Han Pul

**jutsow** · 12-16-2006, 18:26

I was wondering if any one can give me any historical information on this style. I took this style quite a few years ago and it was quite interesting. I was told it was an offshoot of hapkido, not sure though.

Thanks

**hapkido1** · 01-05-2007, 00:23

My GM K. S. Hyun was a student of GM KIm, Jung Yoon who was one of GM Choi, Yung Sool first students. GM Kim founded Han Pul out of his own vision of how Hapkido might be practiced.

There is more information on three web sites including additional insights into the relationships of various Hapkidoin...

Modern Hapkido (mine):
http://modernhapkido.org/history.html

Scroll almost to the bottom of the page for Han Pul.

This is one version of a long history of Hapkido gathered from multiple sources all of whom have given me permssion to use their material.

Dakin Burdick's Research:
http://php.indiana.edu/~burdickd/hapkido.htm

Sin Moo Hapkido:
http://www.sinmoohapkido.be/Hapkido%20Family%20Tree.htm

A brief summary...

Kim's style was named Moo Sool Won until the name "Hapkido" was adopted.

Another name for this style of Hapkido is Han Pul.

Han Pul is a Korean style of martial art unlike most popular styles.

Han Pul is for people of all ages interested in the serious pursuit of martial art techniques and philosophy.

Han Pul is NOT sport karate.

There are no kata or tournaments.

Students learn focus & technique, not just power & contact.

Han Pul stresses:

Long, powerful strikes and kicks that use the power of
the whole body

Focused techniques that forcefully neutralize the opponent's attacks

Joint manipulations for throws, take-downs, pins,
and weapon defense

Fighting skills such as falling, rolling, blocking, avoiding,
and jumping

Relaxed intensity with pinpoint delivery of forceful
techniques to pressure points

Practical self defense, street fighting, and the use of
common objects as weapons as well as weapons training in knife, short stick, and cane

You may now know more about thuis than you wanted.
Hope it helps.

Vic Cushing

**jutsow** · 01-10-2007, 17:37

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question. I found all the history very interesting. I studied this style for quite some time, and it is as you described, so I knew I had good info. I study wah lum now, but the han pul is a great style. Thank you!

**Han Pul Blk Belt** · 02-27-2007, 20:37

Mr. Cushing is generally correct in his history and characterization of the style. I currently train with the man who, along with Grand Master Kim, devised Han Pul, Master Abraham Jae. You may forward any questions to me and I will answer them as I can.
Also, since Mr. Cushing is so accurate in his rendition, I'm curious as to the provenance of his information.
Thank you.

**praxisllc** · 12-30-2009, 10:21

Originally Posted by Han Pul Blk Belt

Mr. Cushing is generally correct in his history and characterization of the style. I currently train with the man who, along with Grand Master Kim, devised Han Pul, Master Abraham Jae. You may forward any questions to me and I will answer them as I can.
Also, since Mr. Cushing is so accurate in his rendition, I'm curious as to the provenance of his information.
Thank you.

Mr. Macurdy. Recently saw this old message and thought I'd try to follow up if you're still interested in the provenance of the info; originated here.
Thank you

**David Craik** · 01-02-2010, 19:16

Since his post is nearly three years old and it is the only post he has ever made...I think it's reasonable to assume he's not here anymore.

**mateo** · 04-24-2011, 20:36

I had the good fortune to interview Master Kim Yoon-Jung while living in Korea in the mid-1990s. We spent about an hour and a half talking about his art, his training background and the current practise at his dojang.

He has long presided over Han Pul which he described as his interpretation of the teachings of Choi Yong Sool with whom he studied in 1950s.

I have never seen mention of a co-founder or co-developer of the art in speaking with him or in any of the publications he has released.

Master Kim was extremely open and sharing of his vision of the arts and his training background. I had a wonderful time chatting with him about his extremely important role in the formative period which connects the various arts which extended from the teachings of Choi Yong-Sul.

I think his dojang was called the "great forest" dojang at that time, but my memory may not serve me well on this detail.

It seemed to me that he had a more developed weapon curriculum than was typical for hapkido-in and he certainly had many pieces of interesting training equipment for the development of small traditional arms training in his dojang at that time.