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NOTE: In class the instructor may modify, add, omit or substitute a particular element to accommodate students who have physical limitations due to age or disability. The Instructors always ensure that the syllabus modification will still develop strong defensive skill sets.
Aspiration / Patience (Poboo / Keungi) As previously stated, this manual is for the adult Hapkido student. In the adult Jung Mu Hapkido syllabus, there is no purple belt. However, for the teen student, the tenant for the purple belt stage of training is Patience. Thus, at green belt, there are two tenants for the adults. As adults we understand that aspiration and patience go hand in hand. When we aspire or desire to accomplish something we set as a goal, we must have patience. As an example, if we want to be very skilled at Hapkido we must have the patience to study our movements slowly at first and make them smooth and flowing. If we do this, we ensure that we correctly imprint the correct movement as muscle memory. With time you will naturally progress into speed and accuracy in your skill sets.
Just like the previous tenants, Potential, Discipline, and Loyalty, Aspiration and Patience, are additional mile markers on our Hapkido journey to self-transformation. They are also vital and effective tools in our daily battle with our own ego.
As you become more competent with the skills sets you have developed thus far, you will begin to feel more confident. You begin to see your skill sets develop as effective self-defense tools. Most adult students at the green belt level describe the feeling of training as exciting! At green belt you are introduced to the third family of locks. The V-Lock family.
You will also combine the linear and circular families of kicks together to form a third family of kicks, as you learn your first spinning kick.
You will begin to combine the mental focus of the spirit yell and your tanjun breathing exercise to begin exploring meditation and will also begin to explore the methods of throwing.
In Hapkido we do not meet an attacker’s force, or energy, with direct force when faced with an attack. Instead with we move using our eight directional movements to deflect or redirect the energy of the opponents force away from us. If we are grabbed or held, we apply the same principle of non-resistance. If we are pushed, we pull. If we are pulled, we push. If we apply the first two principles, circle, and water, together in unison, (harmony), we can take control of our opponent and control the outcome of our movement.
Instead of two opposing forces clashing against each other, we can yield to the opponent’s energy. Join with it. Take control of it. Then send the energy back to him along with our energy, derived from the circular movement.
The V-lock is a very effective way of taking away your training partner’s structure. The V-lock can be utilized in many different situations including holds, grabs, pushes, and punches. It is one of the three families of locks, and you will add many variations of this effective and versatile lock to your skill set toolbox as you progress on your Hapkido journey.
Attributes to consider:
Remember. Like everything else in this syllabus, you must experience it to understand it. You cannot learn it from this webpage. This page is just a study guide and reference guide to aid you in your studies.
Green belt self-defense, (Ho Shin Sul) will include all the previous concepts and methods and ad circular punch, and choke defenses to your list of requirements for grading.
You will also be introduced to defense against kicks. Utilizing your balance taking methods that you began developing at white belt, you will apply them against the front pushing kick as well as the round and side kick.
You must continue to drill all your previous defensive methods as well.
In Hapkido there are three main families of methods of hitting your training partner with the earth.
At this point in your training your instructor has relayed a thorough knowledge of the importance of ear to hip alignment in maintaining structure. All three families of methods use your structure to create leverage to control your training partner’s body mass.
It is very important to keep in mind that there is no sport component to Hapkido. The purpose of tripping, sweeping, and throwing is to take away or otherwise limit an attacker’s ability to continue aggression toward you. Remember, these methods are taught and applied in combination with strikes, kicks, locks, and holds.
Just as with your basic punches and hammer fist strikes, your stance, footwork, and striking surface is paramount. The elbow strike, just like the palm strike, is one of the most powerful self-defense strikes in Hapkido. It is a close-range strike. The twisting movement of the body transfers a great deal of energy to the target.
Some important attributes to keep in mind when doing your elbow strikes include:
The green belt level of your color belt journey is when you are introduced to the combined family of kicks. These are the kicks that combine the linear and circular family of kicks. All kicks in Hapkido are variations of three basic kicks. Front kick, side kick, and round kick. Remember, always take your time, and make each movement smooth and slow. Power and speed will come through repetition.
