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Counting

                 Ichi - Sometimes spoken as /ee-ch/, similar to the English "each" but not the English "itch"        

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A

Age (tsuki) - Rising (punch)

Age uke  - Rising Block 

Ai  - Harmony 

Arigato - /ah-ree-gah-toe/ Thank you

Arigato Gozaimashita /ah-ree-gah-toe go-zie-mahsh-tah/ Thank you very much.  Said to the instructor as you end class, or to fellow student as you finish working together. 

Ashi  - /ah-she/ Foot/feet 

Ashi Barai  - Front Sweep 

Ashi o kaete /ah-she oh kie-tay/ - Change stance, as from left foot to right

Atemi - Body Strikes

Awase tsuki - Double Punch

B

Bo - Wooden Staff (6ft)

Bokken/Bokuto - Wooden Sword

Bunkai - Applications of Kata

C

Chu - /choo/ Middle

Chudan - /choo-dahn/ Middle level, belt up to collar (e.g. stomach)

Chusoku - Ball of Foot

D

Dachi - Stance

Dan - Black Belt Ranking

Do - Way / Path

Dojo - /doe-joe/ Literally “way-place” or “place of learning the way”, name for karate school/training room.  Sacred training hall.

E

Embusen - Lines of Attack/Defence (Kata)

Empi - Elbow

F

G

Gae - /gay/ Lower

Gedan - /gay-dahn/ Lower level, “below the belt” (e.g. groin, legs)

Gedan Barai - Lower Block

Geri - Kick

Gi - /ghee/ Karate uniform (or dogi /doe-ghee/)

Goju-Ryu – One of Okinawa’s major styles of karate, literally translated as the "hard-soft way".

Gyaku - Reverse

Gyaku Tsuki - Reverse Punch

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H

Hachiji-dachi - Natural Stance

Haishu - Backhand

Haito - Ridge-Hand

Hajime - /hah-jee-may/ Begin at your own speed, continue to your own count, as in free sparring or kata

Hara - Lower Abdomen

Heiko Dachi - Parallel Stance

Heisoku - Instep

Heisuko Dachi - Feet Together

Hidari - /he-dah-ree/ Left side

Hiji - Elbow

Hiza (uchi / ate) - Knee (strike)

I

Ibuki - Breathing

Ippon Ken - One Knuckle Fist

J

Jiyu-kumite - Free Sparring

Jo - /joe/ Upper

Jo - Wooden Staff (4ft)

Jogi uke - One Up, One Down

Jodan - /joe-dahn/ Upper level, collar and up (e.g. face, head, throat)

Ju - Soft / Gentle

Juji Uke - X Block

K

Kage Tsuki - Hook Punch

Kakie Geri - Hook Kick

Kamae - On Guard/ fighting posture

Kansetsu waza - Joint Locking Techniques

Karate -     /kahrah-tay/     Empty Hand or weaponless art of defense

Karate-do - The way of Karate

Karateka -  Karate Practitioner

Kata - Form

Kakato - Heel of Foot

Kazama Tsuki - Jab (Punch)

Keage - Snapping Kick

Keiko - Chicken Beak Hand

Keri – ( Geri ) Kick

Ki o tsuke /key-oht-skay/ Attention

Kiai - Spirit Shout

Kiba dachi - Horse Stance

Kihon - Basics

Kihon-ido - Moving Basics

Kimei – Complete focus or awareness.

Kin (Kogan) geri -Groin Kick

Kodokan – “School of the old way”, “The lighted path” or “a path to enlightenment”,

Kokutsu Dachi  (Okinawan)- Backward Leaning Stance

Koshi - Lower back power

Kossa Tsuki - Cross (Punch)

Kumite – Sparring/ Fight

Kyu - Belt Ranking

L

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M

Mae - /my/ or /may/ Front

Mae geri - Front Kick

Makiwara - Striking Aid

Masugu - Straight

Mawashi - /mah-wah-she/ Around, eg. Round, eg. Round-house

Mawashi geri - Roundhouse Kick

Mawatte - /mah-wah-tay/ Turn around/about face

Mei Tsuki – Eye punch or directing of the inner force through the eyes

Migi - /me-ghee/ Right side

Mokuso - /mohk-so/ Meditation

Mon-Te – Okinawan name for person who trains karate.

Morote Uke - Augmented Block

Muchimi - Sticky Hands

Musubi dachi - V-Stance, heels touching

N

Nakadaka Ken - Middle Knuckle

Neko Ashi dachi - Cat Stance

Nukite - Spear Hand

O

Obi - /oh-bee/ Belt

Oi Tsuki - Jab /Lunge Punch

Okinawa – Japanese island where karate originated over 800 years ago.

Onegai shimasu - /oh-nay-guy she-mahhs/ “Will you please?” or “I beg of you.” In karate, “Please teach me,” said to the instructor as bow to start class, or to a fellow student before you begin working together.

P

Q

Quick Flame - A Jo kata

R

Rei - /ray/ Bow

Ryu - System / School

S

Sai - Okinawan Weapon. Three pronged sword

Sagi-ashi Dachi - Crane Stance

Sanchin - Three Battles

Sanchin dachi - Hour Glass Stance

Seikan - Fist

Sepai (kata) - 18 Hands

Seisan (kata) - 13 Hands

Seiza - /say-zah/ Kneeling Position

Sempai – /sem-pie/ Senior student

Sensei – /sen-say/ Teacher or instructor

Shihan - Master

Shiko Dachi – Straddle (Horse Stance)

Shiro - White

Shomen – Front

Shugo - /shoo-go/ Line up, make formation for training

Shuto - /shoo-toe/ Knife-hand

Soto Uke - Middle Block

Sukue Uke - Scooping Block

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T

Tai sabaki - Body Evasion

Tanden - Abdomen

Tate Tsuki - Vertical fist punch

Te - /tay/ Hand/hands

Te o kaete - /tay oh kie-tay/ Change hands, used for all hand techniques

Taisho - Palm Heel

Tetsui - Hammer Fist

Tobi - Jumping

Tsuki - Punch

Tonfa - Okinawan Weapon

U

Uchi - 1. Strike 2. Inner

Ude - Forearm

Uke - Block

Ure Uke - Pressing Block

Uraken - Back Fist

Ushiro - /oo-she-roe/ Back/backwards  

V

W

X

Y

Yamae - /yah-may/ Stop

Yasuma - Rest (at ease)

Yoi - /yoy/ Ready position (for kata, etc.)

Yoko - /yoe-koe/ Side

Yoko Empi - Side Elbow

Yoko Geri - Side Kick

Yudansha - Black Belt Holder

Z

Zenkutsu - Front

Zenkutsu Dachi - Forward Leaning Stance

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