TERMINOLOGY

Here are name of some of the techniques and terms normally used in Karate listed in Japanese language and explained in English.

NUMBERS

Ichi	Ni	San	Shi	Go	Roku	Sichi	Hachi	Ku	Ju
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

COMMON TERM

JAPANESE	DESCRIPTION	JAPANESE	DESCRIPTION
Karate	Empty hand	Karate-do	The way of karate
Sensei	Instructor	Samurai	Warrior
Bushido	Code of the warior	Budo	Martial Arts
Dojo	Training hall	Gi	Training suit
Obi	Belt	Lei	Bow
Oohs	Greeting	Hikite	Retract arm
Kiai	Yell	Shomen-ni-lei	Bow to the front
Sensei-ni-lei	Bow to senior instructor	Shihan-ni-lei	Bow to master
Otaga-ni-lei	Bow to each other	Sempei-ni-lei	Bow to senior
Yame	Stop	Yoi	Ready
Hajime	Start	Yasume	Rest
Kyu	Grades other than black belt (e.g. 6th kyu = white belt, etc.	Dan	Black belt degrees or levels
Shomen	Front	Gedan	Lower
Chudan	Middle	Jodan	Upper
Mokuso	Meditation	Seiza	Formal sitting position
Ki	Internal power	Kime	Focus
Tanden	Lower abdomen	Zanshin	State of mind and body - calm but fully aware.
Kata	Pre-arranged fighting forms	Kihon kumite	Basic pre-arrranged fighting practice
Jiyu ippon kumite	One-step free-style fighting practice	Jiyu kumite	Free sparring
Ippon kumite	One point free-style sparring	Sanbon Kumite	Three point free-style sparring

TECHNIQUES - BASIC (WHITE AND YELLOW BELTS)

Blocks (Uke)		Punches (Tsuki)
Harai uke	Downward block	Shomen tsuki	Basic front punch
Yoko uke	Inside middle block	Gyaku tsuki	Reverse punch
Jodan uke	Upper block	Oi tsuki	Lunge punch
Sukui uke	Scooping block
Shuto uke	Knife-hand block
Hand strikes (Uchi)		Kicks (Geri)
Shuto	Knife-hand strike	Mae (Shomen) geri	Front kick
Uraken	Back fist strike (jab)	Sukuto geri	Side kick
Empi uchi	Forearm elbow strike	Mawashi geri	Roundhouse kick
Ura uchi	Back fist
		Stances (Dachi)
		Heisoku dachi	Attention
		Shizen dachi	Natural stance
		Shiko dachi	Sumo stance
		Zenkutsu dachi	Forward stance
		Neko ashi dachi	Cat stance
		Sanchin dachi	Inward tension stance
		Musube dachi	Informal attention
		Kiba dachi	Straddle (horse) stance