Tom Yum

Darrianation, my best guess is that the difference in jiujitsu and hwarang grappling lays in where they inherited their techniques.

Hwarang do claims heritage from the Suk Wang Sa temple in North Korea, which was probably established by a Buddhist monk who fled China. The techniques are probably influenced from whichever styles came from that temple, not to mention that Koreans have their own system of wrestling like the Mongolians. No suprise considering that they border each other and have cultural simularities, afterall Koreans are traditionally expert horseriders and archers.

Jiujitsu was spread to Japan in a similar way, via expansion of Chinese Buddhism but obviously a different lineage was used and probably refined or simplified by the Samurai, whom had to use it when they lost their swords.

I agree that it would be better to have fewer techniques - unfortunately, instruction in these arts emphasizes number of techniques as powress & tradition of its system, rather than the concept method - applied for different situations.

In my humble opinion, Hwarang do looks like a very reliable fighting system; the instructors (who train full-time) have flawless technique, dedication to their art, can grapple like jiu-jitsu/judoka black belts, can kick like TKD guys and strike you like gong-fu masters.

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