A comprehensive Korean martial art emphasizing joint locks, throws, and kicks that create fluid, circular defensive techniques against armed and unarmed attacks. Hapkido instructors trained Korean military, police, and presidential security detail through the 1960s and 1970s, building the martial art's reputation for practical self-defense effectiveness.

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