Shinson Hapkido
Shinson Hapkido ( Korean 신선 합기도 ) is a development, health and self-defense training and includes a holistic training of body (Chong), life force ( Ki ) and mind (Shin). It was built by Ko Myong from the traditional Korean movement and martial arts in connection with Asian healing arts.
Shinson Hapkido is a style of Hapkido . Hapkido plays an essential role in the training of the police and the military in Korea, so it has, at least in some styles, paramilitary characteristics. The Shinson- Hapkido style contrasts this with a different accent.
Ko Myong, the founder of the Shinson Hapkido style, grew up in a Buddhist monastery in Korea. Against this background, he has focused above all on the health aspects of Hapkido, which are expressed in the title of his book Movement for Life . He has therefore conceived and further developed a style that is primarily about conveying joy in movement to people of all ages, as an aspect of a healthy lifestyle, combined with the conviction that people are part of society and nature and therefore cannot live healthily in the long term without paying attention to fellow human beings and the environment. Shinson Hapkido is sometimes accused of being "too esoteric".
In Korea, too, Shinson Hapkido was viewed rather skeptically in the first few years. In the meantime, at least according to the number of its members, it has become the predominant style in Western Europe, which is why Shinson Hapkido is increasingly gaining recognition in Korea. This is expressed, for example, in the fact that grandmasters of other styles also come from Korea to show their skills in one of the Shinson Hapkido martial arts shows in Europe. Also at the "World Hapkido Festivals", organized in Korea by the "World Hapkido Federation" Under the direction of Grand Master “Kim, Jung-So”, “Shinson Hapkido” was occasionally represented by a delegation.
Emergence
Shinson Hapkido was founded by the Korean Ko Myong, who visited various monasteries and schools on the outskirts of Seoul. He began his Hapkido training in the Kuk Sool Kwan School from Grandmaster Kim Jong-yoon (9th Dan) and learned mainly from Grandmaster Changsan Park Hyun-soo (9th Dan). He spent most of his youth in the monasteries. In the Taean Sa temple he became a student of the Son master Chong Hwa. 1976–1978 he was a member of the national team of the Korea Hapkido Association and achieved the title of national champion there. In early 1978 Ko Myong was invited to teach self-defense in Europe as well.
In 1983 he founded the Kung Jung Mu Sul Hapkido Association in Darmstadt . This facility sees itself as a center for the art of movement, naturopathy, peace work and wisdom. Since then he has been training teachers who in turn set up schools, so that Shinson Hapkido is now offered in many cities and countries, especially in Western Europe.
Over the years, the focus of Kung Jung Mu Sul Hapkido has shifted more and more from external training to training Do (roughly described as the “path of life”). To accommodate this change, the name was changed to "Shinson Hapkido" in 1993. The association was renamed the International Shinson Hapkido Association that same year .
Within the association, great importance is attached to a family atmosphere, which manifests itself in various camps, meetings and seminars. Furthermore, through his publications, Ko Myong established or at least made known the concept of internal and external self-defense.
The history of Hapkido is now well researched and cleared up. Its roots are mainly in the Japanese Daito-Ryu Aiki Jujutsu . No evidence has yet been presented that the secret Korean martial arts to which Ko Myong refers really existed.
Training content
The Shinson Hapkido teaching method ( Oh Shilsang ) form the basis for the Shinson Hapkido training: Trust ( Midum ), Respect ( Yeey ), Patience ( Innae ), Humility ( Giomson ) and Love ( Sarang ).
Up to the first Dan, techniques from the following areas are taught:
- Meditation (son)
- Positions (Soggi, Jahse)
- Breathing Techniques (Danjeon Hohupbop)
- Hand Techniques (Sugi Sul)
- Foot Techniques (Balgi Sul, Jok Sul)
- Liberation techniques including levers , throwing technique (Su)
- Fall School , Fall Techniques (Nakbop)
- Fixed Actions (Yaksok Daeryon)
- Free Actions (Jayu Daeryon)
- Free fall technique actions (Nakbop Daeryon)
- Forms (Hyong)
- Long stick techniques (Changbong Sul)
- Break test (Kyokpa)
- own special technology (Tuksu Dong Jak)
- own, free form (Hwalyong Sul)
- Remedial gymnastics (Kidoin Bop)
- Acupressure (Jie-Abb Bop)
- Theory (Sang Shik)
distribution
Today there are 40 official Shinson Hapkido schools (called “ Dojang ”) in Germany. There are other national associations and schools in Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and Peru. Since 1983 over 12,000 exercisers have been registered with the International Shinson Hapkido Association in Darmstadt.
literature
- Ko Myong: Shinson Hapkido, movement for life . Ed .: Shinson-Hapkido-Association. Darmstadt 1994, ISBN 3-9804195-0-9 .
- Ko Myong: Shinson Hapkido - Movement for Life: Textbook for training body and mind . Ed .: Shinson-Hapkido-Association. Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-9804195-1-2 .
Web links
- International Shinson Hapkido Association. Retrieved June 3, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ So z. B. at the martial arts show on July 26, 2012 in Belgium by a group of "Sesung-gwan Korea Hapkido"
- ^ World Hapkido Federation. Retrieved June 3, 2014 (Korean).
- ↑ So z. B. at "17. World Hapkido Festival “on August 25, 2012 in Daegu