Self Defense (Hosinsul)

Hosinsul (self defense) is one of the four principles of taekwondo. Although taekwondo is a "self defense" sport in itself, it focusses on high and spinning kicks which are not very suitable for real life (street) application.

Hosinsul is a mixture of all kinds of techniques, including grappling/locks as well as depending against armed attackers etc. Self defense is something that cannot be practised alone. You will need a partner that has equal strength. You will learn how to react (and how not to react), proper freeing techniques, locks and strangling techniques. The following techniques are generally (this is not a rule, of course) practised (where the opponent either uses his body (i.e. hands), a knife or a stick): Control techniques Freeing techniques (Paegi) Termination techniques You will often see a big resemblance between the self defense techniques used in taekwondo and those applied in Hapkido.