GENERAL TERMS:
karate do - empty handed way shihan - master sensei - teacher sempai - senior student kohai - junior student dojo - training hall obi - belt seiza - kneel mokuso - meditate rei - bow yoi - ready hajime - begin yame - stop naote - relax hidari - left migi - right jodan - upper chudan - middle gedan - lower dachi - stance zuki - punch uchi - strike uke - block geri - kick tai sabaki - body shifting yori ashi - foot shifting
STRIKES :
kazama zuki - jab choku zuki - straight punch oi zuki - lunge punch gyaku zuki - reverse punch yama zuki - mountain punch yoko
zuki - side punch shita
zuki - inverted punch ippon
ken - one knuckle strike uraken - back fist tetsui - hammer fist empi uchi - elbow strike nukite-zuki - spear hand strike shuto - knife hand shuto-zuki - sword hand strike
BLOCKS :
jodan age uke - upper rising block jodan
tetsui zuki - upper hammer fist gedan uke - lower block kake wake uke - reverse wedge block haishu-uke - back hand block
soto uke
- inward middle block uchi uke - outward middle block morote uke - augmented block teisho
oshi uke - pressing palm heal block shuto-uke - sword hand block juji-uke - X block
STANCES :
zenkutsu dachi - front stance kokutsu dachi - back stance kiba dachi - horse stance fudo dachi - rooted stance neko ashi dachi - cat stance hangetsu dachi - hourglass stance
KICKS :
hiza geri - knee strike mae geri - front kick yoko geri keage - side snap kick yoko geri kekomi - side thrust
kick fumakomi
- stomp kick mika zuki geri - crescent kick mawashi geri - round kick tobi geri - jump kick ni mae geri - double front kick ushiro geri kekomi - back thrust kick | KATA TERMS :
gedan-barai - down block chudan oi zuki - middle lunge
punch chudan uchi uke - inside outward block tetsui zuki - hammer fist strike shuto
uke - sword hand block shuto zuki - sword hand strike tai-sabaki
- body shifting jodan oi zuki - upper lunge punch jodan
age uke - upper rising block yoko geri keage - side snapping kick mae geri keage
- front snapping kick chudan uraken - middle back fist chudan
nukite zuki - middle spear hand strike chudan gyaku zuki - middle reverse
punch morote chudan uchi uke - augmented middle inside outward block jodan
soto uke - upper forearm strike morote gedan uchi uke - augmented lower inside outward
block morote shita zuki
- augmented upper inverted punch chudan teisho yoko uke - middle side palm heel block chudan
yoko zuki - middle side punch ni jodan shita zuki - double inverted upper punch chudan tsukami uke - middle grasping
block chudan osae uke
- middle pressing block chudan mae empi uchi - middle forward elbow strike chudan
keito uke - middle chicken head block hitosashiyubi gedan nukite - lower index finger
spear hand shuto gedan barai - lower sword hand strike washide jodan uchi - upper eagle strike jodan
mae geri keage - upper front snapping kick chudan uraken - middle back fist chudan hiza geri - middle knee
strike chudan mika zuki geri - middle crescent kick chudan mawashi zuki - middle round house punch jodan
shuto juji uke - upper open hand X block ni yoko chudan zuki - double middle side punch chudan-tate-shuto-uchi-uke -middle
level vertical inside outward sword hand block chudan choku zuki - middle straight punch ni
jodan uke - double rising block hidari ashi dachi - left legged stance chudan uchi otoshi - middle falling
block jodan yoko uchi barai - upper side sweeping block sho koko bo uke - tiger mouth block chudan
oi zuki maeude hineri - middle lunge punch with turning forearm jodan tate mawashi uchi - upper
vertical roundhouse strike naname shita ni oshinobasu - double downward oblique push gedan
gassho uke - lower double palm heel block sankaku tobi - triangle jump chudan nakadaka ippon ken - middle
one knuckle strike jodan age nihon nukite-zuki - upper two finger spear hand strike haishu
uke - back hand block jodan
kensei - upper palm feint | 