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Summary: Quite comprehensive and beautiful layout
Review: I find this book really interesting. At first (as said by many reviews) the size strikes you and once you start reading it, it's unlike any other martial arts books available. The details are amazing (althoug slightly bigger pictures would have been a great plus). I would recommend this book to anyone interested in this art. Nevertheless, I regret to see that few of the common techincs I have learned with my korean masters were present in the book ....... but this is certainly due to the richessnes of this art, and one sinlge book always seems to small to totally describe such a complete martial art.
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Summary: Excellent book on Hapkido
Review: I highly recommend this book. It is well researched, well presented, of excellent quality, and worth the investment. I am a 3rd Dan in Hapkido and find that most of the techniques included within the book are consistant with what I was taught. It is a valuable resource not only for the techniques presented but the historical and practical information provided. All that being said, the novice should keep in mind that many hapkido techniques can be resisted and are often most effective after the opponent is distracted by strikes, kicks, or otherwise surprised. Hapkido as taught in books is not always presented this way. Still, this is a good book.
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Summary: Hapkido: Traditions, Philosophy,Techniques
Review: Marc Tedeschi has done an excellent job with this book. It is destined to become the Hapkido bible. Everything is excellent, text, photos, and illustrations. Many of my students already have it on order. The book is also heavy enough to use as a weapon! Excuse me while I go read some more.
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Summary: Very Interesting book but not Hapkido
Review: Mr. Tedeschi has written a wonderful book indeed. Although it contains material from Hapkido, the fact is, the book is an obvious compilation of information from many related styles including Wally Jay's Small Circle, Brazilian Jujitsu, Ming's Chin Na, Okinawan Kobudo, Dillman's Kyusho Jitsu, and many others. Well presented and impecable quality. Most martial artists will enjoy reading it. The author defends himself from this critic by arguing that in modern times most martial arts are undistinguishable from each other, this is not the truth. Trying to be as objective as possible , the book deserves a four or five stars. But what really becomes a big handycap is that the material presented here is not traditional or classical Hapkido. It is in fact general martial art.
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Summary: Hapkido styles vary
Review: On further research, I discovered that the teaching of Hapkido varies depending on the amount of Tae Kwon Do that is taught. For instance, 9th Dan GrandMaster Tae Kwon's teaching incorporates various stances from TKD, but GrandMaster Han (friend of Master Kwon) just uses a basic stance. Hapkido Master Scott Shaw also teaches a basic stance and not the TKD stances. Further, in Hapkido, Masters are encouraged to elaborate on what they have learned and to develop new moves. So this is why there is some variation in the specifics of teaching Hapkido.
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Summary: Not True Hapkido
Review: One of my students brought this book to my school to show me. I was very suprised to see the title Hapkido on it when I looked at the photos. I can understand why they do not have any Korean Hapkido Masters quotes on the cover of this book, because the pictures in the book are not true Hapkido. Also, I was very surprised to see that the instuctor of this man or what Hapkido organization he belongs to is not listed in the book. In Korea we understand that any student must show respect to his teacher and organization and reveal who taught him. This is why I contacted the Hapkido organizations in South Korea and found that Mr. Mark Tedeschi is not certified by any of them. As a Hapkido Master this concerns me greatly. As Korea is the home of Hapkido. I can understand why American students like this book. It is very big and has very pretty pictures in it. But, it does not teach true Hapkido and the man does not understand anything about Ki. He should not have attempted to write a chapter on the subject because it misleads people. Where this man got his knowledge I do not know. It looks like maybe he made up his own style and called it Hapkido. Before any one buys this book they should know the truth.
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Summary: Excellent technical reference
Review: Tedeschi did a great job of categorizing techniques. While
I am not a student of Hapkido, I have studied a number
of other martial arts in addition to kaju kenbo for over
a decade. This book is a must for anyone with a serious
martial book library. I am an avid collector of MA books
and have never seen another book like it.
This book is more useful for people with much or at least
some martial arts training. Those with only a few years
of experience or a shallow martial arts education will
not appreciate the breadth and depth of this masterpiece.
WOW ! I've noticed a couple of negative reviews, including a
stereotypical comment on American appeal. It takes a
rare man to compile such a wealth of martial
knowledge. Tedeschi seems to give full credit to his teachers
and major Hapkido players. Hapkido has moved from Korea
to the rest of the world just as the Shaolin arts found
their way to Korea.
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Summary: Hapkido In A Nutshell
Review: Tedeschi wonderfully illustrates all the techniques covered in this book, from the nitty gritty of the basics to the masterful art of the more advanced techniques. Wonderful book, for both the beginner and the advanced martial artist.
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Summary: Beautiful but sadly disappointing
Review: That Weatherhill would publish a book of this size on Hapkido curriculum was a great surprise to me and I was very excited to see it. I however found the content to be quite disappointing. Although Mr.Tedeschi did a fair job at covering the art's background and has filled the book with excellent quality photographs it seems clear that in attempting not to represent any particular school's approach to Hapkido he has created something that really represents an approach that none of the major schools teach from. By trying to please all he has in the end represented none. As for the manner in which he performs techniques I often questioned whether he was not a practitioner more influenced by arts other than hapkido.His manner of performing technique is not consistant with any of the teachers I've had in nearly 2 decades of study both in North America and Korea and he includes technique from outside the art. Books by Hee-Young Kimm and Kwang-Sik Myung ( practitioners with whom I am not connected ) still remain the best on the subject, although they have become increasing difficult to find. The real shame here is that already having book like this on the market another major publisher isn't likely to publish another book of the same nature done with greater authenticity.
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Summary: 4000 photos of white belt jujitsu techniques
Review: The book is a waste of time and space. Hapkido is supposed to derive from aikijujutsu and all this book has is basic jujitsu. I looked at the standing grappling/grappling section (400 pages). Its about 4000 photos of white belt techniques. If a 130 pound girl was forced to fight a 225 lb. heavyweight cage fighter and the girl asked me for a good book to read I would not recemmend Tedeschi's book. I think Tedeschi must spar with one-armed old ladies--- thats about all his book will prepare you for. I don't know about the striking section of the book so I can't comment on that. Check out Jwing-Ming Yang's Chin Na books for the advanced locking techniques. I would recommend his chin na books to that girl I wrote about above (I was actually thinking about Whitney Houston vs. Mike Tyson).
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