Originally Posted by bvermillion

The hapkido I am taking involves the kicks and punches similar to that of taekwondo. We also cover weapons: rope, stick, knife and gun. Hapkido's main draw are joint locks. You learn locks from every percievable position as well as many throws. Hapkido is alot like aikido but they differ in that aikido is more spiritually based and hapkido doesn't really get into that aspect as much. Aikido excludes preemptive striking as well and believes in pure self defense. Hapkido teaches numerous preemptive attacks.