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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc4.harvard.edu!hawrysch
  2. From: hawrysch@husc4.harvard.edu (George Hawrysch)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.martial-arts
  4. Subject: Re: AHH!  The meaning of "hapkido" is...
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan22.185206.19691@husc3.harvard.edu>
  6. Date: 22 Jan 93 23:52:05 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: husc3.1993Jan22.185206.19691
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  9. Organization: Harvard University Science Center
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  11. Nntp-Posting-Host: husc4.harvard.edu
  12.  
  13. >hap = coordination/focus/concentration
  14. >ki = energy (you know..)
  15. >do = way/style
  16. >
  17. >So it's the art of coordinated energy, focused energy, etc.  Cool. :)
  18.  
  19. That first word ("hap") is the same Chinese character as the "ai" in
  20. Aikido and the "ho" in Liu Ho Bat Fat (which is "lok _hup_ ..." in
  21. in Cantonese, so you can hear the similarity there), and looks very
  22. roughly like this:
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  36. It also connotes harmony, union, combining, coming together, completion.
  37.