I’m looking to get back into martial arts and there’s a place in my small town that offers to teach Hapkido,Tae Kwon Do, Tai Chi, and Kung Fu. So my question is how effective is Hapkido for self defense? Is it practical? Is there an emphasis on actual fighting, like would I get to practice with a real person who will move and fight back as opposed to just breaking boards or useless crap like that.
I did judo for 3 years and I’m looking for something similar to that, but there’s no Jujutsu places nearby. There’s a BJJ places about an hour away, but I want something that teaches ground and standing fighting.
Thanks.
Yuck. Okay some research shows Hapkido doing stupid flying kicks and other stuff that I don’t have any interest in learning. So if there’s a martial art that can teach me how to fight, and won’t waste time learning stupid high kicks, it’d be nice to know about it. Thanks.
