KENSHUKAI KARATE CLASS TERMINOLOGY
General Terms
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DOJO (doh-joh) - School or training location
SHIHAN (shee-hahn) - Chief Instructor SENSEI (sen-say) - Teacher or Instructor SEMPAI (sem-pie) - Assistant Teacher or Instructor SEIZA (say-zah) - Formal Sitting MOKUSO (mok-soh) - Close your eyes MOKUSO YAME (mok-soh ya-may) - Open your eyes OTAGAI NI (oh-tah-gah-ee nee) - Towards everybody REI (ray) - Bow HAI (high) - Yes! Respond with "Hai" immediately when you are called or asked by your Sensei or Sempai, or when you understand an instruction. YOI (yoy) - Ready/attention – standing in parallel stance KIAI (key-eye) - Shout of spirit KIME (key-may) - Focus of power, ready / take position MAWATTE (mah-wah-tay) - Turn around HAJIME (hah-jee-may) - Begin YAME (yah-may) - Stop TSUKI (tzoo-kee) - Punch UCHI (oo-chee) - Strike (also means inside) UKE (oo-keh) - Block GERI (geh-ree) - Kick JODAN (joh-dahn) - Head level CHUDAN (chew-dahn) - Stomach level GEDAN (geh-dahn) - Groin level |
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KATA (kah-tah) - Pre-arranged pattern of techniques against imaginary opponents
KUMITE (koo-mee-teh) - Sparring
KUMITE (koo-mee-teh) - Sparring
Strikes
CHUDAN TSUKI (chew-dahn tzoo-kee) - Stomach level punch
JODAN TSUKI (joh-dahn tzoo-kee) - Head level punch
URAKEN UCHI (oo-ra-ken oo-chee) - Back fist strike
YOKO URAKEN UCHI (yoh-koh oo-ra-ken oo-chee) - Side back fist
HAITO UCHI (high-toh oo-chee) - Ridge hand strike
SHITA TSUKI (she-tzoo-kee) - Short punch
HIJI ATE (hee-gee ah-tay) - Rising elbow strike
MAWASHI EMPI (mah-washy em-pee) - Round elbow strike
SOTO SHUTO UCHI (soh-toh shoo-toh oo-chee) - "Outside Shuto" knife hand strike
UCHI SHUTO UCHI (oo-chee shoo-toh oo-chee) - "Inside Shuto" knife hand strike
JODAN TSUKI (joh-dahn tzoo-kee) - Head level punch
URAKEN UCHI (oo-ra-ken oo-chee) - Back fist strike
YOKO URAKEN UCHI (yoh-koh oo-ra-ken oo-chee) - Side back fist
HAITO UCHI (high-toh oo-chee) - Ridge hand strike
SHITA TSUKI (she-tzoo-kee) - Short punch
HIJI ATE (hee-gee ah-tay) - Rising elbow strike
MAWASHI EMPI (mah-washy em-pee) - Round elbow strike
SOTO SHUTO UCHI (soh-toh shoo-toh oo-chee) - "Outside Shuto" knife hand strike
UCHI SHUTO UCHI (oo-chee shoo-toh oo-chee) - "Inside Shuto" knife hand strike
Blocks
JODAN AGE UKE (joh-dahn aa-gee oo-keh) - Rising head level block
UCHI UKE (oo-chee oo-keh) - Inside hooking block
SOTO UKE (soh-toh oo-keh) - Outside hooking block
GEDAN BARAI (geh-dahn bar-eye) - Downwards block
GEDAN UKE (geh-dahn oo-keh) - Sweeping block
CHUGE UKE (chew-gee oo-keh) - Double block
KAKE UKE (ka-keh oo-keh) - Open hand hooking block
MAWASHI UKE (ma-wa-shee oo-keh) - Round block
SHUTO UKE (shoo-toh oo-keh) - Knife hand block
UCHI UKE (oo-chee oo-keh) - Inside hooking block
SOTO UKE (soh-toh oo-keh) - Outside hooking block
GEDAN BARAI (geh-dahn bar-eye) - Downwards block
GEDAN UKE (geh-dahn oo-keh) - Sweeping block
CHUGE UKE (chew-gee oo-keh) - Double block
KAKE UKE (ka-keh oo-keh) - Open hand hooking block
MAWASHI UKE (ma-wa-shee oo-keh) - Round block
SHUTO UKE (shoo-toh oo-keh) - Knife hand block
Stances
HEIKO DACHI (hi-koh datch) - Parallel stance
ZENKUTSU DACHI (zen-koo-tsoo datch) - Long forward stance
KIBA DACHI (kee-bah datch) - Horse riding stance
SHIKO DACHI (shee-koh datch) - Sumo stance
KOKUTSU DACHI (koh-koo-tsoo datch) - Back leaning stance
SANCHIN DACHI (sahn-shin datch) - Pigeon toed stance
NEKOASHI DACHI (neh-koh-ah-shee datch) - Cat stance
ZENKUTSU DACHI (zen-koo-tsoo datch) - Long forward stance
KIBA DACHI (kee-bah datch) - Horse riding stance
SHIKO DACHI (shee-koh datch) - Sumo stance
KOKUTSU DACHI (koh-koo-tsoo datch) - Back leaning stance
SANCHIN DACHI (sahn-shin datch) - Pigeon toed stance
NEKOASHI DACHI (neh-koh-ah-shee datch) - Cat stance
Kicks
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MAE GERI (my-geree) - Front kick
MAWASHI GERI (ma-wa-shee geree) - Round kick YOKO GERI (yoh-koh geree) - Side kick USHIRO GERI (oo-shee-roh geree) - Back kick |
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Counting
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ICHI (itch) - 1
NI (nee) - 2 SAN (sahn) - 3 SHI (she) - 4 GO (go) - 5 ROKU (rook) - 6 SHICHI (shitch) - 7 HACHI (hatch) - 8 KYU (koo) - 9 JU (joo) - 10 |
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