Martial Arts Instruction with Over 35 Years of Experience
Boreal Hanmoodo is a modern martial art that offers comprehensive training in self-defense and combat at all ranges—from weapon techniques to unarmed stand-up combat and ground fighting. The style is suitable for everyone and is based on three main pillars:
Comprehensive self-defense and combat techniques
Practices that support and enhance health and well-being
Exercises that develop the skill of natural movement
Boreal Hanmoodo's approach to improving martial and self-defense skills emphasizes sustainable personal growth. The art supports lifelong development through multidimensional physical and mental challenge. As practitioners push their limits, their self-belief and self-awareness grow—skills that extend beyond martial arts into better decision-making and resilience in life's challenges.
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Includes:
Combat stances, footwork, evasions, blocks
Strikes: punches, kicks, elbows, knees
Joint locks, takedowns, breakfalls, control holds, ground techniques
Weapons: nunchaku, staff, sword
Breaking techniques
The system merges elements of real-world self-defense, traditional Eastern martial training, and combat sports in a meaningful and sustainable way. Boreal Hanmoodo is control-focused, yet includes full-contact sparring and versatile competition formats.
Boreal Hanmoodo's self-defense techniques are highly versatile. In addition to straightforward and effective methods, the system includes more dynamic demonstration techniques that teach skilled body control. The images show training in striking vital points, joint locks, chokes, and situational control.
Self-defense and combat situations demand solid physical fitness and an unwavering mindset. Demanding but sustainable training requires strengthening the body, increasing mobility, and learning the skill of relaxation.
2. Practices that support and enhance health and well-being
Includes Boreal Hanmoodo's built-in training methodology aimed at deepening body–mind awareness. This includes various bodyweight, mobility, and breathing exercises. We train progressively from each individual's starting point, always considering the practitioner's life stage.
That's why Boreal Hanmoodo suits many kinds of people. Alongside strengthening practices, we teach and aim to internalize sustainable movement principles that serve across a lifetime. Through Boreal Hanmoodo training, both a relaxed and elastic body and a calm mind can be developed.
There are ways of moving that align with the laws of nature—and ways that go against them. Physical stress is vital for strength development, just as rest is essential for recovery. In natural movement, the body states required for both stress and rest are often incorrect: stress manifests as stiffness that breaks the body; rest as looseness that slows movement, reduces precision, and overloads joints. A skilled mover avoids using body states or movement types that lack purpose.
Deepens understanding of how the body functions and what the mind must do to support it. Training leads to an elastic bodily state and a calm heart, which benefit both combat and life. In a natural state, body and mind are more prepared to respond and adapt to changing and unpredictable situations. This strengthens body control, situational awareness, and self-discipline, enabling responsible and precise action as required.
A high-level practitioner understands and can perform even demanding techniques in a way that the body "wants" to do them—making long-term martial arts training and skill sustainable. High-quality movement understanding supports functional ability across other areas of life as well.
Weapon techniques enrich practice, and each weapon has its own path within the belt requirements. However, all training is designed to support overall development and understanding.
Weapon training includes soft, hard, and sharp weapons. Soft weapons allow for intensive sparring; hard weapons develop precise handling and partner concentration. While sharp swords are not used in contact sparring, they are used in black belt cutting techniques, which demand intense focus in the present moment.
The images depict nunchaku, staff and sword handling, paired drills with long staff and sword, and sword cutting.
Han Moo Do (한무도) is a self-defense and martial art system originally founded and developed in Finland in 1989 by Korean master Young Suk. Its core idea was to combine multiple Korean martial arts and foster personal development through versatile self-challenge. "Han" refers to Korea, "Moo" to martial arts, and "Do" to the way—together meaning The Way of Korean Martial Art. The Nordic Han Moo Do is to be distinguished from other similarly named systems globally.
The spelling "hanmoodo" (as one word) is now commonly used in Finland.
In 2020 Boreal Hanmoodo - School of Martial Art was founded to promote the Martial Art and to strengthen its status. Under the organization a distinct hanmoodo style is practiced but the organization arranges activities and services to all Nordic Hanmoodo practitioners and associates.
Boreal Hanmoodo - School of Martial Art is led by the Dan Board (Head Teacher Antti Junikka 5.dan, Janne Harju 4.dan, Mikko Anttila 4.dan, Jori Pisilä 4.dan).
The independent style of Boreal Hanmoodo is refined in the north by the most experienced Han Moo Do practitioners with over 35 years of experience. The purpose of the style was to develop and clarify the art and its organizational structure to meet the needs of time. Teaching of the style started in 2020.
The style honors the original belt system but has its own examination requirements. The headquarters (Boreal Hanmoodo Headquarters) is located in Alavus, Finland.
You can find more information about the art in Finnish here.
We train basic techniques through solo repetition that gradually evolves into movement exploration guided by deeper body awareness. Techniques are practiced with various training tools, each with its specific purpose.
Breaking techniques are required only at black belt level. Their safe execution demands not just good technique but strong focus and the mental strength to face fear.
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