Today I was invited to Grandmaster Hwang In Shik Birthday BBQ and it was an amazing and humbling experience.

For most people they may not be familiar with the Korean Combative style of martial arts named Hap Ki Do “Hapkido (also spelled hap ki do or hapki-do) is a dynamic and eclectic Korean martial art. It is a form of self-defense that employs joint locks, techniques of other martial arts, as well as common unskilled attacks”(Wiki, 2009)

My First exposure to Hapkido and Grandmaster Hwang In Shik was when I was growing up watching Asian cinema. I was unfamiliar with the specific style of Martial Art and I was unaware of Hapkido I thought that it was a form of Kung Fu, In fact that is not case at all. Hapkido is a very practical and technical form of self defence. It is also very enjoyable and beautiful to watch all the joint manipulation in action.