WORLD INDEPENDENT HAP-KI-DO FEDERATION ® Founded in 1987
What is the W.I.H.K.D.F. ?
The W.I.H.K.D.F. is an international organization to promote Hap-Ki-Do world-wide without any politics and /or problems.
The W.I.H.K.D.F. was founded in 1987 by one of the highest ranked non-asians in the world, recognized in Korea, to hold Grandmaster ranks in several different Korean martial arts at the same time, Chong-Sa-Nim Klaus Schuhmacher.
One of the reasons why the WORLD INDEPENDENT HAP-KI-DO FEDERATION was formed, is to show a positive example against the current negative trends in the international Hap-Ki-Do community such as bickering between schools and organizations, general mudslinging, and elitist ways of thinking.
These things first started after Hap-Ki-Do was created by Grandpatriarch Choi-Yong-Sool, by some of his students, but we here see no need to perpetuate them.
If you wish to pursue your individual Hap-Ki-Do training and self-betterment without falling prey to the kind of rampant idiocy we speak of, then you're at the right place.
In the past, many fighters reached incredible levels of skill without ever attending a formal school...today, no such student is taken seriously unless he has studied a long time under one korean instructor. In fact, in history many great martial arts masters moved from instructor to instructor, learned what they could use and then finding a new instructor. In the structure of the Hap-Ki-Do organizations and schools today, such a thing is unheard of.
The W.I.H.K.D.F. doesn't care what Dan level you hold. That's not what we're about. What we are about is the exchange of original techniques, informations and ideas for the common good of Hap-Ki-Do practitioners everywhere. Feel free to share your observations and experiences. Ask questions. As Hap-Ki-Do practitioners, we are supposed to be one international community. Let's act like one.
The W.I.H.D.K.F. is one of the most respected governing bodies of Hap-Ki-Do in the world. Another main point is the further education and caretaking of already existing H.K.D. groups, schools and organizations.
The W.I.H.D.K.F. ™ consisting of Individuals, Instructors, and Masters, dedicated to the education, and unification of those who wish to learn, teach, and advance in rank in Hap-Ki-Do.
The W.I.H.D.K.F. Constitution and
By-Laws explains in detail the
W.I.H.D.K.F. 's policies and
procedures for Registering Students,
Testing Students, Submitting
Applications for Promotion, Rank
Requirements, and much more.
