Karate do | empty handed way |
Shihan | master |
Sensei | teacher |
Sempai | senior student |
Kohai | junior student |
Dojo | training hall |
Obi | belt |
Seiza | sit (formal) |
Mokuso | meditate |
Mokuso yame | stop meditating |
Shomen | front |
Sensei | teacher |
Otagai | each other |
Rei | bow |
Shomen ni rei | bow to the front |
Sensei ni rei | bow to Sensei |
Otagai ni rei | bow to each other |
Sempai | senior student |
Osu | an enthusiastic yes; I will try my best; I will do my best to follow |
Ki | inner power |
Kiai | a loud shout eminating from deep within the body (not just from one's throat) |
Yoi | ready |
Hajime | begin |
Yame | stop |
Naote | relax |
Hidari | left |
Migi | right |
Jodan | upper |
Chudan | middle |
Gedan | lower |
Dachi | stance |
Zuki | punch |
Uchi | strike |
Uke | block |
Geri | kick |
Tai sabaki | body shifting |
Yori ashi | foot shifting |
Oizuki | step in punch |
Ageuke | rising block |
Sotouke | outside block |
Uchiuke | inside block |
Gedan | down block |
Maigeri | front kick |
Kekomi | side thrust kick |
Keage | side snap kick |
Mawashigeri | round house kick |
Ushirogeri | back kick |
Gedanbarai | step in down block |
Zenkutsudachi | front stance |
Musubidachi | heels together/toes pointed out (for bowing) |
Heisokudachi | feet together (for practicing kicking in place) |
Shikodachi | standing about two shoulder width distance wide, toes pointing out |
Kibadachi | horse riding stance (about two shoulder width distance wide, toes straight or slightly in) |
Jodan age uke | upper rising block |
Jodan tetsui zuki | upper hammer fist |
Haishu-uke | back hand block |
Soto uke | inward middle block |
Teisho oshi uke | pressing palm heal block |
Shuto-uke | sword hand block |
Juji-uke | X block |
Gedan uke | lower block |
Kake wake uke | reverse wedge block |
Uchi uke | outward middle block |
Morote uke | augmented block |
Zenkutsu dachi | front stance |
Kiba dachi | horse stance |
Hangetsu dachi | hourglass stance |
Kokutsu dachi | back stance |
Fudo dachi | rooted stance |
Neko ashi dachi | cat stance |
Kazama zuki | jab |
Choku zuki | striaght punch |
Oi zuki | lunge punch |
Shita zuki | inverted punch |
Ippon ken | one knuckle strike |
Uraken | back fist |
Shuto | knife hand |
Shuto-zuki | sword hand strike |
Gyaku zuki | reverse punch |
Yama zuki | moutain punch |
Yoko zuki | side |
Tetsui | hammer fist |
Empi uchi | elbow strike |
Nukite-zuki | spear hand strike |
Hiza geri | knee strike |
Mae geri | front kick |
Fumakomi | stomp kick |
Mika zuki geri | crescent kick |
Ni mae geri | double front kick |
Ushiro geri kekomi | back thrust kick |
Yoko geri keage | side snap kick |
Yoko geri kekomi | side thrust kick |
Mawashi geri | round kick |
Tobi geri | jump kick |
Gedan-barai | down block |
Chudan oi zuki | middle lunge punch |
Chudan uchi uke | inside outward block |
Tetsui zuki | hammer fist strike |
Shuto uke | sword hand block |
Shuto zuki | sword hand strike/td> |
Tai-sabaki | body shifting |
Jodan oi zuki | upper lunge punch |
Jodan age uke | upper rising block |
Yoko geri keage | side snapping kick |
Mae geri keage | front snapping kick |
Chudan uraken | middle back fist |
Chudan nukite zuki | middle spear hand strike |
Chudan gyaku zuki | middle reverse punch |
Morote chudan uchi uke | augmented middle inside outward block |
Jodan soto uke | upper forearm strike |
Morote shita zuki | augmented upper inverted punch |
Chudan teisho yoko uke | middle side palm heel block |
Chudan yoko zuki | middle side punch |
Ni jodan shita zuki | double inverted upper punch |
Chudan tsukami uke | middle grasping block |
Chudan osae uke | middle pressing block |
Chudan mae empi uchi | middle forward elbow strike |
Chudan keito uke | middle chicken head block |
Hitosashiyubi gedan nukite | lower index finger spear hand |
Jodan shuto juji uke | upper open hand X block |
Ni yoko chudan zuki | double middle side punch |
Chudan-tate-shuto-uchi-uke | middle level vertical inside outward sword hand block |
Chudan choku zuki | middle straight punch |
Ni jodan uke | double rising block |
Hidari ashi dachi | left legged stance |
Chudan uchi otoshi | middle falling block |
Jodan yoko uchi barai | upper side sweeping block |
Sho koko bo uke | tiger mouth block |
Chudan oi zuki maeude hineri | middle lunge punch with turning forearm |
Jodan tate mawashi uchi | upper vertical roundhouse strike |
Naname shita ni oshinobasu | double downward oblique push |
Gedan gassho uke | lower double palm heel block |
Sankaku tobi | triangle jump |
Chudan nakadaka ippon ken | middle one knuckle strike |
Jodan age nihon nukite-zuki | upper two finger spear hand strike |
Haishu uke | back hand block |
Jodan kensei | upper palm feint |
Shuto gedan barai | lower sword hand strike |
Washide jodan uchi | upper eagle strike |
Jodan mae geri keage | upper front snapping kick |
Chudan uraken | middle back fist |
Chudan hiza geri | middle knee strike |
Chudan mika zuki geri | middle crescent kick |
Chudan mawashi zuki | middle roundhouse punch |