Directions/Vocabulary
ashi o kaete - change stance, as from left foot to right without losing balance
te o kaete - change hands, used for all hand techniques, punches or blocks
yoi - musubi dachi position, hands one fist in front of the belt, crossed left over right, palms down
kamaete - on guard - taking your own position ready to fight, as in free sparring, or assuming as in moving basics
hajime- begin at your own speed, continue to your own count, as in free sparring or kata
yame - temporary stop
naotte - final stop
hidari - use left side , left kick, left punch
migi - use right side, right kick, right punch
mawatte - turn around about face
kime - focus
obi - belt
sempai - senior student
kohai - junior student
mokuso - meditation (eyes close)
hai, sensei - Yes (I understand) Sensei, spoken loudly and firmly
dojo - literally, way or place, or place for learning the way, name for karate school
sayonara - good bye
renzoku tsuki, keri, uke - double punch, kick or block in which hands or feet move one right after the other to the full extent of the technique
morote tsuki, uke- both hands simultaneously execute the technique
Counting
ichi one
ni two
san three
shi (yon) four
go five
roku six
shichi (nana) seven
hachi eight
kyu nine
jyu ten
jyu ichi eleven
Directions To Strike
Yoko - to the side
Ushiro - to the back
Mae - to the front
Mawashi - round-house, around
Areas To Strike
Chudan - centre level, from the collar to belt, stomach
Gedan - lower level, groin area
Jodan - Upper level from the collar up
Basic Hand Techniques
tsuki - punch
Choku-tsuki - straight punch
Oi-tsuki - lunge punch
Gyaku-tsuki - reverse punch
Ura-tsuki - short punch (inverted)
Age-tsuki - upper cut
Furi-tsuki - circular swing punch
Nukite-tsuki - finger thrust
Shotei-tsuki - palm heel thrust
Uraken-uchi - inverted fist strike
Shuto-uchi - knife hand strike
Tettsui-uchi- bottom fist strike
Haito-uchi - ridge hand strike
Hiji-ate - elbow strike
Ippon nukite - one finger thrust
Nihon nukite - two finger thrust
Nakadaka-ken - middle finger knuckle fist
Keiko-ken - middle joint of index finger protruding
Ippon Ken - First finger knuckle punch
Sun tsuki - short punch
Jun tsuki - leading punch
Kizami Tsuki - leading jab punch
Awase tsuki - U - Punch
Morote Tsuki - two fisted punch
Mawashi tsuki - round hook punch
Basic Foot Techniques
Keri (geri) - kick
Mae-geri - front kick
Mawashi-geri - round house kick
Yoko-geri - side kick
Ushiro-geri - back kick
Kansetsu-geri - joint kick
Tobi-geri - jumping kick
Hiza-geri - knee kick
Ashi-barai - foot sweep
Kakato-otoshi - heel drop
Fumikomi - stamp
Basic Blocking Techniques
Uke - block
Jodan Age uke - rising block
Chudan yoko uke - middle area block
Chudan uchi uke - middle inside forearm block (from outside to inside)
Gedan (harai) barai uke - lower area block
Mawashi uke - roundhouse block
Shotei uke - palm heel block
Ko uke - wrist block
Kake uke - hook block
Hiki uke - grasping block
Sukui uke - scoop block
Kosa uke - cross block
Kuri uke - circular elbow block
Otoshi (shotei, Haishu etc) uke - descending block
Parts of the Hand
Seiken - forefist
Uraken - inverted fist
Shuto - knife hand
Shotei - palm heel
Nukite - spear hand
Tettsui - hammer fist (bottom)
Haito - ridge hand
Koken - bent fist
Parts of the Foot
Josokutei (Chu soku) - ball of the foot
Kakato - heel
Sokuto - outer edge of the foot
Haisoku - instep
Ashiyubi - toes
Stances
dachi - stances
heisoku-dachi - feet together
musubi-dachi - heels together
heiko-dachi - parallel stance
hachiji-dachi - natural stance
kiba-dachi - straddle stance (horse-riding stance)
shiko-dachi - sumo stance
sanchin-dachi - hourglass stance
zenkutsu-dachi - front (forward leaning) stance
han zenkutsu-dachi - half front (forward leaning) stance
neko ashi-dachi - cat stance
kokutsu dachi - backward leaning stance
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