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Dachi - Stances |
| FUDO DACHI |
Rooted Stance. |
| GANKAKU DACHI |
Crane Stance. |
| HACHIJI DACHI |
Open Leg Stance. |
| HANGETSU DACHI |
Half-Moon Stance. |
| HEIKO DACHI |
Parallel stance. |
| HEISOKU DACHI |
An informal attention stance. |
| KIBA DACHI |
Straddle Stance. |
| KOKUTSU DACHI |
Back Stance. |
| KOSA DACHI |
Cross Stance. |
| MUSUBI DACHI |
Informal attention stance. |
| NEKO-ASHI DACHI |
Cats Foot Stance. |
| RENOJI DACHI |
L Stance. |
| SAGI ASHI DACHI |
Heron Leg Stance. |
| SANCHIN DACHI |
Hour-glass Stance. |
| SHIKO DACHI |
Square Stance. |
| SHIZEN DACHI |
Natural Stance. |
| SOCHIN DACHI |
Diagonal Straddle Leg stance. |
| TACHI |
Standing or Stance. |
| TEIJI DACHI |
A Stance with the feet in a 'T-shape'. |
| TSURU ASHI DACHI |
Crane Leg Stance. |
| ZENKUTSU DACHI |
Forward Stance |
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GERI - KICKS |
| ASHI |
Foot or Leg. |
| ASHI BARAI |
Foot/Leg Sweep. |
| ASHI GATANA |
Foot Sword. |
| ASHI WAZA |
Name given to all leg and foot techniques. |
| FUMIKIRI GERI |
Cutting Kick. |
| FUMIKOMI GERI |
Stamping kick. |
| GERI |
Kick. |
| HIZA GERI (strike) |
Knee Kick. |
| KAKATO GERI |
Axe Kick. |
| KEAGE |
Kick Up' in karate we use this when describing snapping. |
| KEKOMI |
Thrust Kick (Literally, Kick Into/Straight). See Kerikomi. |
| KERI |
Kick. |
| KERU |
Kick. This is used when saying kick as a verb. |
| MAE GERI |
Front Kick. |
| MAE GERI KEAGE |
Front Snapping Kick. |
| MAE GERI KEKOMI |
Front Thrust Kick. |
| MAWASHI GERI |
Roundhouse Kick. |
| MIKAZUKI GERI |
Crescent Kick. |
| NIDAN GERI |
Double Kick. |
| REN-GERI |
Consecutive Kicking. |
| TOBI GERI |
Jumping Kick. |
| TSUMASAKI GERI |
Kicking using the tips of the toes to strike with. |
| USHIRO GERI |
Back Kick. |
| YOKO GERI |
Side Kick. |
| YOKO GERI KEAGE |
Side Snap Kick. |
| YOKO GERI KEKOMI |
Side Thrust Kick. |
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KAMAE - POSTURES |
| AI KAMAE |
Harmony Posture. |
| GANKAKU KAMAE |
Crane Posture. |
| HIDARI KAMAE |
Left Posture. |
| JIYU KAMAE |
Free Sparring Posture. |
| KAGI KAMAE |
Hooking Posture. |
| KAMAE |
Posture or Stance. Kamae is sometimes spelt GAMAE. |
| KAMAETE |
A command given by the instructor for students to get into position. |
| KOSHI KAMAE |
A stance where the fists are held one above the other against one of the hips. |
| MIGI KAMAE |
Right Posture. |
| RYO WAN KAMAE |
wide arm stance. |
| ZANSHIN KAMAE |
awareness posture. |
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TSUKI - PUNCHES |
| AGE TSUKI (ZUKI) |
Rising Punch. Seen in the Kata EMPI. |
| AWASE TSUKI |
Combined Punch. |
| CHOKU TSUKI |
Straight Punch. |
| DAN-TSUKI |
Consecutive punching (same hand). |
| GYAKU TSUKI |
Reverse Punch. |
| HEIKO TSUKI |
Parallel Punch. |
| HIRAKEN |
Flat Fist or Fore knuckle fist. |
| IPPON KEN |
One Knuckle Fist. |
| KAGI TSUKI |
Hook Punch. |
| KIZAMI TSUKI |
Jabbing Punch. |
| MAWASHI TSUKI |
Roundhouse Punch. |
| MOROTE TSUKI |
Augmented Punch or U-Punch. |
| OI-TSUKI |
Lunge punch. |
| REN-TSUKI |
Alternate punching |
| SANBON TSUKI |
A series of three punches. |
| SEIKEN |
Fore fist, Regular Fist. |
| TATE TSUKI |
Vertical Punch. |
| TSUKI |
A punch or thrust. |
| YAMA TSUKI |
Mountain Punch. |
| ZUKI |
