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- From: M.J.Wright@massey.ac.nz (M.J. Wright)
- Subject: Re: hapkido question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.194110.25632@massey.ac.nz>
- Keywords: hapkido jujitsu kicking
- Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- References: <4577@unisql.UUCP> <1993Jan20.170751.1@v2.cgu.mcc.ac.uk>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 19:41:10 GMT
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- gatenby@v2.cgu.mcc.ac.uk writes
-
- ** wharfie's question about hapkido v jujitsu deleted **
-
- >The main difference I could see (I don't know anything about the weapons) was
- >that the throws seemed very "aikido-like" by which I mean a lot of
- >wrist-twisting seemed to be going on and the concentration on "fancy" kicking
- >was also greater.
-
- I see two reasons for high & fancy kicks in our style of Hapkido.
-
- The first is that stetching and kicking high in the gym helps to kick
- at low to middle height on the street when you're not warmed up.
- (Including, say, back kick to the knee, or spinning kick to the large nerve
- on the outside of the thigh).
-
- The second is that energetic kick-sparring is great for learning timing
- and couterattack, even for grappling applications.
-
- Malcolm
-