Access to Security MARTIAL ART by Training Self-Defense of Hapkido in KOREA

Abstract

This research was done about security martial art, especially based on Hapkido, and the researcher tried to academically access to the application of Hapkido by interviewing three experts in martial art for qualitative research. Also, the researcher reviewed thesis related to security martial art, oriental martial art, and martial art based on Korean traditional idea by preceding research to make the direction of the research access to the topic. Guard is the last method handling various dangers nearest to the subject. To ensure the subject’s security from a person inflicting injury, guard should be done based on trained body of the bodyguard, so training security martial art is essential. Therefore, this research is going to suggest the way to applying Hapkido to security martial art. First, unlike other martial arts, Hapkido has various motions, and the motions are easily accessable in accidental situation. Motions such as folding wrist, holding, punching, entraining with weapon, and arresting technique were researched specifically. Second, academic study on Hapkido is short, so Hapkido’s integrated samples and teaching materials should be established. Therefore it should be verified as a security martial art by Hapkido martial art. Third, every martial art has its different characteristic of skill suppressing the opponent, and not any particular martial art can be chosen as the best one in suppressing. With general Hapkido, the way to studying the value and applying of Hapkido as a security martial art should be suggested as a basis of other martial arts, so that the independent educational system for security martial art can be established. Fourth, in accidental case of security, it is thought that the objective and valid access is needed by using practical martial motion as a measurement through applying security martial art. And lastly, although the overall educational establishment of security martial art hasn’t done yet, by political support and systematic study, leaders of security martial art should be trained, and security martial art should be educated independently, so that the education which can handle the actual emergency while doing guard work can be taught. This thesis is meaningful for it has sought the way to making Hapkido among various martial art be foundation of security martial art.