i wanna learn hapkido..

[sherwinc]

Honestly man, your better off learning how to Box, with some study in basic Brazilian Jui jitsu or at least its escaping techniques. Oh and it never hurts to dable in Muay Thai, although generally you don't get to dable a good school will train you hard.

good luck

there are no BJJ, MuayThai, etc.... school here in our place, even thou FMA is really hard to find here, except in Manila i'm sure there is all.....

if there is a school here in our place like that, i already enroll it before even thou i hate that kind of martial arts still i want to learn it cause all martial arts styles and systems have their weaknesses as well as advantages.....

i want to learn it..... to absorb what is usefull and reject what is useless......

In KungFu...... the particular style/system of kungfu's that i already learn - i know some of their weaknesses and i already remove it.......

that's the reason why only effective moves of kungfu (compatible only to myself) i collected and learn it seriously.......

i am very familiar to Karate and Tae Kwon Do here, so i know their weaknesses.......

for me, tae kwon do is a useless kind of art, but some of its moves are still devastating to me and its very effective in actual combat like:
1. Insteap Jumping Spinning Back Trusting Kick - target to the solar plexus or adams apple.......

why????

cause i usually use that type of Tae Kwon Do kick as a good follow-up before the sparring partner can recover........

[Nothingness]

Honestly man, your better off learning how to Box, with some study in basic Brazilian Jui jitsu or at least its escaping techniques. Oh and it never hurts to dable in Muay Thai, although generally you don't get to dable a good school will train you hard.

good luck

Not to start a flame, MA must suit one's personalities so that one can grasp the concept faster. In addition, all MAs have their strengths and weaknesses. Hapkido have striking and ground technics, too. It all boil down to the instructor and the disciple to learn the arts well or not.

One thing I notice, though. Boxers, MT boxers, and BJJ practicioners usually have a very FIT body; that helps a lot . TMA practicioners are often lazy in doing physical training.

Again, I don't mean to flame anyone. Just my 2 cents worth

[Tom Yum]

One thing I notice, though. Boxers, MT boxers, and BJJ practicioners usually have a very FIT body; that helps a lot . TMA practicioners are often lazy in doing physical training.

That's because people who train in TMA often do so as a workout, as one would train in Taebo for the same reason.

People who train in boxing, MT and BJJ do so to learn how to fight. If they want to improve, they have to improve their fitness level.

[hurkchoomaster]

I think it all goes back to the type of Dojang one comes from, Our Hapkido classes consist of two hour workouts where the first hour is dedicated to conditioning, falling rolling, diverolling, ab work, pushups hundreds of kicks and punches then we Ki breath as a cool down then when worked out and warmed up we go into our joint locking curriculm. However my students aren't able to test for higher ranking until they are at a certain level of physical fitness.
Blessings
mastereddie.
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[Nothingness]

I think that a good MArtist should do the workout outside the dojo/dojang/bukoan. Training days inside the dojang should consist only technics and some sparring methods. If interested in the philosophical/spiritual aspects, a motivated student should pursue it on the top of his/her training.

A workout before technical training will exhaust the physique as well as the mental energy and causes less learning. Bruce Lee's alternating schedule is a good example on how a training should be.

Please keep in mind that I am training in TMA.

[EvilGun]

No No, i'm not one of those people who thinks hes always right. I just had much more success with the MT BJJ combo traing than anything else so far. It was the most efficent way to lay a solid base. And i totally agree with shirwinc's method of taking what you can from many different MA's. I learned how to use differnt power sources from kung fu and redirecting energy and stuff like that. its a great skill to have.
take care