Upper Hutt Hapkido Academy
Teaching and Promoting Traditional Hapkido


Our Mission:
 
To be the leading provider of practical and effective self-defence training in New Zealand.

Hapkido  is the "way of co-ordinated power". It is a Korean martial art that is often referred to as the complete art of self defence.
 
Hapkido is not a sport but rather a pure self-defence martial art that covers joint locks, sweeps & throws, striking techniques with all parts of the body, ground fighting, pressure point applications, defence against weapons and the improvised use of everyday items in self-defence situations. Hapkido training is not restricted by age, size or sex. It is very much an art that grows with age! Everyone can aim to (and should) earn a black belt. For more information on Hapkido please visit our FAQ page. 
 
To help you on your Martial Arts journey at whatever stage of life you are at, we offer the following classes:    

Hapkido is for all Adults and Teens who want to learn good self defence skills as well as obtain the fitness, health and other personal benefits that traditional martial arts training offers. Further Information Here.
 
Hapkido Combatives™ is for anybody who wants to learn good self defence skills but who do not have the time to commit to regular training in any of our other classes. We schedule Hapkido Combatives™ classes or courses scheduled subject to demand. Specialist and Advanced Hapkido Combatives™ training takes our core Hapkido Combatives™ programme further by adapting it to provide tailored self defence training for specific occupational groups. Further Information Here.

Teen Hapkido is for the 12 to 18 age group. This class covers the same material in our Hapkido classes but is structured to help existing students transition from the Junior Hapkido class or to give teenage students the opportunity to train in a class especially focused at them. Further Information Here.      
 
Junior Hapkido is for Children aged 8 - 12 and mirrors the Hapkido syllabus in a simplified format. Further Information Here.

Young Dragons™ is for Children aged 5 - 7 and focuses on developing basic martial arts skills. Further Information Here.
 
Knight School is for Children aged 6 - 12/13 that teaching basic sword fighting. Further Information Here. 

All of our classes are run at our modern, owner-occupied martial arts studio in the centre of Upper Hutt. Further Information Here.
 
We are also the HeadQuarters for the New Zealand Hapkido Federation.
 
 
We are also a member club of the World Kido Federation and Hanminjok Hapkido Association.
 
The World Kido Federation is one of the most renowned and respected Korean self defence Martial Arts organisations in the world and the  Hanminjok Hapkido Association is the largest Hapkido organisation in the world with over 550 member clubs.
 
We are also a member of Fitness New Zealand – the Industry Body for the New Zealand Fitness Industry. 
 
This helps us to ensure that our self defence training methods are always effective, safe and up-to-date.
 
 


The Upper Hutt Hapkido Academy is also on FaceBook.

Contact Us:

Callum Forbes

021 330 989

Training Videos


The Academy now has a "You Tube" channel for presenting training videos. You can view our videos here »  
 
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Update: May 2013

New Member Recruitment Drive!


We have enjoyed good membership levels in the last few years. So much so that some classes were getting too big to run effectively. 
 
So we recently introduced a 3rd Junior Hapkido class on Saturday mornings, a Black Belt class on Tuesday evenings, a Hapkido class for teenagers on Wednesday evenings and a new one hour Hapkido class for the 18+ students also on Wednesday evenings.  Also, we now have 6 black belts in addition to myself - some of whom are eager to run classes of their own.
 
We believe that with our new classes and additional instructor capacity that we can now cater for additional membership. In order to facilitate this, we are running a recruitment drive over the next couple of months. As an added incentive to get people to join we are offering the following: 
  
New Members: Join for 3 months (e.g. pay in advance for 3 months) and we will give you a free uniform (worth $50) if you sign up for 2 or classes a week or $25 off a uniform if you sign up for 1 class a week. 
 
Existing Members: Bring a new member along who signs up for 3 months and get  $25 off any purchase of training equipment provided by the Academy (uniform, rash top, uniform patches, sparring gear, etc.). Or if you to buy something through Century Martial Arts Australia or FightTimes New Zealand we will order it for you and pay $25 towards it.
 
For further information please contact:

callum@hapkido.co.nz  

Academy Grading Dates - 2013/2014

  • Tuesday 4th June 2013 - From 5 PM: All Classes & Grades.
  • Tuesday 6th August 2013 - From 5 PM: All Classes and Grades
  • Tuesday 1st October 2013 - From 5 PM: All Classes and Grades
  • Tuesday 3rd December 2013 - From 5 PM: All Classes and Grades
  • Tuesday 4th February 2014 - From 5 PM: All Classes and Grades
  • Tuesday 1st April 2014 - From 5 PM: All Classes and Grades

 

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