Tactical hapkido

Tactical Hapkido is a form of Hapkido founded by Grandmaster Barry Rodemaker (8th degree black belt).Grandmaster Rodemaker is also the president of the Tactical Hapkido Alliance (THA), which he founded in 2001. The THA is officially recognized by the International Black Belt Organization and this system has expanded to 14 states in 21 martial arts academies.
Systematizing and Description
Tactical Hapkido is different from Traditional Hapkido in that it focuses more on practical self defense. As such, Tactical Hapkido does not have the traditional forms but focuses more on the techniques, low kicking, Ki Striking, and trapping drills. Tactical Hapkido is not a new martial art, but a style within the Hapkido family.
The core Tactical Hapkido curriculum uses the main concepts taught from traditional Hapkido techniques, while removing other traditional techniques that are conceptually redundant. Thus, Tactical Hapkido provides a clear base for the student where the concepts can be expanded upon depending on the situation presented.
Traditional Hapkido techniques which prove impractical in a real world scenario have been removed, including acrobatic break falls, jump/spinning kicks, and other riskier techniques. Tactical Hapkido's core curriculum has been broken down into 9 levels, each level consisting of 10 techniques. Basics in the beginning level, which are break-aways, teaches the student proper stances and use of the water principal as found in Soft martial arts against the attacker. Tactical Hapkido students are taught the methods of using leverage, non resistance and flowing between the techniques during their routine class training. Due to the cane's legal status, ready availability to acquire, general lightweight carry and being a cheap weapon to use, Tactical Hapkido has as extensive "Cane" curriculum that includes: Offensive Strikes, Joint Locks, Sweeps, and Traps, along with Defenses against Kicks, Punches, Bear Hugs, Knife, and Grabs.

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