A different spelling of TSUKI. |
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UCHI - STRIKES |
| AGE-EMPI UCHI |
Upward Elbow Strike. |
| HAISHU UCHI |
Back Hand Strike. |
| HAITO UCHI |
Ridge-hand Strike. |
| HIJI ATE |
Elbow Strikes. |
| HIJI ATEMI |
Elbow Strikes. |
| HIJI-ATE |
elbow strike. |
| IPPON NUKITE |
One Finger Strike. |
| IPPON TSUKI |
One Finger Thrust. |
| KEITO UCHI |
Chicken Head Strike. |
| KENTSUI UCHI |
Hammer Fist Strike. |
| KUMADE UCHI |
Bear hand strike. |
| NIHON NUKITE |
Two Finger Strike |
| NIHON TSUKI |
Two Finger Thrust. |
| NUKITE |
Spear Hand |
| SHIHON NUKITE |
Four Finger Strike |
| SHIHON TSUKI |
Four Finger Thrust. |
| SHUTO UCHI |
Knife hand strike |
| TATE EMPI UCHI |
Upward Elbow Strike. |
| TE GATANA UKE |
Hand Sword Block. |
| TEISHO UCHI |
Palm Heel Strike. |
| TETTSUI UCHI |
Bottom Fist Strike. |
| TETTSUI UCHI |
Hammer Fist Strike. |
| UCHI |
Striking |
| URAKEN UCHI |
Back Fist Strike |
| YOKO EMPI UCHI |
Side Elbow Strike |
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UKE - BLOCKS |
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| AGE UKE |
Upper Rising Block. |
| ASHIKUBI-KAKE UKE |
Ankle Hooking Block. |
| AWASE UKE |
Combined Block. |
| CHUDAN UDE UKE |
Middle Level Forearm Block. |
| CHUDAN UKE |
Middle Level Block. |
| EMPI UKE |
Elbow Block. |
| GEDAN BARAI |
Lower Level Sweep. |
| GEDAN BARAI UKE |
Lower level Sweeping Block. |
| GEDAN SOTO UDE UKE |
Lower Level Outside Forearm Block. |
| GEDAN UKE |
Lower Level Block. |
| HAI-WAN UKE |
Back Arm Block |
| HAISHU UKE |
Back Hand Block. |
| HAITO UKE |
Ridge-hand Block. |
| HARAI WAZA |
Sweeping techniques. |
| HIJI UKE |
Elbow Block. |
| JO UKE WAZA |
Jo Blocking Techniques. |
| JODAN UKE |
High Level Block. |
| JUJI UKE |
X Block. |
| KAGI UKE |
Hooking Block. |
| KAISHO UKE |
Open Hand Block. |
| KAKE UKE |
Hooking Block. |
| KAKIWAKE UKE |
Reverse Wedge Block. |
| KEITO UKE |
Chicken Head Block. |
| KENTSUI UKE |
Hammer Fist Block. |
| KOSA UKE |
Crossed Block. |
| MOROTE UKE |
Augmented Block. |
| NAGASHI UKE |
Sweeping Block. |
| NAMI ASHI |
Inside Snapping Block. |
| OTOSHI-UKE |
Dropping Block. |
| SEIRYUTO UKE |
Ox Jaw Block. |
| SHUTO UKE |
Knife-hand Block. |
| SOTO UDE UKE |
Outside Forearm Block. |
| SOTO UKE |
Outside Block. |
| SUKUI UKE |
Scooping Block. |
| TE GATANA UKE |
Hand Sword Block. |
| TEISHO BARAI |
Palm Heel Sweep. |
| TEISHO UKE |
Palm Heel Block. |
| TSUKAMI UKE |
Grasping Block. |
| UCHI UDE UKE |
Inside Forearm Block. |
| UCHI-UKE |
Inside Block. |
| UDE UKE |
Forearm Block. |
| UKE |
Block. |
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Other |
| Dojo |
“way place”, the place where you train |
| Dojo-kun |
dojo desiderata |
| Gi |
karate uniform |
| Hajime |
begin |
| Hai |
Yes |
| Ki-ai |
“spirit focus” / a focusing yell” |
| Kime |
“decision” / focus |
| Kohai |
junior student |
| Mawatte |
turn (can be maware) |
| Mokusoh |
“quiet meditation” |
| Osu |
'I understand and will try to do my best.' Also used to show respect, or even as an informal greeting. Should not be used out of the dojo |
| Rei |
bow |
| Seiza |
“proper sitting” / kneeling |
| Sempai |
senior student |
| Sensei |
Instructor / Master |
| Yame |
stop |
| Yasume |
rest, relax |
| Yoi |
“get ready” / often a command to stand in hachiji-dachi |
