Hap Ki Do comes from over 2000 years of Korean martial art tradition. Its history is widely misunderstood, and often misconstrued to be new martial art or compounded from many different styles as it encompasses so many practices, but this is not the case. Hap Ki Do, or more importantly the practices and philosophies of Hap Ki Do, are those of the original Korean martial arts, and reach back to the beginning of the martial way. Over centuries of practice it has improved and evolved to adapt itself to the needs of the individual, and although the name is contemporary, the art, history and tradition of its practice are over two millennia old.