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Excluding the fact that Hapkido has Korean Origins and Jujitsu Japanese Origins what are the main differences between these two martial arts? If they were sparring with one another, how would you tell which was using Hapkido and which was using Jujitsu?

I would like to put together a list of Martial Arts taught as a single system that could be considered MMA. Please list the Martial Art and some evidence for why you feel it could be considered a MMA.

Here is what I have come up with,

Hapkido - Content includes Grappling, Chokes, Joint Locking, Submission Holds, Striking - Punch, Open Hand, Taekwondo Strikes & Kicking, Weapons disarminga and Use of Weapons. Focus on the Sword. Used in real life by Korean Police and international Secret Service personel in real situations.

Atemi-Jujitisu, (Striking JuJisu). Founded by the Parseit family in France as opposed to BJJ in Brazil by the Gracie Family. Similar content to Hapkido save that the Striking and Kicking come from French Kick Boxing or Savate as they like to call it in France. Has weapons disarms yet also trains people in the use of weapons largely around knives.

Systema, - Russian Jujitsu, one that I am still learing about, appears to resemble a lot of the content of Atemi-Jujitsu, used by Russian Police and Secret Service personell.

Kajukenbo, Combines Western Boxing, Judo, Jujutsu, Kenpo Karate, Eskrima, Tang Soo Do, and Kung Fu. Having not seen it I can not confirm what it teaches in respect to the use of weapons, yet would assume that the use of Eskrima would provide no shortage of training in defense against weapons.

Krav Maga, - Western Boxing, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Aikido, Kali-Eskrima, Kung Fu Kicking / striking. Strong focus on weapon disarms, grappling and striking. Initially designed around carrying a 35kg pack on your back whilst using techniques. Used in real life by the Israeli military.

Please comment and add to this list!

Suppose a Muay Thai and Taekwondo practicioner of a similar belt level went at each other in a ring but using only the kicking aspects of thier martial art, which one is more likely to have the advantage or win it outright?

Interested to know what your training in your Martial Art or MMA system teaches you about how to defend against a Muay Thai Sweeping Kick to any area of the leg?

Greetings all, just wondering what Martial Arts training is offered where you train? Do they train in a single Martial Art, or are you able to access training in more than one Martial Art for the same fee? What does your Dojo offer training in.

I'm interested to see what Martial Arts are grouped together by various Dojos and the reasoning behind it.

In a self defense situation are you taught to kick above the height of the knee, or are you discouraged from kicking above the height of the knee?

What are your thoughts on doing this or not doing it for self defense?

Interested to hear what you enjoy about your particular martial art and what it is that keeps you coming back to it each week for training? Has it changed you as a person?

Greetings All, Would like to hear from anyone who has switched from one discipline of martial arts to another, I would like to know what your reasons where for making the change and if the new martial art turned out to be what you thought it would be or not? How easy or hard was it to make the change and what problems if any did you encounter?

Hi all, more of a straw poll than anything else, not looking for any put downs of any of the above martial arts, simply if you were able to choose one of these four to train in for a short time which one would you choose to add to your current skill set in whatever training you currently do?

Greetings all,

I have developed an interest in Judo and am thinking of calling into a Judo club and giving it a go. What I wanted to know is what I should expect in Judo training? What is taught first to students and what is expected of a student at the first and second gradings? Are break falls something that you could expect to be graded on initially and what other types of moves are you graded on?

Greetings All, I have come across a training centre near me that is involved in Mixed Marital Arts training, They have various classes in different styles there, yet their training focuses around Atemi Jujitsu. I am familiar with BJJ, but wondered how Atemi Jujitsu is different and how it fits into the Jujitsu martial arts group as a whole?

Greetings All,

I am well aware of the various discussions in here around Kata and its usefulness or lack of depending on the opinion of the poster in question.

What I would like to ask is which marital arts if any do not have it at all, or have less of a focus on it than other martial arts?

Greetings all, just wondering what Martial Arts would be good to compliment training in Hapkido?

I did wonder if a grappling art such as BJJ or Judo might be one? Hapkido has joint locks, throws and submission holds which I am not sure if they are repeated in BJJ or Judo, yet I did wonder if the grappling aspects of BJJ or Judo might be beneficial to learn or is there another Martial Art that might be another option?

Hi all, not looking for a discussion on which is thought to be better, but am interested to know what the similarities and differences between these two arts are? Can practicioners of either of these styles move across to the other style easilly, or are there technical differences that need to be overcome?

For those that study or have studied either of these arts, what do you like about it and find useful? What interests you about your chosen martial art?

Have you ever seen these guys perform one of their shows, are there many of this type of group in the United States? I think its interesting considering that several Christian groups like to speak in the negative about Marital Arts, yet many Christians are also some of the most keen practicers of marital arts! https://www.facebook.com/pages/United-Martial-Arti...

I am a keen student of Hapkido, the club offers training only on two nights a week, one of which I can get to easilly the other I can not. I am looking at taking training on another night at a different club. There are no other Hapkido training centres in a reasonable distance near me, so I am looking at supplamenting my training with Taekwondo. Yet I have learned that there is a Tang Soo Do training centre not far away and has training on the night that I am looking for. For those familiar with these martial arts, which would supplament my Hapkido training better, Taekwondo or Tang Soo Do?

Since I began training in Martial Arts I have begun to feel a strong dislike of violence. Is this normal and has this happened to you?

Greetings all, many years ago I used to play a game called "the Blue Max", on Atari, you took off from a small airfield in a WW1 plane and bombed and strafed buildings and airfields and so on. just wondering if its available anywhere to play on a modern computer?

Interested to know what punishments are used on students at the Dojo you train at and what actions will activate a punishment? Where I train its usually 10 - 20 Push Ups depending on the infraction. An infraction can be walking to slowly to the mat, failing to line up in the correct position on the mat and failure to present your training card at training or arriving late for training.