| Japanese Terms: Intermediate (Green, Blue and Purple Belts) |
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JAPANESE TERMS COMMONLY USED IN INTERMEDIATE KARATE CLASS, 5TH KYU, GREEN BELT Aite - Training partner Gyaku - Reverse, rear leg or arm Hidari - Left Kamaete - Command to get into position. Usually preceded with a clarifying statement, example: Hidari ashi mae, kamaete! (left foot forward, get into position!) Ken - Weapon, can refer to sword, hand, fist. Kizami - Snapping, a quick snapping forward motion Kobayashi - Small forest, branch of Shorinryu Karate led by Chibana Sensei Kosa Dachi - Cross stance, seen in Pinan Shodan Mae - Front; facing the front of the dojo, centerline of your opponent, or the first direction in kata. Maekan - Front leg or arm Migi - Right, to your right, migi te is right hand Mudansha - Belt ranks below Black Belt Oshi Fumikomi - “Pushing stomping”, push stepping Semete - An attacking person, term used in karate, opposite of Ukete Shiho Ashi Sabaki - Four-way foot movement, moving in four directions Shorinryu - Small forest, name of Shuri-te by 1900. Shuri-te - Shuri hand, the original name for the karate of Shuri Castle in Okinawa Shuto Uke - Knife hand block Taikioku - First course, first lesson, used for a beginner practice pattern to prepare for Pinan Kata, not an origional Shorinryu kata, a basic pattern used by many styles for practice. Tori - Training partner who attacks you with a grab, a term used in Judo Uke - Block Ukete - Person receiving an attack Uraken - Inverted fist Ushiro - Back, behind you Ushiro Mawashigeri - Back round kick, spinning back kick RANKS BELOW BLACK BELT (MUDANSHA)
JAPANESE TERMS COMMONLY USED IN INTRMEDIATE KARATE CLASS, 4TH KYU, BLUE BELT Shizentai - Standing naturally, knees relaxed, not bent. Heiko (parallel) is a type of Shizentai. In our style, we often use Heiko Dachi and Shizentai as the same thing. Tai Sabaki - Body movement, strategic movement off the opponent's attack line to gain advantage Hiraki Ashi - Open stepping, pivot by weighting your front foot, and turning with the back foot. Tettsui Uchi - Iron hammer strike, hammer fist Ura Mawashi Geri - Reverse round kick, hook kick Ushiro Mawashi Geri - "Back turning kick"' spinning back kick Kin Geri - Top of foot kick, usually go groin (Mata Kin Geri) Pinan - Okinawa Hogen word for peaceful mind Keage - Snapping. Example: Maegeri Kiage (front snap kick) Kekomi - Thrusting. Example: Maegeri Kekomi (front thrust kick) Ippon Kumite - One full point wins the match Wazari - Minor point, credit for the point, but not enough for an Ippon Chakugan - Focus of attention with the eyes Maai - “Interval” the moment when the perfect timing and distance exist together, the go zone,the place where the attack will be most effective. Kime - Focus of power, focus of the technique Kiai - “Energy release” The karate yell (or breath) that can unbalance an opponent, prepare your body for contact, and add speed and power to your technique, Isshin - One mind; the state that exists when striking with Chakugan, Maai, Kiai, and Kime. Zanshin - Remaining mind, leaving the moment of isshin and returning to the open state of mind, not concentrating on any one thing, ready. RANKS ABOVE BLACK BELT (JUDANSHA)
JAPANESE TERMS COMMONLY USED IN INTERMEDIATE KARATE CLASS, 3RD KYU, PURPLE BELT Gedan Barai - Lower sweep (as Gedan Uke) Hiraki Ashi - Pivot step Kote Kitae - Wrist toughening, forearm conditioning Ni Ren Tsuki - Two continuous punches (Sanren is 3 continuous, etc.) Oshi Fumikomi - Push step Tai Sabaki - Body movement, shifting off semete’s attack line Tsugi Ashi - Shuffle step, back foot first PART OF THE BODY Ashi - Foot, can also mean leg and foot Atama - Head Chichi - Nipple Gamaku - Okinawan Hogen term for hips. Can apply to hip movement, or the top point on the hip (pelvis bone) where the hand returns in Hiki Te Haito - Ridge hand, “back knife” Hara - Mid-section; ribs to pelvis, abdomen Hiji - Elbow Hitai - Forehead Kata - Shoulder Kentsui - Hammer fist Ken - Closed fist Koshi - Hips, sides Koshi - Hips, sides Mata - Groin area, inside of thigh Momo - Thigh Mune - Chest Nukite - Spear hand (aka shihon nukite: four-finger spear hand) Onaka - Stomach/belly Sakotsu - Collarbone Seiken - Fore fist Seiken - Fore fist Tanden - The center of gravity in the lower abdomen, just below the navel Teisho - Heel of the palm Te - Hand Ude - Forearm Uraken - Back fist Waki - Armpits Yubi - Finger or toe
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