Do Aikido and Hapkido have their own distinctive techniques?
Answer Hello Eddie, Thank you for your email. I’ll tell you what I know about Hapkido, but it is not much. As I understand it, the founders of Hapkido (Choi Yong Sul) and Aikido (Ueshiba Morihei) both trained in Japan with same man – Tekeda Sokaku, head of the Daito ryu, or school, of Aikijiujitsu. The founder of Hapkido went back to Korea with the Daito ryu training, and founded Hapkido. It is a competative art, as far as I know, with a winner and a loser. Hapkido has the same kanji as Aikido, but translates the kanji as “The Way of Coordinated Power”. Aikido people loosly translate the kanji as “The Way of Harmony”. The founder of Aikido merged the techniques learned from training with Takeda and other masters, with a spiritual philosophy. Ueshiba was deeply influenced by the head of the Oomoto sect of Shinto, Deguchi Onisaburi. The merging of the spiritual attitude of love and compassion with the physical techniques of Daito ryu and other martial arts resulted in Aikido. Aikido’s ai
