Hapkido

__Hapkido __ media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=korea&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=South+Korea&ll=35.907757,127.766922&spn=10.048581,23.269043&z=6&output=embed" width="425" height="350"  Philosophy: Hapkido is a form of self-defense. **
 * __Origin: Korea __**
 *  One can be extremely effective practicing Hapkido despite age, strength, size or sex. **

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 * Hapkido can be translated as "The way to harmony through body and mind coordination ." This embodies the philosophy of this particular martial art. ** 

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This is a survey of the United State's Marital Arts school, illustrating the age breakdown of their students. It illustrates that many kids start young but do not follow through to thei adult years, and how it is necessary to start young in order to be proficient at martial arts . Below, before the pie chart is a spreads heet of the data presented.
 * Under 5 years old || 13,441 || 5.3% || 22,970 || 5.2% ||
 * 5 to 9 years old || 14,444 || 5.7% || 24,224 || 5.5% ||
 * 10 to 14 years old || 13,677 || 5.4% || 25,034 || 5.7% ||
 * 15 to 19 years old || 3,382 || 5.3% || 22,501 || 5.1% ||
 * 20 to 24 years old || 11,708 || 4.7% || 18,816 || 4.3% ||
 * 25 to 34 years old || 28,262 || 11.2% || 46,491 || 10.5% ||
 * 35 to 44 years old || 33,458 || 13.3% || 59,232 || 13.4% ||
 * 45 to 54 years old || 29,515 || 11.7% || 54,833 || 12.4% ||
 * 55 to 59 years old || 15,518 || 6.2% || 26,820 || 6.1% ||
 * 60 to 64 years old || 16,459 || 6.5% || 27,856 || 6.3% ||
 * 65 to 74 years old || 35,088 || 14.0% || 60,563 || 13.7% ||
 * 75 to 84 years old || 21,060 || 8.4% || 40,630 || 9.2% ||
 * 85 and older || 5,365 || 2.1% || 10,918 || 2.5% ||

 There are three main principles of Hapkido:
 * **Yoo (water, flowing)**: The fighter must learn to adapt to the movements of their opponent, like water flowing down a mountain, adapting to whatever surroundings it finds itself in. This also requires patience and conformity as to not directly clash with the opponent. By not directly clashing, the fighter seeks to engulf its opponent, like water permeates every pore of a rock as it goes around it. Water is shapeless but strong, as through all its forms it remains essentially the same. Soft and yielding is the philosophy of life that is embedded in this style of fighting. A fighter shoudl also be able to concentrate all strength on one point, like water shooting through a narrow nozzle.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">**Won (circle)**: A circle is a person's personal space and energy zone. Instead of encountering an opponents attack with direct force, if it is redirected and deflected in a circular motion the force is dissipated.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">**Hwa (nonresistance)**: Harmony relates to nature and the link between the mind and the muscles. One seeks first harmony with oneself and then harmony with the opponent.

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<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> To learn more about Hapkido, Visit this website: __http://www.hapkido-info.net/__