Examination requirements of the EUROPEAN HAPKIDO ASSOCIATION™

Color belt (Students)
9. Kup

• Basic stances (5 Stances)
• Basic method of falling ( 4 Exercises)
• Basic breathing techniques ( 3 Exercises)
• Punch and strike techniques ( 5 Techniques)
• Basic block techniques (6 Techniques )
• Single kick techniques (6 Techniques)
• Release of the wrist (6 Techniques)
• Defense against one sided wrist grab (5 Techniques)
• Lever hold and lock techniques (4 Techniques)
• One step sparring with punch and strike techniques (4 Techniques)
• Sparring (1:1)
• Hapkido form (Crossform)

8. Kup

• Basic stances (2 Stances)
• Basic method of falling ( 2 Exercises)
• Basic breathing techniques ( 3 Exercises)
• Punch and strike techniques ( 5Techniques)
• Basic block techniques (6 Techniques )
• Single kick techniques (6 Techniques)
• Release of the wrist (6 Techniques)
• Defence against one sided wrist grab (6 Techniques)
• Lever hold and lock techniques (4 Techniques)
• One step sparring with punch and strike techniques (5 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1)
• Hapkido form (Chun Ki Hyung Sae)

7. Kup

• Basic stances (2 Stances)
• Method of falling ( 2 Exercises)
• Breathing techniques ( 3 Exercises)
• Punch and strike techniques ( 4Techniques)
• Block techniques (4 Techniques )
• Single kick techniques (4 Techniques)
• Single jump kick techniques (2 Techniques)
• Release of the wrist at the back (6 Techniques)
• Defence against one sided wrist grab (6 Techniques)
• Defence against diagonal wrist grab (5 Techniques)
• Defence against belt grab (6 Techniques)
• Throw techniques (4 Techniques)
• Agreed upon self- defence (3 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1)
• Hapkido form (Ji Ki Hyung Sae)

6. Kup

• Method of jump falling ( 2 Exercises)
• Combinations of punch and strike techniques ( 4Techniques)
• Combination of block techniques (4 Techniques )
• Single kick techniques (4 Techniques)
• Single jump kick techniques (3 Techniques)
• Single ground kick techniques (6 Techniques)
• Defence against one sided wrist grab with double techniques (5 Techniques)
• Defence against both wrist grab (5 Techniques)
• Defence against dobok grab (9 Techniques)
• Throw techniques (6 Techniques)
• Agreed upon self- defence (3 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1)
• Break test ( 1 Kick technique)

5. Kup

• Method of falling in the flight ( 2 Exercises)
• Combinations of punch and strike techniques ( 15 Techniques)
• Combination of block techniques (15 Techniques )
• Single kick techniques (4 Techniques)
• Single jump kick techniques (3 Techniques)
• Single ground kick techniques (3 Techniques)
• Defence with kick techniques against a punch (5 Techniques)
• Defence against both wrist grab at the back (5 Techniques)
• Throw techniques (6 Techniques)
• Ground holding techniques (6 Techniques)
• Agreed upon self- defence (3 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1)
• Hapkido form (Nae Ki Hyung Sae)
• Break test ( 1 Hand technique)

4. Kup

• Handstand and hand spring ( 2 Exercises)
• Combinations of punch and strike techniques ( 15 Techniques)
• Combination of block techniques (15 Techniques )
• Single kick techniques (4 Techniques)
• Single jump kick techniques (3 Techniques)
• Single ground kick techniques (3 Techniques)
• Defence with kick techniques against a punch (5 Techniques)
• Defence against both wrist grab at the back (5 Techniques)
• Throw techniques (6 Techniques)
• Ground holding techniques (6 Techniques)
• Agreed upon self- defence (3 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1)
• Hapkido form (Nae Ki Hyung Sae)
• Break test ( 1 Hand technique)

