Vocabulary
Basic terminology used in the dojo.
Terms marked ▶ link to a short video of the technique.
Counting
- ichi
- one
- ni
- two
- san
- three
- shi
- four
- go
- five
- roku
- six
- shichi
- seven
- hachi
- eight
- kyu
- nine
- ju
- ten
- hyaku
- one hundred
General
- go
- hard
- ju
- soft
- ryu
- style
- kara
- empty
- te
- hand
- sensei
- teacher
- ki
- spirit, inner power
- kiai
- shout used to unite inner power and ki
- dan
- level
- jodan
- upper level
- chudan
- middle level
- gedan
- lower level
- hidari
- left
- migi
- right
- mawate
- turn
- rei
- bow
- yoi
- ready
- kamae
- ready position
- hajime
- begin
- yame
- stop
- kime
- focus
- mokuso
- meditation
- kiritsu
- stand up
Hand techniques
- tsuki
- punch or thrust
- uchi
- strike
- nakadaka ken
- middle finger knuckle fist
- ippon ken
- first finger knuckle fist
- empi / hiji
- elbow
- oi tsuki
- lunge punch
- gyaku tsuki
- reverse punch
- ura tsuki
- short punch (palm side up)
- age tsuki
- rising punch
- shotei / teisho tsuki
- palm heel thrust
- seiken tsuki
- fore fist strike
- nukite tsuki
- finger thrust
- ko uchi
- bent wrist strike
- ura ken uchi
- back fist strike
- shuto uchi
- knife hand strike
- tettsui uchi
- hammer fist strike
- shotei / teisho uchi
- palm heel strike
- tsukami
- grab
Foot techniques
- geri
- kick
- ashi
- foot, leg
- sokuto
- foot edge
- kakato
- heel
- haisoku
- instep
- tsumasaki
- tip of the toe
- hiza
- knee
- mae geri (keage)
- front snap kick
- mae geri (kekomi)
- front thrust kick
- mawashi geri
- roundhouse kick
- ushiro geri
- back thrust kick
- yoko geri (keage)
- side snap kick
- yoko geri (kekomi)
- side thrust kick
- kansetsu geri
- stamping kick, joint kick
- sokuto fumikomi geri
- stamping kick with the edge of the foot
- hiza geri
- knee kick
- ashi barai
- foot sweep
- mae tobi geri
- jumping front kick
- yoko tobi geri
- jumping side thrust kick
Blocking techniques
- uke
- block
- age uke (jodan)
- rising block
- chudan uke
- inside circular block
- chudan uchi uke
- outside forearm block
- gedan barai
- downward block
- gedan uchi barai
- outside downward block (open block)
- hiki uke
- pulling, grasping block
- kake uke
- open-handed block
- shuto uke
- knife hand block
- shotei uke
- palm heel block
- ko uke
- wrist block
- ura uke
- back hand block
- uchi uke
- inside forearm block
- morote uke
- augmented block (double-handed)
- mawashi uke
- roundhouse block
- tora guchi
- double-handed open-hand circular block
- hari uke
- archer block
Practice fighting
- kumite
- sparring
- ippon kumite
- one-point sparring, where the defender blocks and then counters after the attack
- randori
- slow and soft free style with emphasis on technique
- jiyu kumite
- hard and fast controlled free-style fighting
Opening ceremony
- Head studentshugo line up
- Head studentki o tsuke attention
- Head studentseiza kneel
- Head studentmokuso meditation
- Head studentmokuso yame finish meditation
- Head studentshomen ni face front
- Head studentrei bow
- Head studentsensei ni face instructor
- Head studentrei bow
- Everybodyonegai shimasu “Will you please?” In karate: “Please teach me.”
- Head studentkiritsu stand up
Closing ceremony
- Head studentshugo line up
- Head studentki o tsuke attention
- Head studentseiza kneel
- Head studentmokuso meditation
- Head studentmokuso yame finish meditation
- Head studentdojo kun shouted by the head student, then by everyone
- Head studentshinjo ni face the shomen
- Head studentrei bow
- Head studentsensei ni face instructor
- Head studentrei bow
- Everybodyarigato gozaimashita “Thank you very much”
- Head studentotagai ni face each other
- Head studentrei bow
- Everybodyarigato gozaimashita “Thank you very much”
- Head studentkiritsu stand up