THE GROUP LEADER I've been training for the better part of 2 decades in the martial arts. I started in judo in my earlier teens and found Korean hapkido in my late teens. I became one of the highest ranking students of Master Hwang In-shik, one of the most conservative and talented teachers of his generation.       My interests in the origins of hapkido took me to both Korea and Japan where the founder of hapkido was reputed to have studied Daito-ryu. I lived for a few years in both countries, studying Hapkido and Daito-ryu, and had many experiences which both deepened my understanding of the martial arts and widened my perspective on them.       The person whose ideas have most influenced my own concerning martial arts is without a doubt my main teacher Master Hwang In-shik. Fellow students who also provided me with invaluable help over the years are; fellow Hapkido senior teacher Hwang Young-ho, and my own seniors from the past George Wong, Gus and Tom Efstratiou, Rob Tipping, Kim Sung-Ho, Courtney Campbell, and the late Andrew Robothom, who is sorely missed.       Mochizuki Minoru’s Yoseikan budo introduced me to many interesting new ideas and techniques that seemed to stick with me over the years despite only studying for a few months at the headquarters in Shizuoka, Japan.       During a couple of brief conversations Thomas Hargrave of the Takumakai Daito-ryu group introduced some ideas to me that really resounded and affected my practice. These ideas were further developed later when I trained with Richard Carlow, Okayabashi Shogen of the Hakuhokai’s top student, for the 2 years I was in Osaka. Richard Carlow and Peter Handley were both very talented practitioners and great friends to me during my time in Japan.       Matthew Rogers