Hammerhead Hapkido

03/29/2025

Sweet little throw and rollover:

03/18/2025

Hapkido kids breaking boards in my class:

Everyone loves to quote Bruce Lee saying, "Boards dont' fight back." But a little board breaking every now and then is an important complement to more dynami...

07/18/2024

11/27/2023

Learn the Hapkido elbow hammer lock, a vitally important lock for law enforcement and security personnnel, and also very good against knife attacks.

The elbow hammer lock is a must-know martial arts technique for all law enforcement officers, security officers, and bouncers. It's also excellent in knife d...

11/08/2023

Cute little Judo demo by Miss May Whitley in 1933 London. Whitley travelled the country as part of a circus act. After catching the eye of the son of a wealthy Turkish to***co magnate named Ahmed Abdullah, she converted to Islam, married Abdullah, and moved to Turkey. She settled in Izmir, had children and grandchildren, and passed away in 2001.

This is Miss May Whitley, who performed Judo exhibitions all over London in the 1930s. Her sparring partner is Charles Cawkell, a member of Britain's first i...

11/02/2023

The Shark demonstrates the ultimate security lock, the inverted gooseneck -

Master Wael Abdelgawad, aka "The Shark", and Byron demonstrate the inverted gooseneck lock as we do it in Hammerhead Hapkido. Here I show it against a strai...

10/03/2023

Silat in the park

Wael and Byron practicing some rapid fire Silat techniques in front of Oso de Oro Park in Fresno, California. Wael is doing every technique against a jab-cro...

09/21/2023

Fastest hands in the world?

This woman’s hand speed is incredible. I slowed it down to 1/8 speed and her arm is still a blur.I’m reposting this with a few edits. I don’t know what count...

09/19/2023

Amazing behind-the-back wrist locks by the late Hapkido grandmaster Yun Sae Gwon, known as the “Ghost Master.”

In this video Yun Sae Gwon does a stunning behind-the-back version of the outward wrist lock, transitioning from one lock to another on the fly. I know it lo...

09/01/2023

Knife defense! Practicing and having fun.

Chris and I are working a variety of defenses against knife attacks, including against straight thrust, angled slash, and reverse grip attacks. Is our form p...

08/28/2023

I’ve been uploading videos every day. This one was in the Fresno River and was fun to make.

07/30/2023

Practicing martial arts in a little AirBnb apartment in Bogota. Somehow everything looks cooler when you put music on it, haha.

Take the time to practice your martial art daily. Wherever you are. In this video I'm in a tiny Airbnb apartment in Bogota, Colombia. I was out of breath due...