3. Kup

• Method of wheel spring ( 2 Exercises)
• Combinations of kick techniques ( 10 Techniques)
• Defence against kick attacks (8 Techniques)
• Defence against short stick attacks (15 Techniques)
• Defence against strangle attacks on ground (10 Techniques)
• Defence against ground holding techniques (6 Techniques)
• Combination of punch techniques in motion (10 Techniques)
• Agreed upon self- defence (3 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1 and 1:2)
• Hapkido form (Wae Ki Hyung Sae)
• Break test ( 1 Hand technique and 1 kick technique)

2. Kup

• Defence against short stick attacks (15 Techniques)
• Defence against long stick attacks (15 Techniques)
• Defence against strangle attacks on ground (10 Techniques)
• Defence against ground holding techniques (6 Techniques)
• Defence against throwing techniques (6 Techniques)
• Agreed upon self- defence (4 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1 and 1:2)
• Written examination
• Break test ( 1 Hand technique and 1 kick technique)

1. Kup

• Defence against combined short stick attacks (15 Techniques)
• Defence against long stick attacks (6 Techniques)
• Defence against ground holding techniques (6 Techniques)
• Defence against holding techniques (20 Techniques)
• Defence in the knee seat (20 techniques)
• Agreed upon self- defence (4 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1 and 1:2)
• Written examination
• Break test ( 1 Hand technique and 1 kick technique, one behind the other)

Black Belt degrees
(Instructor degrees)

1. Dan

• Defence against knife attacks (40 Techniques)
• Free self - defence (4 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1 , 1:2 and 1:3)
• Written examination
• Knife form ( Kal Sul Hyung Sae Il Bo)
• Break test ( 1 Hand technique, 1 single kick technique and 1 jump kicktechnik, one behind the other)

2. Dan

• Defence against knife attacks (20 Techniques)
• Sword techniques (20 Techniques)
• Defence against sword attacks (10 Techniques)
• Short stick techniques (20 Techniques)
• Long stick techniques (20 Techniques)
• Free self- defence (4 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1 , 1:2 and 1:3)
• Written examination
• Jang Bong form (Jang Bong Hyung Sae Il Bo)
• Break test ( 2 Hand techniques, 1 single kick technique and 1 jump kicktechnik, one behind the other)

3. Dan

• Sword techniques (20 Techniques)
• Defence against sword attacks (10 Techniques)
• Short stick techniques (20 Techniques)
• Long stick techniques (20 Techniques)
• Defence against two aggressors (50 Techniques)
• Self- defence at the desk (20 Techniken)
• Free self- defence (4 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1 , 1:2 and 1:3)
• Written examination
• Hapkido forms (Jang Bong Hyung Sae I Bo und Kum Sul Hyung Sae Il Bo)
• Cut test of the sword within the form
• Break test ( 2 Hand techniques, double jump kick with both legs)

(Master degree)
4. Dan

• Mini- short stick techniques (30 Techniques)
• Defence against a chain (30 Techniques)
• Free self- defence (4 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1 , 1:2 and 1:3)
• Written examination
• Hapkido forms (Kum Sul Hyung Sae I Bo)
• Cut test of the sword (2 Techniques)
• Break test ( Combination test)

(Grandmaster degrees)
5. Dan

• Cane techniques (40 Techniques)
• Pressure point techniques (30 Techniques)
• Free self- defence (4 Aggressors)
• Sparring (1:1 , 1:2 and 1:3)
• Written examination
• Hapkido form (Free style form)
• Break test ( Combination test)

6. Dan

• Gun techniques (40 Techniques)
• Written examination
• Hapkido form (Free style form)
• Special Break test

7. Dan

• Robe techniques (40 Techniques)
• Written examination
• Hapkido form (Free style form)
• Special Break test

8. Dan

• Fence techniques (40 Techniques)
• Written examination about Hapkidophilosophie
• Hapkido form (Free style form)
• Special Break test

9. Dan

• Bases of the Korean Hand Acupuncture
• Hapkido form (Free style form)