Practical Hapkido Textbook Korean Language Version

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Master Hui Son Choe is bearer of the 7.Dan Hapkido and the 6.Dan Teakwondo.
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The second work of master Choe makes a more structured impression in contrast to the first work and with 206 pages it is also more extensive. The descriptions of the techniques are in more detailed and both in English and in Korean. Unfortunately the photos are not as clear as in his first work, but they are still well recognizable. Here also the motions are illustrated clearly by means of arrows. After a short introduction the ”Exercise” chapter deals with falling techniques and basic steps. After the quite detailed chapters ”Basic Kicks” and ”Sparring Techniques” the chapter ”Self-Defense” follows. With more than 100 pages this chapter is the longest one. Each techniques is shown in detail on a double page. This chapter is divided into seven topics: Front position, bake position, Sitting position, Punch Defense e, Offense Techs, Kick Defense, and Throwing Techs. The following chapters ”Finishing Techs” (very interesting) ”Weapon Self Defense” (contains defenses against various weapons and short stick techniques) and ”2 person Self Defense” round off the complete work and due to the many photos are easy to understand.
In my opinion the author could have saved himself the effort of the last chapter “Woman Self-Defense”, since it actually really does not contain anything specific to women. Specially worth mentioning is the structure of this book, which makes it easy to find techniques quickly by means of topics.

Picture quality: Good
Number of pictures: Good - very good
Description: Good
Contents: Good
Structure: Very good
Judgement: A very recommendable book!
 

Annotation
This book is the Korean Language version of Practical Hapkido Textbook.
This book differents in the following points to the US version.

+ Chapter Exercise
+ Chapter Dan-Jun Breathing
+ Chapter Breakfall
+ Chapter Sparring Techniques
+ 5 Self Defense Front Position Techniques extra
+ 5 Throwing Techniques extra
+ Self Defense Back Position Techniques
+ Self Defense Sitting1 Position Techniques
+ Self Defense Punch Defense Techniques
+ Self Defense Kick Defense Techniques
+ Finishing Techniques
+ Some extra Weapons Techniques
+ The motions are illustrated clearly by means of arrows
+ Language English and Korean

- Chapter Concepts
- Chapter Blocking
- The Kicks are not describe so detailed
- The Throws are not describe so detailed
- The pictures are much darken
- The Chapter Throwing Defense is missing

Table of Content

FORWORD 3

1. EXERCISE 9
   1. Exercise
   2. Dan-Jun Breathing 11
   3. Breakfall 12
   4. Basic Steps 19

2. BASIC KICKS 27

3. SPARRING TECHS 37

4. SELF-DEFENSE 45
   1. Front Position 46
   2. Back Position 98
   3. Sitting Position 112
   4. Punch´s Defense 120
   5. Offense Techs 133
   6. Kick´s Defense 148
   7. Throwing Techs 158

5. FINISHING TECHS 191

6. WEAPON´S SELF-DEFENSE 203

7. 2 PERSONS SELF-DEFENSE 237

8. WOMAN SELF-DEFENSE 247

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