About Us
The Canadian Hapkido Federation Inc is a non profit incorporation intended to promote the art of Hap Ki Do in Canada between Canadian dojangs, within the international community and the World Kido Federation.
The Korean contemporary martial art of Hapkido consists of acrobatic striking and kicking techniques, both hard and soft style deflection techniques, throws, takedowns, ground-fighting, and extensive joint locking techniques.
Hapkido is the combination of two Korean martial arts. The first being Yool Sool which comes from the Japanese art known as Daito-Ryu Aiki-Jutsu which was also the source of modern Aikido. The second is Taekkyon which is an ancient Korean Kicking Skill that was means literally "The way of coordination and internal power." The modern sport of Taekwondo was also originally based on Taekkyon.