Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 44

examples of this important principle in
the course of our review of the
Combat Hapkido Force Multipliers).
Therefore it is of vital importance to
choose objects that have many other
objects of very similar (even identical)
shape allowing you to substitute one
for the other naturally and effortlessly.
Now we have finally arrived to the
point where I share with you the
specific items that we have chosen as
Force Multipliers for Combat
Hapkido. The studying of and
training with these objects is
not mandatory in our system;
it is up to the individual
instructor at each school to
decide which of the Force
Multipliers to include in the
syllabus,
the
specific
requirements and how
much time to dedicate
to training. The
reason
for
this
flexibility is due to the
fact that our schools
are located in vastly
different geographical
areas and deal with a
wide
variety
of

demographic conditions such as
students' age, culture, economic
status, clothing and physical abilities.
Not all objects are equally suitable to
everyone.

The Combat Hapkido
Force Multipliers are:
The Belt (Substitution Principle objects: rope,
cord, wire) - Everyone can wear a
belt legally any place, any
time. The belt is an
extremely versatile and
useful object.
It can be used to block
strikes,
kicks
and
weapons attacks.

You can use it for flailing (almost like a
whip); wrapped around your fist for
powerful punching; for joint-locking
and fo