Basic elements of Hapkikwan are:

1. defence bare-handed against bare-handed oponent;
2. defence bare-handed against armed oponent;
3. defence with various arms against armed oponent

 

Basic principles of Hapkikwan are:

1. principe of gradual progess – learning first simple, and then more and more complex techniks;
2. principle of rationality – using the least necessary energy (saving energy);
3. principle of efiiciency – practicing and using only those technick that are eficient in real situation;
4. principle of proportionality – defence must be proportional to danger (atack)

 

Techniks of Hapkikwan include:
- breathing exercise ("dan jon hoop")
- fallings
- throwings
- join locks
- chokes
- punches and kicks
- defence against armed oponent (stick, knife, pistol, rifle, etc.)
- use of arms (short stick, middle stick, long stick, knife, shuriken stars, nunchaku, rope, fire arms, etc.)
- use of ordinary objects for defence (umbrela, pencil, glass, stones, etc.)
- power test (breaking boards with punches and kicks).

 

      On of characteristics of Hapkikwan is that special attention is paid to enable student to use in practice what he has learned in class. In other words, the idea is that student just a after few months of training must be able to defend himself (and others) against basic atacks. 

      First competitions in Hapkikwan (self-defence, rather then sparring) are expected to take place in 2005.

Al the necessary information about that will be available at this site.

      Like in many other martial arts, there are 10 student's and 10 master's belts.

      Higher belts practice among other matters different forms of sparring (of taekwondo type, judo type, etc.). This is not for the competition, but only for the purpose of improving one's skills

10 kup – white
9. kup – yellow
8. kup – second yellow
7. lup – green
6. kup – second green
5. kup – blue
4. kup – second blue
3. kup – red
2. kup – second red
1. kup (black belt candidate) – brown