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 (also to receive) GERI (geh-ree) - Kick JODAN (joh-dahn) - Head level CHUDAN (chew-dahn) - Stomach level GEDAN (geh-dahn) - Groin level |
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 (shee-tah 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 |
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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 |
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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) - Hourglass stance / Pigeon-toed stance NEKOASHI DACHI (neh-koh-ah-shee datch) - Cat stance |
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