Musubi-dachi
informal attention stance, feet turned out

Hachiji-dachi
open-leg stance

Uchi-hachiji-dachi
inverted open-leg stance

Heiko-dachi
parallel stance

Teiji-dachi
T stance

Renoji-dachi
L stance

Zenkutsu-dachi
front stance

Kokutsu-dachi
back stance

Kiba-dachi
straddle-leg stance

Shiko-dachi
square stance

Fudo-dachi
rooted stance

Neko-ashi-dachi
cat stance

Sanchin-dachi
hour-glass stance

Hangetsu-dachi
half-moon stance

Shizen-tai
natural position

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Uraken
back-fist

Tettsui
iron hammer

Ippon-ken
one-knuckle fist

Nakadaka Ippon-ken
middle-finger one-knuckle fist

Hiraken
fore-knuckle fist

Kaisho
open hand

Shuto
knife hand

Haito
ridge-hand

Haishu
back-hand

Nukite
spear-hand

Teisho
palm-heel

Seiryuto
ox-jaw hand

Kumade
bear-hand

Kakuto
bent-wrist

Keito
chicken-head wrist

Washide
eagle-hand

Wan
arm

Empi
elbow

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TSUKI - punching

Choku-Zuki
straight punch

Gyaku-zuki
reverse punch

Oi-zuki
lunge punch

Ren-zuki
alternate punching

Dan-zuki
consecutive punching

Morote-zuki
double-fist punch

Tate-zuki
vertical-fist punch

Age-zuki
rising punch

Ura-zuki
close punch

Mawashi-zuki
roundhouse punch

Kagi-zuki
hook punch

Yama-zuki
wide U-punch

Awase-zuki
U-punch

Heiko-zuki
parallel punch

Hasami-zuki
scissors punch

Kizami-zuki
jab

Nagashi-zuki
flowing punch

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Uraken-uchi
back-fist strike

Tettsui-uchi
hammer-fist strike

Empi-uchi
elbow strike

Mae-Empi-uchi
forward elbow strike

Yoko-empi-uchi
side elbow strike

Ushiro-Empi-uchi
back elbow strike

Yoko-Mawashi-Empi-uchi
side-round elbow strike

Tate-Empi-uchi
upward elbow strike

Otoshi-Empi-uchi
downward elbow strike

Shuto-uchi
knife-hand strike


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Age-uke
upper block

Soto-uke
outside forearm block

Uchi-uke
inside forearm block

Otoshi-uke
dropping block

Gedan-barai (uke)
downward block

Shuto-uke
knife-hand block

Tate-shuto-uke
vertical knife-hand block

kake-shuto-uke
hooking knife-hand block

Haishu-uke
back-hand block

Kakuto-uke
bent-wrist block

Keito-uke
chicken-head wrist block

Seiryuto-uke
ox-jaw block

Teisho-uke
palm-heel block

Haiwan-nagashi-uke
back-arm sweeping block

Te-nagashi-uke
hand sweeping block

Te-osae-uke
hand pressing block

Tekubi-kake-uke
wrist-hook block

Maeude-hineri-uke
forearm twist block

Maeude-deai-osae-uke
forearm pressing block

Morote-uke
augmented forearm block

Juji-uke
X-block

Sokumen-awase-uke
side combined block

Morote-tsukami-uke
two-handed grasping block

Kakiwaki-uke
reverse wedge block

Gedan-kake-uke
downward hooking block

Sukui-uke
scooping block

Morote-sukui-uke
two-handed scooping block

Teisho-awase-uke
combined palm-heel block

Sokutei-mawashi-uke
circular sole block

Sokutei-osae-uke
pressing block with sole

Sokuto-osae-uke
pressing block with foot edge

Ashikubi-kake-uke
ankle hooking block
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Koshi
ball of the foot

