Movements: 42 Ki-Haps: 1 & 42 Ready Posture - PARALLEL STANCE W AN X-BACK HAND Interpretation - UL-JI is named after general Ul-Ji Mun Kuk who successfully defended Korea against a Chinese 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 General Choi’s age when he designed the pattern. | Diagram |
Parallel stance toward D. | 1. Move the left foot to C, forming a right walking stance toward D while executing a twin fist horizontal strike. | 2. Move the right foot to C to form a left walking stance toward D while executing an X-fist pressing block. |
3. Execute an X-knife-hand rising block while maintaining a left walking stance toward D. Perform 2 and 3 in a continuous motion. | 4. Execute a right high front knife-hand strike, bringing the left palm on the right elbow joint, while maintaining a left walking stance toward D. | 5. Move the left foot to C to form a sitting stance toward B while executing a middle back hand side strike to C. |
6. Execute a right middle crescent kick to the left palm. | 7. Lower the right foot to C, forming a sitting stance toward A , while performing a right inward elbow strike. | 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 right side back fist strike to B, while extending the left arm to the side downward while maintaining a sitting stance toward A. | 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. | 11. Cross the left foot over the right foot, forming a right X-stance toward D while turning to face A, keeping the position of the hands as they were in 10. Perform in a fast motion. |
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 thrusting with a twin horizontal elbow. | 14. Move the right foot to AQ to form a sitting stance toward D while executing a right horizontal punch to A. |
15. Execute a high front strike to D with the right knife-hand, bringing the left back hand in front of the forehead while standing up toward D. | 16. Execute a twin knife-hand block to B while forming a right L-stance toward B, pivoting with the right foot. | 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. | 19. Bring the left foot to the right foot to form a close ready stance toward D. | 20. Jump to D, forming a right X-stance toward BD while executing a high strike to D with the right back fist, bringing the left finger belly to the right side fist. |
21. Move the left foot to C to form a right walking stance toward D while executing a rising block to D with the left forearm. | 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. |
24. Move the right foot to D to form a right walking stance toward D while executing a middle thrust to D with a right straight fingertip. | 25. Move the left foot to D, turning counter-clockwise to from a sitting stance toward A while executing a high side strike to D with the left back fist. | 26. Move the right foot to F, turning counter-clockwise to form a right walking ready stance toward F. |
27. Jump to execute a flying high kick with the right foot. | 28. Land to F to form a right fixed stance toward F while executing a middle block to F with an X-knife-hand. | 29. Move the left foot to F, forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a pressing block to F with an X-fist. |
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. | 32. Move the right foot to F, to form a right fixed stance toward F while executing a high side block with the right knife-hand and a middle punching block with the left palm. |
33. Slide to F, forming a right L-stance toward F while executing a middle punch to F with the left fist. | 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 toward F while executing a middle guarding block to F with the forearm | 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. | 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. |
39. Move the right foot to E, forming a right walking stance toward E while executing a circular block to ED with the left inner forearm. | 40. Execute a circular block to DE with the right inner forearm while forming a left walking stance toward DF. | 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. |
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