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Summary: Great Book on Hapkido!
Review: As a practitioner of Hapkido for fifteen years and an Instructor for ten, I think this is a great book on Hapkido -- it really takes the reader to the essence of the art. Hapkido is such an elaborate system of self defense, I think few people really realize how impossible it is to truly illustrate this art in the form of a book. Master Scott Shaw, does just that, however. Through very clear detailed descriptions and photographs, he instructs the reader in the true self defense aspects of Hapkido.
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Summary: Hapkido ? Self Defense ?
Review: As a student of the martial arts and a fighter of mixed martial art matches, I am famaliar with self defense techniques. This book fails to demonstrate effective techniques of self defense. If this is Hapkido, I question its reality based reputation. I have trained with Hapkido masters and the techniques shown in the book are not similiar to those I know.
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Summary: Understandably Good
Review: As one of the few practitioners of Hapkido in Hong Kong I have read Scott Shaw's articles on Hapkido in magazines like Black Belt and Taekwondo Times for years. So, it was no surpirse to me when I picked up this book that I found it to be well put together and a great source of information on this advanced system of self-defense. There are two things I really like about this book. The first is the presentation of the true history of Hapkdio. The second is that each self-defense technique is clearly and completely described. This book is a great source of reference on Hapkido. RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: Understandably Good
Review: As one of the few practitioners of Hapkido in Hong Kong I have read Scott Shaw's articles on Hapkido in magazines like Black Belt and Taekwondo Times for years. So, it was no surpirse to me when I picked up this book that I found it to be well put together and a great source of information on this advanced system of self-defense. There are two things I really like about this book. The first is the presentation of the true history of Hapkdio. The second is that each self-defense technique is clearly and completely described. This book is a great source of reference on Hapkido. RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: GOOD BOOK ABOUT NOT VERY WELL-KNOWN SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Before I read this I did not know about hapkido at all. After I looked through the book very thoroughly, I was well informed. The illustrations were so good, anyone could master the moves easily. The book talks a lot about the history and development of the art very well. It is really good. Everyone should get it!
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Summary: STRAIGHT TO THE POINT
Review: Great book on Hapkido. The best one I have seen. No nonsense. This book really teaches straight ahead, usable, self defense.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: Great book. This book is perfect for anybody who wants to learn hapkido. Lot's of pictures, and history as well.
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Summary: Hapkido is Self Defense
Review: Having practice the martial arts for over ten years, I find this book to be an excellent resource for both the Korean martial art of hapkido and self defense. The history section is great. The ki section is very interesting. The self defense section is very detailed and teaches true hapkido. This book is a necessary addition to anyone library. Recommended.
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Summary: Excellent Hapkido Self Defense Text Book
Review: Having practice the martial arts for over ten years, I find this book to be an excellent resource for both the Korean martial art of hapkido and self defense. The history section is great. The ki section is very interesting. The self defense section is very detailed and teaches true hapkido. This book is a necessary addition to anyone library. Recommended.
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Summary: Even Better the Second Time
Review: I picked this book up a couple of years ago, read through it, and put it on the shelf with my hundred or so other books on the martial arts. After recently reading Scott Shaw's, "The Tao of Self Defense," I decided to take another look at it. I really enjoyed it the second time. As a Korean martial art stylist for virtually my entire life, what I really appreciate about this book is that it exactingly describes each Traditional Hapkido technique which is demonstrated in its photo illustrations. From this, the reader is allowed to gain a deeper understanding of how to actually peform each self defense application. The other books I have seen, and own, on Hapkido do not do this. They are mostly just filled with photos. Though this book has numerous photos, as well, the detailed description of each technique is what really sets this book apart. I would love to see a second volume.
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