Vocabulary List 

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Procedure before class:

otagai ni rei - bow to one another 

seiza - kneel down 

mokuso - meditation 

mokuso yame - end of meditation 

Senpai ni (from students) to instructor 

Onegai shimasu - please teach me/us 

tadaima yori keiko hajime mas - from now start our training 

tachi mas - jump up

Procedure after class: 

shugo - line up 

seiza - kneel down 

dojo kun - training hall oath 

mokuso - meditation 

mokuso yame - end of meditation 

Senpai ni (from students) to instructor 

Arigato gozaimasu - thank you 

Karate-ka ni (from Senpai) to students 

Domo arigato gozaimasu - thank you very much 

tate kudasai - stand up

NUMBERS 

ni - two 

san - three 

shi - four 

go - five 

roku - six 

shichi - seven 

hachi - eight 

ku - nine 

ju - ten 

COMMANDS

kamaette - take stance 

naotte - return to ready stance 

yame - stop, finish 

yasume - relax, rest 

mawatte - turn 

mokuso - meditation 

mokuso yame- end of meditation 

hajime - begin 

kiai irite - to shout

TECHNIQUES 

uchi - strike 

oi tsuki - lunge punch 

gyaku tsuki - reverse punch 

uchikomi - driving punch 

uke - block 

barai - parry 

keage - high lift 

keri - kick 

dachi - stance 

oi geri - step and kick 

tobi - jumping or flying 

POSITIONS

uchi - inside 

mawashi - roundhouse 

ushiro - back 

sayu - both sides 

yoko - side 

gyaku - reverse 

migi - right 

hidari - left 

hanmi - half-body 

yonju go do - 45 degree

WEAPONS 

seiken - forefist 

uraken - backhand 

shuto - knife hand 

nukite - spear hand 

koken - wrist 

shotei - palm heel 

tettsui - hammer fist 

kote - forearm 

hiji - elbow 

Feet:

chusoku - ball of foot 

haisoku - instep 

sokuto - knife edge 

hiza - knee 

kakato - heel 

teisoku - arch 

STANCES

yoi/fudo dachi - ready stance 

sanchin dachi - pigeon toe stance 

zenkutsu dachi - front leaning stance 

kokutsu dachi - back leaning stance 

kiba dachi - horse stance 

musubi dachi - heel together stance 

heisoku dachi - feet together stance

shiko dachi - sumo stance 

kumite no kamae - fighting stance 

KATA

Shoshinsha - beginner's form 

Kihon - basic form 

Kumite - fighting form 

Nage - throwing form 

Jissen - real fight form 

BLOCKS 

shuto uke - knife hand block 

chudan soto uke - outside block 

shotei uke - palm-heel block 

chudan uchi uke - inside block 

enkei - circle block 

gedan barai - lower parry 

hikkake - leg-hook block 

mawashi uke - roundhouse block 

hiji-hiza uke - elbow-knee block 

kake uke - hook (neck) block 

nagashi-uke - absorbing block 

juji uke - cross block 

oshi-age uke - pushing rising block 

KICKS

mae geri - front kick 

mawashi geri - roundhouse kick 

sankaku geri - triangle kick 

hiza geri - knee kick 

kin geri - groin kick 

yoko keage - side high lift 

yoko geri - side kick 

kansetsu geri - joint kick 

ushiro geri - back kick 

kakato geri - heel kick 

kake geri - hook kick 

ushiro mawashi kake geri - spinning back hook kick 

uchimomo geri - inside low kick 

jikuashi geri - sweep kick to supporting leg

PUNCHES & STRIKES

seiken jodan tsuki - forefist upper punch 

seiken ago uchi - forefist chin strike 

seiken shita tsuki - forefist upper punch 

uraken ganmen uchi - backhand face strike 

uraken sayu uchi - backhand side strike 

uraken hizo uchi - backhand liver strike 

uraken mawashi uchi - backhand round strike 

shuto ganmen uchi - knife hand strike to face 

shuto hizo uchi - knife hand strike to liver 

shuto sakotsu uchi - knife hand strike to collarbone 

shuto sakotsu uchikomi - driving knife hand strike to collarbone 

age tsuki - upper punch 

kagi tsuki - hook punch 

hiji uchi - elbow strike 

hiji age uchi - rising elbow strike 

hiji otoshi uchi - descending elbow strike 

jun tsuki - punch to side 

tettsui uchi - hammer fist strike

MISCELLANEOUS 

ushiro mawari - turning backwards 

makikomi nage - forward throw 

uranage - backwards throw 

todome - "finishing touch" 

kime - focus, finish off 

kerikomi - step-in & kick 

iremi - body moving in 

kyushu - skip away to absorb impact 

mikiri - judging distance 

nihon tsuki - double punch 

sanbon tsuki - triple punch 

seika tanden - body between groin & navel 

hiki taoshi - pull down 

dojo - training hall 

dogi - training uniform 

obi - belt 

dogi naoshite - tidy your uniform 

misete kudasai - please show me