I got 2 questions
1) Anyone ever taken any Hwa Rang Do, how was it?
2.) I'm looking for a school here locally that teaches something like Plum Blossom? Would anyone have any idea what that is? I know it's Chinese.
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I got 2 questions
1) Anyone ever taken any Hwa Rang Do, how was it?
2.) I'm looking for a school here locally that teaches something like Plum Blossom? Would anyone have any idea what that is? I know it's Chinese.
Hwa Rang Do is like Tae Kwon Do, but with some actual real application.
Plum Blossom is Mei Hua Chuan. Should be decent enough if taught correctly.
so is Hwa Rang Do just non watered down TKD?
No, I'd say its probably the other way around.Quote:
Originally posted by red5angel
so is Hwa Rang Do just non watered down TKD?
There was an article on it in either KFTC or IKF.. don't remember which, in the last 3ish years.. I'll look for it... no promise, but I'll look. NS might be able to help.
Moi Fah or Mei Hua, there are a lot of refferences in a lot of systems to moi fah, and there is a whole Mei Hua style, and aMei Hua tang lang (mantis)..
book .
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Check it out, see if you like it....
As far as I know, it was founded in like 1960 or something, but is another one of those "based on 2,000 year-old traditions" arts. It does seem to have more combat application (compared to sport TKD), but I don't know much else about it except one of the guys in Tekken 2 used it.
as I understood it, hwa rang is more closely related to the southern kung fu it came from. originated in the Scilla period of Korean history.
but that is all I remember from the Discovery show I saw once.
JP, as I understand TKD, it originated from shotokan karate.
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No, I'd say its probably the other way around.
Judge Pen - so HRD is just watered down TKD?
Hwa Rang was founded by elitist korean snobs who got beat up alot in school. the name means 'the way of the pussys'
Kristoffer, do you ever have anything worthwhile to say?
HAs anyone ever heard of "Chief Master Taejoon Lee"
re5angel,
let me get this straight..........you are on another thread involved with a qigong disscussion but yet you start a thread with a beginner's question?????????????? what? are you the guy who asked who would win in a fight bruce lee or chuck norris
LOL! don't take things out of context. I called them beginners questions cause I know nothing of either art I asked about, not because I am a beginner to the martial arts. It's sort of tongue in cheek. Sheeze! now your getting defensive on other threads?
a possible beginner at a different tma school....:rolleyes: doesn't mean a all round newbie.
HRD is modified Hapkido and it's ancient history is a myth. Dr Bang had some mad skills which is evident from guys like Randy Warner. Note Michael Echanis, who is the most (in)famous person associated with HRD was already one of the most dangerous people before he ever met Dr Bang and it's blurry what he brought to HRD and what he took away from it. HRD is currently into more flash than substance, their ground fighting is laughable, their knife work maybe worse. Personally I'd avoid HRD like it was a leper with HIV. I would train with deAlba, Warner, Nepo and others of the old school HRD.
http://www.hwarang.org/Personal.html
http://www.hwarang.org/Contemporary.html