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Both stem from the same roots, that being Daito Ryu. Generally they're pretty similar. To the best of my knowledge there isn't anything in Aikido that isn't in Hapkido so you're going to get much broader training with Hapkido. The advantage in Aikido is getting to focus exclusively on throws, pressure points, locks, and evasion while ignoring all of Hapkido's striking.

I can sum up the difference very easily:

Some tries to punch you in the face, you deflect it and grab their wrist.

Now in Aikido you'd put them off balance, throw them to the ground and hold them there via some form of joint lock.

In Hapkido you'd palm heel them in the solar plexus, pull them off balance, throw them to the ground, hit them again, then hold them with the joint lock.

The difference is whether you want to hit them or not.

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But do they focus an appropriate amount of time teaching atemi? If you can get an aikido sensei to admit that atemi is an important and integral part of the art, I have fouund that they still tend to gloss over actually teaching how to strike.

So which sensei are out there devoting 70% of their teaching time to atemi and 30% to technique?

Chris

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Is that because in order to do the technique you first must take balance and striking is one way of doing so?

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Eyrie, can you find a vid clip of anything you mentioned?

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Here's a version of Kotegaeshi which is widely practiced in very much the same way:
http://aikido-france.net/download.php?video=aikido-iwama-kotegaeshi-franziska.mpg

Note the "overt striking". Also note the ever so subtle hip movement at the end of the throw (not that you can see Saito's hips clearly), but the sword cut across uke's chest is there. It's not obvious from the vid, but I think Saito was being "gentle". The other one with his son is a little more obvious, but still very subtle nonetheless...
http://aikido-france.net/download.php?video=aikido-iwama-kotegaeshi-munadori-hs.avi

This is what I mean - the overt striking is not what one should be looking for - that's OK for "basics". It is the implied strikes that is really the key.

There are more vids on the Iwama France site:
http://aikido-france.net/video/

Irimi nage (2 versions that are quite commonly done this way) is here:
http://aikido-france.net/download.php?video=aikido-iwama-dt-irimi.mpg

Note the overt strike in the first version.

Now see how Saito does it:
http://aikido-france.net/download.php?video=aikido-iwama-irimi-volker.mpg

Note the strike with the elbow crease to the jaw.

I would come in more to the outside and straighten my arm across the jawline and "pop" 'em while "pulling" the other hand to twist the head. But that's just how I like to do it... (Perhaps not very "aiki" you say, but let me assure you it is - if the timing is right)

There are some nice clips on http://aikidojournal.com.
This one in particular with Christian Tissier:
http://www.aikidojournal.com/clips.php?id=50

(See the first vid). Note the very subtle changes in the overt striking techniques. Not also that body mechanics are EXACTLY the same as if one were striking. This is what I mean when I say "striking" is at the core of aikido.

The Shodokan folk have some nice animated sequences on their website:
http://www.shodokan.ch/fr/17hon_01.html

Sorry for the long (and somewhat off-topic post). In a frail attempt to bring it back on track, KiDoHae, even though hapkido shares some basic techniques with aikido, and when you've had a look at some of these, perhaps you could share with us, what some of the more subtle differences are between the 2 arts?

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Hapkido is like TKD,

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