Master Kwon's Hapkido Karate School

Colleagues of Master Kwon

• Grand Master Bong Soo Han
• The Jin Pal Hapkido Martial Arts Federation

General Info

• Hapkido History
  • Dakin Burdick's History of Hapkido
    • Hapkido Lineages
  • A brief history of Hapkido (East York Hapkido-Karate Club)
  • Hapkido Family Tree
  • The Lineage of The Korean Martial Arts
• YaHoo!
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• Black Belt Magazine

Dojang Directories

• Black Belt Magazine
• Hapkido Dojang Database (and Webguide)
• Hapkido Dojang Directory
• Karate One: Hapkido, United States, World
• Ultimate Martial Arts Search Engine
• World Martial Arts Information Center

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Student Hapkido Sites

• Mu Do Kwan, Ronald Verheuvel of Holland came to study with Master Kwon (see video of sword blocks above)

Other Hapkido Sites

• Nepean Hapkido Academy
• Hapkido Network
• US Hapkido Federation
• International Hapkido Federation
  • Karate Club of San Francisco
• Australian Hapkido Group
• Australian Hap Ki Do Association
• Hapkido Karate Fitness Institute, Inc.
• East York Hapkido-Karate Club
• Austrian Hapkido World magazine
• Scott Shaw's Hapkido International

Comments: Comprehensively documents the traditions, philosophy, and techniques of Hapkido.  More than 9000 photographs introduce over 2000 martial techniques, including strikes, kicks, blocks, avoiding movements, holds, joint locks, chokes, throws, falls, tumbling, ground fighting, and weapons.  Contains an interview with Master Kwon.  Visit the book's web site for more details.

Comments: Good introduction to Hapkido by one who helped bring it to the United States.  Emphasis on warm-ups and basic techniques.

Comments: Lots of pictures illustrating many techniques.  Emphasis on some of the more advanced moves and combinations.

Comments: Korean and English text.  More extensive than Choe's previous book on Hapkido. Lots of pictures illustrating many techniques.  Intended as a guide for a black belt course.

Comments: Good history of Hapkido.  Covers many intermediate techniques.