A dojo, as the name symbolizes, is a place of training. Hapkido martial artists gather in this place to sweat, to train and to harmonize their bodies with their techniques. In the present, Hapkido places a greater emphasis on becoming a profitable business; many young instructors teach fancy maneuvers apart from the original teachings of the martial art. In the 1960s, a hungry martial artist ate porridge, and if porridge was unavailable, the artist filled their stomach with water. The humble, desperate desire to truly learn the way of Hapkido seems lost and foreign, today. The priceless component of Hapkido has been sold, thus, lowering its sincere value.

Hapkido has fallen to the modern, education trend that focuses on marketable worth. To convince parents to have their children partake in Hapkido, many instructors turn to teaching a Hapkido mixture, a wrongful blend of various martial arts. This neglect of true Hapkido is and will continue to be the cause of Hapkido's ruin.