Hapkido is the Korean art of coordinated power. Hap is coordination; Ki denotes the essence of power; and Do means art or method. Unlike Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido deals with close contact self-defense using wrist-twisting, joint-locks, strikes, throws, breaks, kicks, punches, grapples, rolls, and falling techniques. The Hapkido practitioner uses circular patterns to gain momentum for executing the techniques in a natural an free-flowing manner.