Sokuto
foot edge

Kakato
heel

Haisoku
instep

Tsumasaki
tips of toes

Hizagashira
knee

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KERI - kicking

keage
snap kick

kekomi
thrust kick

Mae-geri
front kick

Yoko-geri
side kick

Mawashi-geri
round kick

Fumikiri
cutting kick

Fumikomi
stamping kick

Gyaku-mawashi-geri
reverse round kick

Mikazuki-geri
crescent kick

Ushiro-geri
back kick

Tobi-geri
jump kick

Mae-tobi-geri
jumping front kick

Yoko-tobi-geri
jumping side kick

Nidan-tobi-geri
jumping double kick

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KATA

HEIAN peaceful mind

BASSAI to penetrate a fortress

KANKU to look at the sky

EMPI flying swallow

GANKAKU crane on a rock

JITTE ten hands

HANGETSU half-moon

TEKKI horse riding

JION Jion-ji is a famous Buddhist temple

SOCHIN immovable in the face of danger

CHINTE Chinese hands

JIIN temple grounds

NIJUSHIHO twenty four steps

MEIKYO polished mirror

UNSU hands in the cloud

WANKAN king's crown

GOJUSHIHO fifty four steps

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I
Ikken hissatsu to kill with one blow
Inyo active and passive
Ippon-ken one-knuckle fist
Ippon-ken zuki one-knuckle-fist straight punch

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J
Jinchu point just below the nose
Jiyu-kumite free-style sparring
Jodan face area
Jodan-age-uke upper block against head attack
Jodan-choku-zuki upper straight punch
Jodan-kekomi thrust kick to face
Jodan-mae-geri front kick to face
Joho upward
Jo-sokutei raised sole
Juji-uke X-block

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K
Kagi-zuki hook punch
Kaho downward
Kaisho open hand
kakato heel
Kake-shuto-uke hooking knife-hand block
Kake-uke hooking block
Kakiwaki-oroshi downward thrust
Kakiwaki-uke reverse wedge block
kakuto bent wrist
Kakuto-uke bent-wrist block
Kamae posture, position
Kamaeru take a posture
Kanku "viewing the sky" kata form
Kasumi temple
Karate empty-hand fighting
Karate-ka practitioner of karate
Kata shoulder
Kata forms
Kazasu hold aloft
Keage snap kick
Kebanashi kick off
Keitai no hoji correct positioning
Keito chicken-head wrist
Keito-uke chicken-head-wrist block
Kekomi thrust kick
Ken fist
Kendo sword fighting
Kentsui fist-hammer
Kentsui-uchi fist-hammer strike
Keri kicking
Keri-waza kicking techniques
Kesa-geri diagonal kick
Ki life force
Kiai shout - literally "spirit meeting"
Kiba-dachi straddle-leg stance
Kigamae mental preparation
Kihon kumite basic sparring
Kime focus of technique
Kizami-zuki jab
Ko back of fist/hand
Koho back direction
Koko tiger mouth
Kokutsu-dachi back stance
Kokyu breathing
Konjaku ancient and modern, past and present
Kosa cross
Kosa-dachi cross feet stance
Koshi hip
Ko-shi ball of the foot
Kubi neck
Kumade bear-hand
Kumite sparring
Kuzushi crushing (the enemy)
Kyodo movement
Kyogi kumite kumite match

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M
Ma-ai distancing
Mae-ashi-geri front leg kick
Mae-empi-uchi forward elbow strike
Mae-geri front kick
Mae-geri-keage front snap kick
Mae-geri-kekomi front thust kick
Mae-hiji-ate forward elbow strike
Mae-muki facing to the front
Mae-tobi-geri jumping front kick
Maeude-deai-osae forearm pressing block
Maeude-hineri-uke forearm twist block
Makiwara punching board
Mawashi-geri roundhouse kick
Mawashi-zuki roundhouse punch
Migamae physical readiness
Migi right
Mikazuki-geri crescent kick
Mimi ear
Miru look
Morote-sukui-uke two-handed scooping block
Morote-tsukami-uke two handed grasping block
Morote-uke augmented forearm block
Morote-zuki double-fist punch
Mune chest
Musubi-dachi informal attention stance, feet turned out

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R
Rei bow
Reinoji-dachi L-stance
Renzoku-geri combination kick
Renzuki alternate punching
Ryo both
Ryo koshi both sides
Ryo-sho-awase hands together
Ryo-sho sokumen-uke side block with both
hands
Ryo soku both sides
Ryu school

