Doug Hughes-Ikyu

Wheelchair Martial Arts Doug Hughes-Ikyu

When I was seven years old to twenty three my father who was a first degree black belt in Tang Soo Do which is a brother martial art to Tae Kwon Do, had me in Tae Kwon Do. During that time, and six years of that time when I was young, I was in Kendo. Later in life I took a Dan Zan Ryu Jujitsu, in which I now hold a first degree black belt. Through my current as Ju Jitsu school, and my father, I learned a little more in depth about Meridian Mani Pulation and striking, (a Meridian is a pressure point.) These techniques are used for a handicap student, with the use of one arm and one leg, both on the same side of their body whether it be left or right.