The Development of Samrangdo under Ji Han Jae
The development of Sam Rang Do into its modern organizational state has its origins in the studies and training undergone by Ji, Han Jae, who primarily based his formation of Hapkido upon the Sam Rang Do art, as he has claimed multiple times, therefore asserting that Sam Rang Do is essentially the seed from which the art of Hapkido blossomed…
Samrangdo Is Living History
Sam Rang Do is one of three central martial arts systems rooted in the Three Kingdoms' period of Korean history (~18 ACE—660 ACE), and it is the most influential style behind the development of modern Hapkido. The techniques practiced by the ancient Sam Rang Goon warriors of the Paekche Dynasty were consolidated into an eclectic system that would materialize into the Sam Rang Do curriculum…