karate-do empty hand way
dojo place to learn the way
sensei one who has gone before / teacher
rei respect / bow
gi / karategi karate uniform
hai yes / understood
shugo come together / line up
ki o tsuke stand at attention / ready to bow
shomen ni taishi , shomen ni rei
face the front , bow to the front
otagai ni taishi , otagai ni rei
face each other , bow to each other
sensei ni taishi , sensei ni rei
face sensei , bow to sensei
onegai shimasu please do me this favor
arigato gozaimashita thank you very much
(spoken bowing to sensei before/after class)
ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, shichi, hachi, ku, ju
numbers 1-10
yoi stand ready and relaxed
kamae stand in fighting posture
hajime, yame, matte begin, stop, wait
mo ichi do once more / do it again
mawate turn around
kiai shout of concentrated energy
migi, hidari right, left
dachi stances:
yoi dachi ready, relaxed stance
heisoku dachi closed foot stance
shiko dachi square stance, wide w toes out
neko-ashi dachi cat stance
kiba dachi horse riding stance
zenkutsu dachi front stance
naname zenkutsu dachi slanted front stance
kokutsu dachi back stance
jodan, chudan, gedan high, middle, low position
uchi hand strike
tsuki / zuki thrust / punch
oi zuki front/lunge/chasing punch
gyaku zuki reverse (rear hand) punch
nukite spear hand
haito ridge hand
uraken backfist
tetsui hammer fist
uke receive (block)
jodan uke high block
gedan uke / gedan barai low sweeping block
shuto uke knife hand block
keri kick
mae-geri front kick
mawashi-geri roundhouse kick
mikazuki-geri crescent kick
ushiro-geri back kick
yoko-geri side kick
fumikomi-geri stomping kick
kata form
fukyukata basic form dai ichi, dai ni one, two
pinan peaceful
shodan, nidan, sandan, yondan, godan 1-5