Tiger Martial Arts Center

HAPKIDO (AGES 14 & UP)





 The character hap means “harmony”, “coordinated”, or “joining”, ki describes internal energy, sprit, strength, or power, and do means “way” or “art”.

Hapkido maintains a wide range of tactics for striking, standing joint locks, and throwing techniques. These tactics generally tend to be focused upon escaping, controlling, striking, and gouging tactics over submissions and emphasizing the ability to gain one’s feet and situational awareness.

Hapkido emphasizes self defense over sport fighting and as such employs the use of weapons, including environmental weapons of opportunity, in addition to empty hand techniques.