Hapkido Breaking Photos

July 16, 2009 | Filed Under Hapkido Breaking, Ki or Energy | Leave a Comment

Next I’ll be adding a gallery of Hapkido breaking photos, which will be Hapkido masters and students breaking boards, bricks, ice, etcetera. These photos are in short supply so if you have any good breaking photos, please add them or let me know where I can find them. Thanks.

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Tan-Jun Breathing, Energy Breathing, Hapkido Breathing

July 16, 2009 | Filed Under Ki or Energy, Tan-Jun Breathing | Leave a Comment

Many styles of Hapkido engage in a type of deep, focused and meditative breathing know as Tan-Jun breathing. It is also sometimes spelled Tan-Jon breathing, Dan-Jun breathing, or Don-Jon breathing, depending on how the Korean letters are transliterated. In fact this type of breathing is also used in other Korean martial arts such as Kuk Sool Won and Tang Soo Do, and even in non-martial arts based meditative traditions like Sun-Do.

Tan Jun breathing involves breathing into and out of the Tan-Jun, the center of ki energy located slightly below the navel. In practical terms this means breathing deeply into the stomach, and out of the stomach, rather than the chest.

Photos of Do Ju Nim Choi Young-Sul

July 6, 2009 | Filed Under Hapkido Founder, Hapkido Masters | 3 Comments

These are all the photos of Do Ju Nim Choi Young-Sul, founder of Hapkido, that I could find. I think it’s the largest collection of photos of Master Choi that you’ll find on the web. Click on them for larger versions. Do you have any more? Please upload them!

: Portrait of DJN Choi Yong Sul

: DJN Choi Yong Sul performing a hand throw

: DJN Choi Yong Sul and Master Ji Han Jae

: DJN Choi Yong Sul performing (what looks like) a defense against a front choke

: DJN Choi Yong Sul in a Hapkido demo with Dr. Joo Bang Lee, founder of Hwa Rang Do, observing and participating

: DJN Choi Yong Sul performing a Hapkido arm bar

: DJN Choi Yong Sul in a dark suit and tie

: DJN Choi Yong Sul in a light suit and tie

: DJN Choi Yong Sul in Hapkido training

: DJN Choi Yong Sul training

: DJN Choi Yong Sul with master Lim, Hyun Soo

: Portrait of DJN Choi Yong Sul, founder of Hapkido

: DJN Choi Yong Sul with various Hapkido masters in 1960’s Seoul, Korea

: DJN Choi Yong Sul in a suit and checkered tie

: DJN Choi Yong Sul in his younger days. This is the youngest photo of GM Choi that I have seen.

: Choi Young Sul in 1960’s Seoul. Also seen are a young Bong Soo Han and Duk Hyun Son, Scott Shaw’s instructor

: DJN Choi Yong Sul demonstrating a Hapkido technique

: DJN Choi Yong Sul in a suit and tie

: DJN Choi Yong Sul watching one student throw another

: A young DJN Choi Yong Sul in a suit

: DJN Choi Yong Sul and Master Chung Ki Tae

: DJN Choi Yong Sul demonstrating a Hapkido technique

: DJN Choi Yong Sul demonstrating a Hapkido technique

: DJN Choi Yong Sul and Master Kwang Sik Myung

: DJN Choi Yong Sul showing a Hapkido technique

: DJN Choi Yong Sul performing a Hapkido hand throw

: DJN Choi Yong Sul in a Hapkido exhibition

: DJN Choi Yong Sul performing a Hapkido inverted arm lock

: DJN Choi Yong Sul performing a Hapkido throw

: DJN Choi Yong Sul posing with students in Korea

: DJN Choi Yong Sul in a suit

: DJN Choi Yong Sul visits Master Rim’s Hapkido in the USA

: DJN Choi Yong Sul with Korean students

: DJN Choi Yong Sul posing with some Hapkido students in Korea