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Aikido Glossary

 VOCABULARY
 Ai harmony
 Aikidoka one who studies Aikido
 Bokken wooden training sword
 Dan black belt or graded rank
 Do the 'way', a path or means of personal development
 Dojo school for learning martial arts, literally 'way place'
 Gi training uniform
 Hidari left
 Hakkama traditional pleated pants worn by samurai or martial arts students
 Jo wooden staff
 Kake throw or execute the technique
 Kazushi off balance
 Ki spirit
 Kohai lower rank (junior) student
 Kyu colored belt or ungraded rank (below black belt)
 Ma-ai combative distance between opponents, judgment of engagement distance
 Migi right
 Obi belt worn with gi
 Randori free style training (i.e. hand randori, knife randori)
 Sempai higher rank (senior) student
 Sensei teacher
 Shihan master teacher
 Tanto knife
 Tori person executing the technique
 Tsukuri entry (into a throw)
  Uke person being thrown (attacker)
 Zanshin concentration that remains on uke even after the technique or throw is completed so as to dominate the opponent

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