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S
Sabaki stepping and dodging
Saho etiquette
Saho left direction
Sanchin-dachi hour-glass stance
Sankaku-tobi triangle jump
Sanren-zuki (Sanbon) three consecutive
punches
Seiken fore-fist
Seiken-choku-zuki fore-fist straight punch
Seiryuto ox-jaw hand
Seiryuto-uke ox-jaw block
Shiai actual combat
Shiai kumite contest combat
Shiho-wari breaking boards on four sides to
test power
Shiko-dachi square stance
Shin spirit
Shita-muki facing forward
Shita-ni down, under
Shittsui knee-hammer
Shizen-tai natural position
Sho hand, palm
Shomen front, main wall
Shubo arm-stick
Shuto knife hand
Shuto-uchi knife-hand strike
Shuto-uke knife-hand block
Shu-wan palm arm
Sochin-dachi diagonal straddle-leg stance
Soeru attach
Sokuho side
Sokumen side
Sokumen-awase-uke side two hand block
Sokutei-mawashi-uke circular sole block
Sokutei-osae-uke pressing block with sole
Sokuto foot edge, sword foot
Sokuto-keage snap kick with foot edge
Sokuto-osae-uke pressing block with foot edge
Sono mama as it is
Soto muki facing outward
Soto-uke block from outside inward with
bottom of wrist
Suigetsu solar plexus
Suki opening
Sukui-uke scooping block
Sun unit of length, about three centimeters
Sun-dome to arrest a technique just before contact

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T
Tachikata stance
Tai no shinshuku degree of expansion or
contraction
Tameshi-wara test of technique's power
Tanden navel, centre of gravity
Tate-empi-uchi upward elbow strike
Tate-hiji-ate upward elbow strike
Tate-shuto-uke vertical knife-hand block
Tate-zuki vertical fist punch
Te hand
Teiji-dachi T-stance
Teisho palm-heel
Teisho-awase-uke combined palm-heel block
Teisho-uchi palm-heel strike
Teishio-uke palm-heel block
Teisho-zuki palm-heel punch
Tekubi-kake-uke wrist-hook block
Te-nagashi-uke hand sweeping block
Te-osae-uke hand pressing block
Tobi-geri jump kick
Tobi-yoko-geri jumping side kick
Tsukami-uke grasping block
Tsukamiyose grasp-pull
Tsuki punching
Tzuki-waza punching techniques
Tsukidashi thrust
Tsumasaki tips of toes
Tsuyoku strongly
Tyakugan aiming points

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U
Uchi striking
Uchigawa inside, inner side
Uchi-hachiji-dachi inverted open-leg stance
Uchi-uke block from inside outward
Uchi-waza striking techniques
Ude forearm
Ude-uke forearm block
Ue muki facing upward
Uho right direction
Uke blocking
Uke kamae block posture
Unsoku moving and stepping
Uraken back-fist
Uraken-uchi back-fist strike
Ura-zuki close punch
Ushiro back, rear
Ushiro-ashi-geri rear-leg kick
Ushiro-empi-uchi back elbow strike
Ushiro-geri back kick
Ushiro-hiji-ate back elbow strike

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W
Wan arm
Wanto arm sword
Washide eagle hand
Waza no kankyu speed of movement

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Y
Yama-zuki wide U-punch
Yoi readiness
Yoi no kisen spirit of getting ready
Yoko side
Yoko-empi-uchi side elbow strike
Yoko-geri side kick
Yoko-geri-keage side snap kick
Yoko-geri-kekomi side thrust kick
Yoko-hiji-ate side elbow strike
Yoko-kekomi side thrust kick
Yoko-mawashi-empi-uchi side-round elbow
strike
Yoko-mawashi-hiji-ate side-round elbow strike
Yoko-tobi-geri jumping side kick
Yomi perceptivity
Yori-ashi sliding the feet

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Z
Zanshin state of relaxed alertness
Zenkutsu-dachi forward stance
Zenpo front direction

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