Karate Terminology - gakusei karate

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Basic Strikes
Chudan tsuki	Stomach level punch
Jodan tsuki	Head level punch
Yoko uraken	Side Backfist Strike
Mawashi empi	Round Elbow Strike

Basic Blocks
Jodan age uke	Rising head level block
Haiwan uke	Forearm block
Soto uke	Outside hooking block
Gedan barai	Downward block
Kake uke	Hooking block
Oshikomu uke	Pushing block
Shuto uke	Knife-hand block

Basic Stances
Heiko dachi	Ready stance
Hangetsu dachi	Half-moon stance (guard stance)
Zenkutsu dachi	Forward stance
Fudo dachi	Immovable stance
Kiba dachi	Horse-Riding stance
Shiko dachi	Sumo stance
Sanchin dachi	Hourglass stance
Neko Ashi dachi	Cat stance
Kokutsu dachi	Back stance

Basic Kicks
Mae geri	Front kick
Mawashi geri	Round kick
Yoko geri	Side kick
Ushiro geri	Back kick

Other Striking And Punching Terminology
Seiken	First two knuckles
Tsuki	Punch
Oi tsuki	Lunge punch
Gyaku tsuki	Reverse punch
Kizami tsuki	Jab
Kagi tsuki	Hook punch
Ura tsuki	Upper cut
Uchi	strike
Ura uchi	Backfist Strike
Furi uchi	Reverse back hand strike
Tetsui	Hammer-fist strike
Teisho uchi	Palm Heel Strike
Haito uchi	Ridge-Hand Strike
Gyaka shuto	Outside knife hand strike
Shuto uchi	Inside knife hand strike
Ippon nukite	Single finger strike
Shihon nukite	Spear hand strike
Otoshi empi uchi	Downward elbow strike
Ushiro empi uchi	Back elbow strike
Hijiate	Rising Elbow strike

Other Blocking Terminology

Gedan uke	Sweeping block
Chuge uke	Double block
Mawashi uke	Round block
Morote uke	Augmented block
Juji uke	X block
Empi uke /Hiji uke	Elbow block

Other kicking Terminology
Keage	Snap (kick)
Kekomi	Thrust (kick)
Fumikomi geri	Stomping kick

Kansetsu Geri	Stomping kick to knee
Hiza geri	Knee
Kin Geri	Groin Kick

Ashi-barai	Foot/Leg sweep

Other Stance Terminology
Fudo dachi	Rooted/Immovable Stance
Musubi dachi	Informal Attention Stance
Renoji dachi	“L” Stance
Sagi Ashi Dachi	One legged stance
Kosa dachi	Cross-legged Stance

Kata
Siafa	Smash and tear into pieces
Shisochin	Four-way Battle
Seiunchin	Storm Within the Calm

Tensho	Turning palms

Karurunfa	To hold in place and Crush

Sepai	Eighteen Hands
Seisan	Thirteen Hands
Embusen	Floor pattern/lines of a kata
Bunkai	The Interpretation of kata techniques
Oyo	Principles behind techniques

General terminology
Karate	Empty Hand
Karate Do	The Way of the Empty Hand
Karate-ka	Practitioner of Karate
Shin	New (Modern)
Kyu	Old (traditional)
Ryu	School or System
Dojo	Training hall
Sensei	Teacher
Sempai	Assistant instructor, senior student
Karate-ka	Student
Dan	Level
Kyu	Rank
Gi	Uniform
Obi	Belt
Hai	Yes
Iie	No
Kihon	Fundamentals/Basics
Kiai	Shout of spirit
Kumite	Sparring
Ippon kumite	Single point sparring
Jiyu kumite	Continuous sparring
Randori kumite	Free sparring (play fighting)
Budo	Way of combat
Waza	Technique
Rei	Bow
Goju	Hard Soft


Commands
Seiza	Meditation position/kneeling
Mokuso	Meditate/Gather Your thoughts
Rei	Bow
Autogani	Each Other
Yoi	Ready
Hajime	Begin
Yame	Stop
Age-te	Hands (Guard) up
Kamae	Posture (asume the posture)
Mawate	Turn around

Concepts
Reigi	Etiquette
Kime	Focus
Zanshin	Awareness (mental alertness)
Maai	Distancing
Sen	Initiative
Sen no sen	Seizing the initiative earlier
Go no sen	Seizing the initiative later
Sen sen no sen	Seizing the opponent’s sen no sen.
Ikken Hissatsu	“One hit, one kill”
Munen Mushin	No thoughts, No Mind
Sundome	Stopping a technique just prior to contact
Tai-sabaki	Body shifting
Hara	Centre of Gravity/Energy
Suri-ashi	Balanced footwork (implying circlular foot motion)

Body Parts
Ken	Fist
Seiken	First two knuckles of the fist
Ippon Ken	Single-point index-finger Fist
Tate Ken	Vertical Fist
Te	Hand
Kaishu	Open hand
Tekubi	Wrist
Teisho	Palm heel
Ude	Forearm
Empi (also Hiji)	Elbow
Ashi	Leg/Foot
Hiza	Knee
Heisoku	Instep of the foot
Teisoku	Bottom of the foot
Kakato	Heel of the foot
Koshi	Ball of the foot
Sokuto	Outer edge (knife) of the foot
Atama	Head
Jiku Ashi	Pivot leg
Hikite	Returning hand

Colours
Shiro	White
Aka	Red
Kuro	Black

Counting
Ichi	One
Ni	Two
San	Three
Shi	Four
Go	Five
Roku	Six
Shichi	Seven
Hachi	Eight
Ku	Nine
Ju	Ten
NiJu	Twenty
NiJu-Go	Twenty-five
Hyaku	One Hundred
Yon	4, if count finishes at 4

Directions
Jodan	High or head level
Chudan	Mid or stomach level
Gedan	Lower or Groin level
Hidari	Left
Migi	Right
Yoko	Side

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