Difficult to trace its exact history, Hapkido was created by one of the most influential Korean martial artists, Choi Young Sul, who had trained in Japan in the art of Daito-Ryu Aikijujutsu under Sokaku Takeda. In 1946, when Korea was liberated from the control of Japan, Choi returned to Korea, later opening a dojang with a fellow colleague. Choi’s art of Hapkido was then shaped by some of his higher ranked student’s background of other martial arts.
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