BASIC TERMINOLOGY USED WITHIN OUR SCHOOL

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BASIC TERMS	TRANLSATION
KARATE	EMPTY HAND
DOGI	KARATE SUIT
OBI	BELT
DOJO	TRAINING PLACE
DO	THE WAY OF
TRAINING FORMS
JUMBI UNO	WARM UP DRILL
KIHON	BASICS OF TECHNIQUE
SENIOR KIHON	SENIOR BASICS
ZENSHIN KOTAI	FORWARDS & BACKWARDS
YAKUSOKUMITE	ONE STEP PAIR WORK SET
GOSHIN JUTSU	SELF DEFENCE PAIR WORK SET
TANKEN SABAKI	KNIFE DEFENCE SET
KATA	FORM
KUMITE	FREE SPARRING
MOKUSOU	MEDITATION
SEIBI UNDO	COOL DOWN DRILL
COMMANDS
SHUGO	LINE UP FORMAL
YOI	READY STANCE
KIRRITSU	STAND TO ATTENTION
SEIZA	KNEELING
SHOMEN NI MOKUSOU	MEDITATE FACING THE FRON
RYUSHINKUN	OUR DOJO KUN (RULES OF TRAINING)
SHOMEN NI REI	BOW TO FRONT
SHIHAN NI REI	BOW TO CHIEF INSTRUCTOR
SENSEI NI REI	BOW TO TEACHER
OTAGAI NI REI	BOW TOGETHER
REI	BOW
HAJIME	BEGIN
YAME	STOP
NAOTE	FORMAL FINISH
UKURI	SLOWLY
HAYAI	FAST
ICHI DAI ICHI	PIECE BY PIECE
MAWATTE	TURN
RENSHU	PRACTICE
KYUKEI	REST
KAMAETE	READY POSITION FOR TECHNIQUE
MIGI	RIGHT
HIDARI	LEFT
SHINKOKYU	MINDFUL BREATH
JODAN	HEAD LEVEL
CHUDAN	MIDDLE LEVEL
GEDAN	LOWER LEVEL
KIHON
CHUDAN ZUKI	FRONT MIDDLE PUNCH
SHOMEN GERI	FRONT KICK
SHUTO UCHI	KNIFE HAND STRIKE
SOTOU GERI	SIDE KICK
KUKANZUKI	OPPOSITE PUNCH
MAWASHI GERI	ROUND HOUSE KICK
GOHON ZUKI	FIVE PUNCHES
USHIROGERI	BACK KICK
USHIROMAWASHIGERI	BACK HOOK KICK
RASHEN SHUTO UCHI	REVERSE KNIFE HAND STRIKE
NEKO ASHI SHOMEN GERI	FRONT KICK FROM CAT STANCE
CHIZAN DACHI	YOI (READY) STANCE
RENZOKU MAWASHIGERI	CONTINUOUS DOUBLE ROUND HOUSE
ZENSHI KOTEI
OI ZUKI	FRONT PUNCH (LEADING HAND AND LEG)
YOKO ZUKI	SUB LEVEL SIDE PUNCH
GYAKUZUKI	OPPERSITE PUNCH
JODAN SHUTO UCHI	HEAD KNIFE HAND STRIKE
SHUTO UKI	KNIFE HAND BLOCK
JODAN UKI	HEAD BLOCK RISING
CHUDAN UKI	MIDDLE BLOCK
GEDAN BARAI	LOWER SWEEPING BLOCK
EMPI ATE	ELBOW STRIKE
SHOMEN GERI	FRONT KICK
SOTOU GERI	SIDE KICK
MAWASHI GERI	ROUNDHOUSE KICK
USHIROGERI	BACK KICK
RASEN SHUTO UCHI	REVERSE KNIFE HAND STRIKE
STANCES
YOI DACHI	READY STANCE
CHIZAN DACHI	READY (YOI) SOMETIMES WIDER
SHIKO ASHI DACHI	SIDE STANCE (STRAIGHT LEGS)
ZENKUTSU DACHI	FRONT STANCE
HAMNI DACHI	HALF MOON STANCE
NEKO ASHI DACHI	CAT STANCE
NUMBERS
ICHI	ONE
NI	TWO
SAN	THREE
SHI	FOUR
GO	FIVE
ROKU	SIX
SHICHI	SEVEN
HACHI	EIGHT
KU	NINE
JU	TEN
JU ICHI	ELEVEN
JU NI	TWELVE
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NI JU	TWENTY
GRADES & TITLES
SOKE	FOUNDING HEAD MASTER
KYOSHI	MASTER (WITH GRADE)
RENSHI	POLISHED INDIVIDUAL (AWARDED)
SHIHAN	CHIEF INSTRUCTOR
SHIHAN DAI	SENIOR ASSISTANT TO SHIHAN
SENSEI	TEACHER
DAN	LEVEL OF BLACK BELT DEGREE
YUDANSHA	COLLECTIVE TERM FOR ALL DAN GRADES
SEMPEI	SENIOR STUDENT
KYU	GRADE LEVEL BEFORE DAN
MUDANSHA	COLLECTIVE TERM FOR KYU STUDENTS
DESHI	STUDENT
CONCEPTS
KIAI	SPIRIT CRY
ZANSHIN	AWARNESS
KIME	FOCUS
MAAI	DISTANCING
IPPO HAN	MAKE GROUND ONE COMPLETE STANCE
HAMPI	HALF
SURI ASHI	STEALTH SLIDING FEET
TAKKO ASHI	OCTOPUS FEET
NIJIRI ASHI	CREEPING TOES
KATA & MEANINGS
SEIRYU SHICHI HO	7 CLASSICAL INHERITED FORMS
RYU KEN	YANAGI’S FIST (WILLOW TREE)
RYUSHINKAN SHODAN	FIRST LEVEL RYUSHINKAN KATA
SHIHOZUKI	FOUR WAYS OF PUNCHING
TENSHO KEN	LIGHT UP THE SKY (JAPANESE GOD)
ARNUNKU	CHINESE SHIPWRECKED SAILOR
SEISAN	HALF MOON
RYUSHINKAN NIDAN	SECOND LEVEL RYUSHINKAN KATA
WANSU	NAME OF CHINESE MILITARY ATTACHE
CHINTO	FIGHTING TO THE EAST (CHINESE NAME)
GOJUSHIHO	54 STEPS
BASSAI	STORMING A FORTRESS
KUSHANKU	NAME OF A CHINESE BOXING EXPERT