How is HupKwonDo different from Taekwon-do?
We like to describe HupKwonDo as Advanced Taekwon-do. Taekwon-do took traditional block, punch and kick martial arts and standardized and popularized forms, techniques and rules for competition. HupKwonDo takes the techniques we learned in Taekwon-do and other martial arts and refines and expands upon them to give us a unique new HIGH ENERGY, NON-COMPETITIVE, system of exercise, personal development and practical self-defence. Our natural stances and fluid movements replace traditional stances and full extension kicks and punches with smoother, more natural, follow through techniques without sacrificing power or effectiveness. The techniques and training methods of HupKwonDo are not designed to look good in demonstrations or score points in the competitive arena. They are designed with practical self-defence in mind. But what distinguishes HupKwonDo from other martial arts is more than just a different approach to kicking and punching. First and foremost, as epitomized by our founder,
