Combat Hapkido

Think of this book as a how to manual for being a walking, talking bad ass

Chapters: Preface, Combat Hapkido, Street Self Defense, Kicking Techniques, Hand Striking Techniques, Defenses Against Kicks, Defenses Against Punches, Escapes From Wrist Grabs, Defenses Against Garment Grabs, Joint Locking Techniques, Defenses Against Weapons, Pressure Points (with Master Mark Gridley), Ground Defense (with Master David Rivas). This book seems to pick up right where "Combat Hapkido: The Martial Art for the Modern Warrior" (ISBN - 978-0897501811) leaves off. This book has a brief summary of some of the history and philosophy behind Combat Hapkido (although not as in depth as the other book) and then proceeds to show loads of techniques dealing with the aforementioned categories. There are even sections on the ground survival and pressure point material that I felt was lacking in the other book. Where the other book has a lot of text and explanations, this volume has very little text and focuses on photos of the techniques. This is an excellent supplement to the other Combat Hapkido book and to the overall reference library offered by the ICHF. These books together represent a fairly good overview of the art, from its philosophy and concepts to the actual techniques taught and used.

This would be a five star book based on the amount and quality of photos but there's absolutely no written instruction to go along with the photos. This would be completely lost on someone who has never done martial arts before especially when you get into the pressure point section of the book.

Buy the DVD. This is a picture book. Would like some explanations to go with the pictures.

This book does show different kicks which is good. This book won't tell me the names of any of the kicks, punches or strikes, so I don't know what I am learning. The name is the most important thing