Upper Hutt Martial Arts Academy

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Come and learn Hapkido - the Complete Martial Art of Self Defence. We are more than just a martial arts school. Change happens here.

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The Upper Hutt Hapkido Academy offers regular adult, teen and child classes in the Korean martial Art of Hapkido. Hapkido equips its practictioners with life long self defence skills along with the fitness benefits associated with traditional martial arts training.

The Academy trains at the Upper Hutt Martial Arts Academy (access off Lyster Lane). With over 300 m2 of floor area including 2 training areas, modern martial arts and fitness equipment and faclities, this owner-occupied facility is one of the most modern and best equipped training studios in the Wellington region.

The Upper Hutt Hapkido Academy is affiliated to the New Zealand Hapkido Federation. This follows the Hapkido syllabus and tradition established in New Zealand by Grandmaster Lee Jung Nam (9th Dan Hapkido and Taekwondo) in 1976. The Upper Hutt Hapkido Academy is also the headquarters club for the NZ Federation and it is also affiliated to the World Kido Federation/Hanminjok Hapkido Association lead by under Grand Master In Sun Seo (10th Dan Hapkido).