Ul-Ji (4th Dan)
Number of Movements: 42
Meaning of Ul-Ji:
UL-JI is named after general Ul-Ji Moon Dok who successfully defended Korea against a Tang's invasion force of nearly one million soldiers led by Yang Je in 612 A.D., Ul-Ji employing hit and run guerilla tactics, was able to decimate a large percentage of the force. The diagram represents his surname. The 42 movements represent the author's age when he designed the pattern
Starting Position: Parallel stance with an X-back hand
- Twin horizontal side fist strike (step back into left walking stance)
1: Move the left foot to C forming a right walking stance toward D while executing a horizontal strike with twin side fists
- X-fist pressing block, X-knife-hand rising block, high right knife-hand strike + left palm on right elbow (walking stance) [3 moves]
2: Move the right foot to C to form a left walking stance toward D while executing a pressing block with an X-fist
3: Execute a rising block with an X-knife-hand while maintaining a left walking stance toward D. Perform 2 and 3 in a continuous motion
4: Execute a high front strike to D with the right knife-hand bringing the left palm on the right elbow joint while maintaining a left walking stance toward D
- Left back hand strike (pivot left foot into sitting stance)
5: Move the left foot to C to form a sitting stance toward B while executing a horizontal strike to C with the left back hand
- Crescent kick into left palm, land right front elbow strike (sitting stance) [2 moves]
6: Execute a middle crescent kick to the left palm with the right foot
7: Lower the right foot to C, forming a sitting stance toward A while striking the left palm with the right front elbow
- Supported left back elbow thrust, right side back fist + low block (maintain sitting stance) [2 moves]
8: Thrust to B with the left back elbow placing the right side fist on the left fist while maintaining a sitting stance toward A
9: Execute a side back strike to B with the right back fist and extending the left arm to the side-downward while maintaining a sitting stance toward A
- Twin side elbow thrust (closed stance)
10: Bring the left foot to the right foot, forming a close stance toward D, at the same time thrusting with a twin side elbow
- Cross left foot over right (closed stance)
11: Cross the left foot to the right foot, forming a close stance toward D while turning the face to A, Keeping the position of the hands as they were in 10. Perform in a fast motion
- Side kick, land twin horizontal elbow thrust (X-stance) [2 moves]
12: Execute a middle side piercing kick to A with the right foot keeping the position of the hands as they were in 11
13: Lower the right foot to A, and then cross the left foot over the right foot, forming a right X-stance toward D while executing a horizontal thrust with a twin elbow
- Horizontal punch (sitting stance)
14: Move the right foot to A to form the sitting stance toward D while executing a right horizontal punch to A
- High right knife-hand strike + left back hand in front of forehead (stand)
15: Execute a high front strike to D with right knife-hand, bringing the left back hand in front of the forehead while standing up toward D
- Twin knife-hand block (L-stance)
16: Execute a twin knife-hand block to B while forming a right L-stance toward B, pivoting with the right foot
- Jumping reverse side kick clockwise, land double forearm block (walking stance) [2 moves]
17: Jump to execute a mid-air kick to B with the right foot while spinning clockwise
18: Land to B forming a right walking stance toward B while executing a middle block to B with the right double forearm
- Closed ready stance
19: Bring the left foot to the right foot to form a closed ready stance B toward D
- High right side back fist strike + jump (X-stance)
20: Jump to D forming a right X-stance toward BD while executing a high side strike to B with the right back fist bringing the left finger belly to the right side fist
- Left rising block (step backwards into right walking stance)
21: Move the left foot to C to form a right walking stance toward D while executing a rising block with the left forearm
- Front snap kick, land high right punch (walking stance) [2 moves]
22: Execute a middle front snap kick to D with the left foot keeping the position of the hands as they were in 21
23: Lower the left foot to D forming a left walking stance toward D while executing a high punch to D with the right fist
- Right straight fingertip thrust (walking stance)
24: Move the right foot to D to form a right walking stance toward D while executing a middle thrust to D with the right straight fingertip
- High left side back fist strike (counter clockwise into sitting stance)
25: Move the left foot to D turning counter-clockwise to form a sitting stance toward A while executing a high side strike to D with the left back fist
- 90° counter clockwise into right walking ready stance
26: Move the right foot to F turning counter-clockwise to form a right walking ready stance toward F
- Lift left leg to assist jumping right snap kick, land X-knife hand checking block (fixed stance) [2 moves]
27: Jump to execute a flying high kick to F with the right foot
28: Land to F to form a right fixed stance toward F while executing a checking block to F with an X-knife hand
- X-fist pressing block (L-stance)
29: Move the left foot to F forming a right L-stance toward F while executing a pressing block with an X-fist
- Lean back for left front snap kick + wedging block, land twin vertical punch (walking stance) [2 moves]
30: Execute a middle side front snap kick to F with the left foot while executing a middle wedging block with the inner forearm
31: Lower the left foot to F forming a left walking stance toward F while executing a high vertical punch to F with a twin fist
- Outward right knife-hand block + left pushing palm block (fixed stance)
32: Move the right foot to F to form a right fixed stance toward F while executing a middle outward block with the right knife-hand and a middle pushing block with the left palm
- Middle left punch + slide (L-stance)
33: Slide to F forming a right L-stance toward F while executing a middle punch to F with the left fist
- Step, step, jump into guarding block (backwards into L-stance)
34: Move the left foot to the side rear of the right foot and the right foot to E to form a right L-stance toward F and then jump to E maintaining a right L-stance towards F while executing a middle guarding block to F with the forearm
- Turning kick, reverse side kick, land guarding block (L-stance) [3 moves]
35: Execute a middle turning kick to DF with the right foot
36: Lower the right foot to F and then execute a middle back piercing kick to F with the left foot
37: Lower the left foot to F to form a right L-stance toward F while executing a middle guarding block to F with the forearm
- Upward right palm block (backwards into L-stance)
38: Move the left foot to E forming a left L-stance toward F while executing an upward block to F with the right palm
- Circular block (move right foot over right shoulder into walking stance)
39: Move the right foot to E forming a right walking stance to E while executing a circular block to ED with the left inner forearm
- Circular block (shift walking stance)
40: Execute a circular block to DE with the right inner forearm while forming a right walking stance toward DF
- Double punch (step left foot back into sitting stance) [2 moves]
41: Move the left foot on line EF to form a sitting stance toward D while executing a middle punch to D with the left fist
42: Execute a middle punch to D with the right fist while maintaining a sitting stance toward D
END: Bring the left foot back to a ready posture