Hapkido karate mesh with Christian beliefs?

callsign, a lot of schools go under "Hapkido Karate" in the United States. Check out the credits in Billy Jack (oldy but a goody) for Han Bong-soo; he listed his school as "Hapkido Karate" and no one would say Han Bong-soo wasn't a Hapkidoist.

As for the question, there generally isn't any sort of requirement to practice a particular belief system while training in a martial art. Good schools typically try to train their students to be peaceful and helpful towards their fellow man, traits that I understand mesh quite well with Christian beliefs.

I thought about that when i started martial arts training.. A big question that popped up was that why am i taking this because i know my God will protect me it may not be in the way i always want but he will. I think self defense is fine to learn. I study Aikido and i am against attacking someone (some cases its needed but that is a different subject all together) Now one thing. God will not interfere with a persons freedom of choice. It is still good to know how to protect yourself but if you do start learning do not think that now you are better protected from harm. In a way you are but you are also not. ( am i making any sense here or am i speaking aztec?) I say that if you learn an art ( i also do it because i enjoy it) pray during or before a battle if someone is attacking you and ask God to move with you. This is why i learned Aikido the main points of it are to protect your self and protect the attacker from harm as well. God wants you to love your enemy. Show compassion and kindness. I can explain farther if you wish to know more you can just email me.

Its not that they mesh, but rather that they don't conflict. We don't go to our dojos/dojangs to worship. One of my good friends at TKD is a Korean (lived in the US about 2 years) and a faithful Christian. Her parents are also Christian missionaries. She has also practiced Kung Fu, and martial arts have not gotten in the way of her religion at all. I also am from devout Christian family and none have any issues with me learning a martial art.

The biggest issue that I have seen though is bowing. Some Christians I have met insist that any bowing is a form of worshiping, but most do not have a problem with it. We don't worship our art, master, flags, or anything else. We bow to show respect to one another. It is more of a cultural misunderstanding than anything to those people who are against it.

Hapiko is Korean with links to Japanese systems.

Karate is Okinawan that has spread to Japan.

They are not related.

To answer your main question, martial arts as a whole are simply tools. They have nothing to do with religion, unless their practitioners chose to make that connection. There is nothing preventing the practitioner of an Eastern martial art from practicing a Judeo-Christian religion. That's a little like asking if cross-country skiing meshes with Christian beliefs. The one has nothing to do with the other.

Martial arts do not conflict with religious beliefs. It's perfectly fine to take them.

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hapkido and karate are two diffrent things

thats like saying i play baseball tennis.

and hapkido is a pure self defence martial art no offence. if your god doesnt want you protecting your self, then you might want to rethink him.

not at all, go a head and keep studying, best of luck

material arts has nothing to do with religon

take karate dont woorry its good on the streets

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ9qBRRTzJ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6J4Ikhs5iA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpocl54bekg

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