Hapkido: From Beginner to Advanced (2004)

Philippe Pinerd, technical advisor of the FFTDA and Hapkido 4th Dan, shows you a few technical fundamental elements of this discipline. Thanks to his long experience of practicing in South Korea, he presents Haki Sul techniques. In this first volume, Philippe Pinerd unfolds locks, falls, rolling, kicks, attacks of upper limbs, and release on grips. Hapkido is a Korean martial art, close to Taekwondo, and it includes various techniques and knowledge about body joints, tendons, muscles, etc. The respiratory and blood strangulations, as well as the direct strikes on the vital points, are part of a comprehensive self defense effective system.