An exceptional work...It covers so much ground and its material is so well presented that no martial arts library will again be complete without it. -- Journal of Asian Martial Arts, Fall 2000

If you hold this book in your hand, words will fail you...You forget the time and you are lost in the apparently infinite information explosion. -- Hapkidoshop.com, December 2000

Interesting interviews, cool historical pictures, and a number of well-written chapters on many aspects of Hapkido not normally written about. -- Nebraska Hapkido Association Bookstore, December 2000

This ground-breaking work is the first to comprehensively document the traditions, philosophy, and techniques of one of the world's most varied, exciting, and practical martial arts--Hapkido. More than 9,000 photographs introduce over 2,000 martial techniques, including strikes, kicks, blocks, avoiding movements, holds, joint locks, chokes, throws, falls, tumbling, ground fighting, and weapons. Numerous closeups show precise grips, leverage methods, pressure points, hitting surfaces, and direction of force. In addition to self-defense techniques, chapters are included on East Asian philosophy, martial arts history, anatomy, meditation, healing, and pressure point fighting, as well as in-depth, previously unpublished interviews with the world's preeminent Hapkido Grandmasters and renowned Grandmasters of related martial arts. Because of similarities between Hapkido and many other martial arts, including Taekwondo, Jujutsu, Aikido, Judo, and Tai Chi Chuan, this book is a useful reference for practitioners of all martial arts styles, from novices to masters. This unique work of exceptional quality is the definitive text on Hapkido, and destined to become a classic of martial arts literature. 1136 pages