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 :
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