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age-uke jodan |
rising block with forearm above head |
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ashi-barai |
sweeping ankle throw, foot sweep |
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choku-zuki |
straight punch |
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ch’uan fa |
‘fist way’ |
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chudan |
target area above waist but not head |
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chudan uke |
middle area block, usually with forearm |
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dojo |
training hall |
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fumikomi |
stamping kick |
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fumi-waza |
stamping techniques |
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gedan |
target area below waist |
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gedan barai |
downward block |
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geta |
clogs |
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gyaku-zuki |
reverse or counter punch |
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hachiji-dachi |
open-leg stance |
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hangetsu-dachi |
wide hour-glass stance, toes turned in |
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haishu |
back hand |
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haishu-uchi |
back hand strike |
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haishu-uke |
back hand block |
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haisoku |
instep |
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haito |
ridge hand, index finger edge of hand |
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haito-uchi |
ridge hand strike |
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hajime |
begin |
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heisoku-dach |
informal stance, feet parallel |
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hen-o |
responding |
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hijiate |
elbow strike |
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hiraken |
four-knuckle fist using second joint of fingers |
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hiraken-zuki |
four-knuckle fist straight punch |
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hittsui / hisa |
knee |
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hittsui-geri / hisa-geri |
knee kick |
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ippon-ken |
one-knuckle fist |
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ippon-ken-zuk |
one-knuckle fist, second knuckle protruding |
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ippon-nukite |
one-finger spear hand |
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jiyu-ippon-kumite |
semi-free one-blow sparring |
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jiyu-kumite |
free-style sparring |
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jodan |
target area above chest, to the head and face |
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juji-uke |
cross block |
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kage-zuki |
hook punch |
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kakato |
heel |
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kake-dachi |
one-legged stance, rear knee pressed into calf of front leg |
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kake-dameshi / shi-wari |
tests of strength, breaking wood, tiles etc. |
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kake-te |
hook hand |
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kake-uke |
hooking block |
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kake-waza |
hooking techniques |
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kakuto |
bent wrist |
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kakuto-uke |
bent wrist block |
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karate-gi |
training suit |
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kamae-te |
‘on guard’ |
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kansetsu-geri |
stamping or joint kick, as fumikomi |
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kata |
forms, pre-arranged excercises |
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keito |
chicken-head wrist, formed with thumb and forefinger |
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keito-uke |
chicken-head wrist block |
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kempo |
‘fist way’, Chinese boxing |
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kendo |
‘way of the sword’ sword fighting |
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kentsui |
hammer fist with base of clenched fist |
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keri-waza |
kicking techniques |
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kiba-dachi |
straggle-leg stance, feet parallel |
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kihon kimite |
basic sparring, pre-arranged |
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kime |
focus or Ki, concentration of power |
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kin-ger |
groin kick |
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koko |
tiger-mouth, palm of hand |
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kokutsu-dachi |
back stance |
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koshi |
ball of the foot |
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kumade |
bear hand, fingers clawed |
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kumite |
sparring or combat |
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ma-ai |
distancing |
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mae-geri |
front kick |
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mae-geri-keage |
front snap kick |
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mae-geri-kekomi |
front thrust kick |
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mae-ken (tsuki) |
punch with hand nearest opponent |
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mae-tobi-geri |
flying front kick |
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makiwara |
punching board |
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mawate |
‘turning hand, order to turn around |
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mawashi-geri |
roundhouse kick |
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mawashi-zuki |
roundhouse punch |
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mawashi-uke |
circular block |
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mikazuki-geri |
crescent kick, with sole of foot |
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mikazuki-geri-uke |
crescent kick block |
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mine-uke |
back hand block, wrist bent |
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mizu-no-kokoro |
‘a mind like water’ |
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morote-uke |
two handed forearm block |
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morote-zuki |
double-fist punch |
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musubi-dachi |
stance with heels together toes apart |
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nagashi-uke |
sweeping block |
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nage-waza |
throwing techniques |
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nakadate-ippon-ken |
middle finger one-knuckle fist |
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nami-ashi |
inside snapping block with foot |
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neko-ashi-dachi |
cat stance |
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nihon nukite |
two-finger spear hand |
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nukite |
spearhand straight thrust |
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oi-zuki |
lunge punch |
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Okinawa-te |
‘Okinawa hands’, old form of Okinawan karate |
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osae-uke |
pressing block |
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sasae-uke |
two fisted block (see also morote-uke) |
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sanchin-dachi |
hour glass stance front foot turned in at 45 degrees |
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seiken |
fore-fist, part of fist used in normal punching |
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seiken-choku-zuki |
fore-fist straight punch |
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sensei |
instructor of school or dojo |
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seiryuto |
ox-jaw hand, actual part of hand used in Shukokai blocking (shuto) |
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seiza |
sitting back on heels |
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shihan |
chief instructor |
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shiko-dachi |
sumo stance, straggle leg toes slightly out |
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shizen-dachi |
open leg stance before ‘yoi’ |
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shizen-dachi-heiko |
‘yoi dachi’, ready stance |
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shiai |
refereed competition |
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shotei |
palm heel |
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shuto |
knife-hand, edge of hand |
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shuto-uchi |
knife-hand strike, classic karate ‘chop’ |
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shuto-uke |
knife-hand block |
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sochin-dachi |
diagonal straddle leg stance |
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sokuto |
foot edge |
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sokuto-geri |
side kick |
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sukui-geri |
scooping block |
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tasuna-uke |
block with little finger side of hand and forearm, palm turned to front |
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tateken-zuki |
vertical fist punch as in Shukokai face punch |
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teisho |
palm-heel |
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teisho-uchi |
palm-heel strike |
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teisho-uke |
palm-heel block |
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teisho-zuki |
palm-heel straight punch |
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teisoku |
sole |
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tettsui |
bottom fist or hammer fist (see kentsui) |
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tettsui-uke |
bottom-fist block |
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tettsui-uchi |
bottom-fist strike |
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tsukame-uke |
grasping block |
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tsuki-age |
rising punch / uppercut, similar as in boxing |
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tsuki-no-kokoro |
‘a mind like the moon’ |
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tsuki-uke |
punching block |
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tsuki-wasa |
punching techniques |
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uchi-otoshi |
dropping block, first move in Pinan Nidan |
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uchi-wasa |
striking techniques |
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ude |
forearm |
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ude-uke |
forearm block, as in chudan-ude-uke |
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uraken |
back fist strike |
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ura-zuki |
close punch, palm uppermost |
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ushiro-geri |
back kick |
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ushiro-geri-keage |
back snap kick |
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ushiro-geri-kekomi |
back thrust kick |
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ushiro-uchi |
hooking back heel kick |
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yama-zuki |
two handed U-punch as in ‘Bassai Dai’ |
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yame |
stop |
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yasume |
‘stand easy’, relax |
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yoko-geri |
side kick |
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yoko-geri-keage |
side snap kick |
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yoko-geri-kekomi |
side thrust kick |
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yoko-tobi-geri |
flying side kick |
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yoi |
‘ready' |
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yonhon-nukite |
spear hand four straight fingers |
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zanchin |
state of awareness |
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zenkutsu-dachi |
forward stance, extended standard stance |
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zuki/tsuki |
general term for a punch |
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