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<blockquote data-quote="Sidekick" data-source="post: 1766902" data-attributes="member: 13946">Hey Sialia, the Eagle clutching the Arrow is the traditional symbol for Kukjae Hapkido, the martial art I am a student of and dearly love.&nbsp; Kukjae translates to 'International' and hapkido is a Korean eclectic martial art.&nbsp;&nbsp; The eagle is the king of birds, powerful, swift and alert while the arrow represents incomming attacks that Hapkido teaches us to aviod and control.Hapkido comes from the same place as Aikido: Dai-Aki-ru-Jitsu (a Japanese art).&nbsp; So it involves locks, throws, break etc.&nbsp; But because of its Korean influence we also practice long distance attacks &amp; defences.Anyway that's my completely non-RPG avatar!&nbsp; If anyone reading this goes, hey that sounds like fun, Hapkido is HUGE in the US with 90% of the grandmasters (9th degree and above) in the States...&nbsp; Kukjae Hapkido is only in NZ as it is the formation of Grandmaster Lee (9th Hapkido/9th TKD) and due to his experience with TKD has more emphasis on kicking form and patterns than most Hapkido's.Oh and Sialia.&nbsp; That avatar looks awesome.&nbsp; I cannot wait for the final product!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sidekick, post: 1766902, member: 13946"] Hey Sialia, the Eagle clutching the Arrow is the traditional symbol for Kukjae Hapkido, the martial art I am a student of and dearly love. Kukjae translates to 'International' and hapkido is a Korean eclectic martial art. The eagle is the king of birds, powerful, swift and alert while the arrow represents incomming attacks that Hapkido teaches us to aviod and control. Hapkido comes from the same place as Aikido: Dai-Aki-ru-Jitsu (a Japanese art). So it involves locks, throws, break etc. But because of its Korean influence we also practice long distance attacks & defences. Anyway that's my completely non-RPG avatar! If anyone reading this goes, hey that sounds like fun, Hapkido is HUGE in the US with 90% of the grandmasters (9th degree and above) in the States... Kukjae Hapkido is only in NZ as it is the formation of Grandmaster Lee (9th Hapkido/9th TKD) and due to his experience with TKD has more emphasis on kicking form and patterns than most Hapkido's. Oh and Sialia. That avatar looks awesome. I cannot wait for the final product! [/QUOTE]

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