MARTIAL ARTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

 

About Us

 

(Callum Forbes demonstrating the Hapkido Balance Points)
 

We are a family-focused martial arts school in the centre of Upper Hutt.

We offer a range of martial arts classes for children, teens and adults of all ages.

Our Academy culture is relaxed and friendly. Our mission is to help you and your family to achieve your own martial arts/self-defence goals and to realise your own potential.

We have a strong team of experienced Instructors - details of them can be found on our Instructors sub-page on the About Hapkido page. You will find that we offer much more than just martial arts and self-defence training and we would like you to join our family

So come along and try out an Orientation Class for you or your children and begin your own martial arts journey.

All of our classes are run at our modern, owner-occupied martial arts studio in the centre of Upper Hutt. Further information Here.

 

 

Our Core Classes

 
Hapkido for Adults and Teens
Hapkido is self-defence focused but training in Hapkido will also increase your physical abilities - stamina, strength, and flexibility - as well as your mental awareness and self-confidence. 
 
Further Information Here
 
Hapkido Tigers for Children aged 7 to 12
Hapkido Tigers is all about using Hapkido training to help your children develop into strong and confident adults. In addition to learning good self-defence skills, your child will also learn important life and leadership skills.
 
Further information Here.
 
Hapkido Dragons for Children aged 5 to 6
Hapkido Dragons program is for children aged from 5 to 6. The class focuses on fitness, and martial arts fundamentals. It serves as a primer for the more formal martial arts training in our Hapkido Tigers Class. 
 
Further information Here
 
Other Classes
We run several other classes that compliment Hapkido to allow you to go deeper into areas that are only covered lightly in the main Hapkido syllabus. These are "Ground Combatives", "Pressure Point Combatives" and "Principals of the Sword". Once you have attained the relevant grade requirement in Hapkido you may join any of these classes.
 
 

 

 
  

Academy Update March 2024 

 

March is a busy time for us as we get many young people joining at the start of the year. Joining any martial art is a big commitment with the cost of training fees and uniforms. So joining our Academy should not be a spur of the moment choice. Martial Arts is very exciting at first until students settle into the routine of regular training,

Before you commit to signing your children up with us, we want to make sure that this is something that they really want to do.

Because of this we offer free 'Orientation Classes' to all prospective new members. We offer 3 classes to Dragons students and 2 for everybody else.

'Orientation Classes' differ from your standard 'free classes' because while an 'orientation class' is mostly joining in with the class and engaging in the class activities, it also allows us to get to know a prospective student. During the class there will be some 1 on 1 time with one of our Class Instructors who will assist with the various drills and exercises as well as find out what a student wants to get out of training This also allows us to identify any special needs or physical issues. This then helps us to tailor our training to the individual.

We run classes for all ages from 5 upwards:

Hapkido Dragons - 5 to 7 year olds

Hapkido Tigers - 7 to 12 year olds

Hapkido - 13 years upwards.

Age is no barrier to starting training in our Hapkido classes. The 40 plus age group is the fastest growing group at our Academy. 

Upcoming Events

June 20th - 27th - World Kido Federation / Hanminjok Hapkido Association's 2024 Hapkido World Championships and Korea Trip.

August 9th - 11th - Grandmaster Fari Salieski New Zealand Seminars (Upper Hutt).     

 
   
 For further information please contact: callum@hapkido.co.nz

 

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