Upper Hutt Hapkido Academy
Teaching and Promoting Traditional Hapkido

Our Mission:

To be the leading provider of effective self-defence and training in the Greater Wellington Region.

Hapkido is focused on helping its students develop effective self defence skills while also gaining from the various benefits that traditional martial arts training offers.

Hapkido can be learnt by anybody in reasonable physical condition aged from about 12 onwards (although we do not award 1st degree black belts to anybody under 15.) Hapkido is a Korean martial art of self-defence descending from Daito-Ryu Aiki JuJitsu. More »

We welcome new members from beginners through to experienced martial artists.

As well as Hapkido, we offer

  • Children's Martial Arts
  • Specialist Courses (including self defence for the general public and self defence tailored for specific occupational groups.)
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Our classes are run from a modern well-equipped academy in Upper Hutt. For further details, check the Membership page.


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 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 training methods are always effective, safe and up-to-date.


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Contact Us:

Callum Forbes

021 330 989

Training Videos

The Academy now has a "You Tube" channel for presenting training videos. You can view the latest training video here »  
 
New Videos Posted - 20th January 2012. 
 

Update: January 2012

Hapkido - Getting Started

Like many people you probably made a New Year's resolution. Most resolutions revolve around getting fit and improving one's health. Hapkido is a great way to get fit and to improve your health. Unlike traditional gym and other iftness training, Hapkido is not repetitive and as you move through our grading syllabus you learn new skills which keep your mind stimulated and your interest going.

While we accept new members all year round, typically this time of the year is when many people join. You can take part in Hapkido in one of several ways:

Children's Hapkido - a 30 minute class once a week for the 5 to 7 years olds to introduce them to martial arts training at their own pace.

Junior Hapkido - A 45 minute class twice a week for the 7 to 12 year olds to introduce them to Hapkido self defence skills and other core martial arts skills. You may train once or twice a week depending on your other commitments.

Hapkido - For all ages from 13 onwards. Both weekday classes are 90 minutes long and there is also a 1 hour class on Saturday morning (that children and juniors can also join so our family group members can train together). 

We offer a FREE trial class in each of these options. 

Contact callum@hapkido.co.nz for further information.

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