Pull yourself away from the kim chi. What I am saying is that hapkido techniques take a long time to perfect before they are usefull and then it takes longer to train against a resisiting opponent.
I studied hapkido for 4 years. Some of it was watered down so that the instructors could make $$$$. The school produced some decent fighters but even more people with false confidence. A boxer with 6 months experience could've destroyed some of the brown belts.
When the school first opened, the students who rushed to sign up were serious and worked the hardest. When the instructors started to make $$$ as classes grew, quality dropped and testing fees went up. After a few more years, the following generations of students were paying to pass. Some could not throw a hook kick higher than waist level.
A potentially good school...
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