Northstowe Karate Club
Shotokan Karate Terminology
Beginning and Finishing The lesson
- HAJIME MASU - let's begin
- OWARI MASU - let's finish
- SEIZA - kneel
- MOKUSO - close your eyes, meditate and breathe deeply, in through nose out through mouth
- KAI MOKU - open your eyes
- SHOMEN NI REI - bow to the front
- SENSEI NI REI - bow to each sensei
- OTAGANI REI - bow to each other
General
- KARATE - empty hand
- SHOTOKAN - Pine Waves Hall - SHOTO was Gichin Funakoshi Sensei's (founder of shotokan karate) pen name.
- OSS / OSU - Yes / I agree / I understand / I will try my best
- YAME - stop / finish
- YASUME - relax
- HAJIME - begin
- YOI - read
- HIDARI - left
- MIGI - right
- MAWATTE - turn
- KIHON - basics
- KUMITE - sparring
- KATA - forms
Counting
- ICHI / SHO - 1
- NI - 2
- SAN - 3
- SHI / YON - 4
- GO - 5
- ROKU - 6
- SHICHI / NANA - 7
- HACHI - 8
- KU - 9
- JYU - 10
- HYAKU - 100
Concepts
- HARA / TANDEN - center of mass / belly. True nature / energy center
- SASAE ASHI - supporting leg
- KOSHI KAITEN - hip rotation
Techniques
Punches - TSUKI
- CHOKU ZUKI - straight punch
- OI ZUKI - stepping punch
- GYAKU ZUKI - reverse punch
Blocks - UKE
- AGE UKE - rising block
- SOTO UKE - outside block
- GEDAN BARAI - lower sweep
- UCHI UKE - inside block
- SHUTO UKE - sword hand block
Kicks - KERI
- MAE GERI - front kick
- YOKO GERI KEGAGE - side snap kick
- YOKO GERI KEKOME - side thrust kick
- MAWASHI GERI - roundhouse kick
Fists - KEN
- URAKEN - back fist
- TETTSUI / KENTSUI - hammer / iron fist
Strikes - UCHI
- NUKITE - spear hand
- EMPI - elbow
- HIZA - knee
Stances - DACHI
- ZENKUTSU DACHI - front stance
- KOKUTSU DACHI - back stance
- KIBA DACHI - horse riding stance
- HACHIJI DACHI - natural stance (feet turned out)
- HEISOKU DACHI - feet together stance
- SHIZENTAI - natural position