Hybrid Hapkido
Adult Curriculum
Sweat on the mat or bleed on the street; it's your choice.
Master Costley has over a quarter century of training. The proof is within the class. Come and live the experience. Master Costley's class IS NOT for those whose sole purpose is to obtain a belt. If this is your goal, Master Costley will give to you a black belt at your first class. The belt means nothing. Look around you, see how many instructors and students hold a black belt but have little to no skill or knowledge. It is running rampant. In my school, you come to obtain knowledge, develop skill, and increase confidence. We believe that hard work, sweat, and dedication are the essential ingredients required to become your best. To become the Elite, you must train like the Elite.
We do what needs to be done to achieve that which others want, but never will receive, due to lack of effort. We train not to be 'as good as', but to be 'better than'. I train you, not merely instruct you. To know a technique is good, but without proper conditioning, will you be able to sustain yourself in a battle? The person and family that makes it within my class must be willing to give all that they have. Putting it all out on the training mat. I will accept no less and my students demand no less from me. Yes, it is a challenge. But when you conquer that challenge, you can look at yourself and know you have accomplished something others only wish they could.
Master Costley believes in realistic and practical training. He firmly believes that you will fight the way you train, so you should train the way you will fight. Hybrid Hapkido has no katas or forms. Master Costley believes that there is a place for katas and forms, but that place IS NOT within our school which focuses upon street applications. To develop the skills needed to perform these techniques take time. You will not hear the usual rhetoric spoken from other instructors stating that in a month or two you will be able to defend yourself fully against any attacker. It takes thousands of repetitions and thousands more until your body can react and your mind does not freeze or panic. We take the time to train you correctly. Poor and incomplete training can lead to deadly results.
Here is a true story - a New York Police Officer was being approached by a man with a knife. The officer pulled his gun, fired 2 shots and immediately holstered his gun. The knife-wielding man continued his approach towards the officer and ultimately stabbed the officer to death. Why did the officer holster his weapon after only two shots? Because the firearms course he trained with instructed him to shoot two rounds and then holster his gun! During an emergency, your mind and body will revert back to what it has learned in training. So train with someone who knows how to train effectively. Train with "Master C" and Hybrid Hapkido.