective, no B.S.

By the way, Master Kim and 9thDan.com made a new DVD in 2008. You can find the new DVD here too. Search for "Skills of Hapkido", or click here: Skills of Hapkido.

For a beginner like me both the DVD's ( vol 1 and 2) were very helpful to learn basics of Hapkido. I was interested in learning a martial arts technique didn't have the time to go to regular classes - this DVD set was a very good solution for that. By following the instructions and practicing on my own I was able to learn many moves of selfd efense.

Kudos to the author - eagerly awaiting the next DVD in the set.