How to Use Hapkido Fight Techniques

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Basic Hapkido fighting techniques can take a few moments to comprehend, but a lifetime to master. This Korean martial art teaches you to use an attacker's energy against them. Hapkido focuses on joining mental and physical strengths for self-defense skills and development of character. A few basic moves at the core of this defensive discipline are blocking, joint manipulation and the back fall. Read on to learn more.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Block a punch using the frontal circular knife hand deflection technique

Step 1

Pivot out of the way as the punch is thrown.
Step 2

Make your hand rigid, straightening the fingers to form a knife like shape.
Step 3

Bend your elbow and hold your forearm parallel to the ground in front of you.
Step 4

Guide your hand upward in a circular motion across your body, diverting the punch and ending with your arm in a vertical position.

Escape from a wrist grab using joint manipulation techniques.

Step 1

Make your hand rigid like a knife, when an attacker grabs your wrist.
Step 2

Step towards the attacker, planting your foot in the center of their gravity.
Step 3

Move your hand in a swift downward motion, at a 45 degree angle, to disengage the attacker's hold.

Save yourself from a hard landing using the back fall technique

Step 1

Fall backward. This often happens in combat when an attacker throws you off balance, with a chest kick or a shove.
Step 2

Use your hands and forearms to slap the ground, stopping your falling momentum.
Step 3

Pull your head forward, saving it from hitting the ground.