Is Hapkido like an old tradtional form of MMA since it tries to cover all bases?

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It has
1. Stand up (like TKD punches, kicks, knees and elbows)
2. Clinch (throws and takedowns like in Judo)
3. Ground (some instructors know ground fighting)
 
All modern martial arts are mixed. Just name an art, and the component arts may then be named, and each of them, and them...
And what you list as what you want to 'cover' is well represented by TKD, many karate styles (karate grapples very well), the kenpo styles, the Chinese martial arts, hapkido...the list goes on.
I'd suggest you do some research before asking questions as uninformed as this.
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tkd has grappling as well and so does karate, kung fu and japanese jujutsu, as well as stand up and ground, there are over 75 styles of tdk and over 50 styles of karate
the kata or forms of tkd, karate and kung fu contain grappling almost all forms do.
the form naihanchi (tekki) is a entirely grappling.
there are thousands of styles that contains strikes, locks, throws, chokes, arm bars, traps, etc.



mma is not new, only the name is. there is not one style of karate that is Not a combination of several other styles. combining styles has been around for thousands of years. you people need to look at history as well as what styles contain there are many styles that are complete systems and cover all aspects of fighting
 
Hapkido in the modern form was created during the era of Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula. It is a martial art created by combining the traditional striking arts of Korea with the japanese art of aiki-jujitsu. This means that it does in fact contain punching, kicking, knees, elbows, throws, reaps, ground fighting, etc. So in a nutshell, yes Hapkido is technically "MMA".

However unlike the modern MMA, hapkido teaches with full intent of self defense and the ability to maim. This means that there are techniques in Hapkido that will never be taught at an MMa gym, such as standing joint locks the most devastating throws, hooking into pressure points or striking pressure points, some techniques of Chinese decent, weapons such as canes or dan bongs. In order to learn Hapkido to it's fullest, a student cannot actually call themselves an MMA fighter.

-Notes: Most traditional martial arts contain all levels of fighting or some way to deal with other levels of fighting. What makes an "art" "mixed martial arts" is that the "art" is formed by multiple other arts and thus is a combination of many forms. The difference between mixed martial art and traditional arts is simply in the creation of the art.
 
MMA is just means Mixed Martial Arts, someone that does Karate and TaeKwonDo is a mixed martial artist
 
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