. Japanese Glossary-Poway Shotokan |
| Sensei Juan Os sensei. Arigato gozaimashita: Thank you very much. O negai shimasu: Please practice with me. Seiza: Formal bow Obi: Tie belt Commands Hajime: start Yame: finish Yoi: ready Kamae: ready for action stance Hei-soku-dachi: closed feet stance with feet touching Zen-kutsu(-dachi): forward stance (stance with front leg bent) Kiba-dachi: straddle-leg stance Ko-kutsu -dachi: back stance Kosa-dachi: crossed feet stance Shizen-tai: natural stance Zan-shin: mental follow through Techniques Tsuki: punch Age-uke: rising block Soto-uke: outward block with radial side of wrist Ge-dan: low section Ge-dan-barai: downward sweeping block Gyaku: reverse, opposite Gyaku-zuki: reverse punch Chu-dan: mid-section Chu-dan-zuki: punch to the mid-section. Empi: elbow (strike) Ren-zuki: two consecutive punches Shu-to-uke: block with hand Uchi-uke: inward block with side of wrist Nuki-te: three finger thrust Mae: front, forward Mae-geri: front kick Jodan: upper section (face) Mawashi-geri: roundhouse kick Ushiro-geri: back kick Yoko geri keage: side snap kick Yoko geri kekomi: side thrust Kick Ni-dan-geri: jumping double (front) kick |
Shiro: white 1 ichi Aka: red 2 ni Kogeki: offense side 3 san Uke: defense side 4 shi Kata: forms 5 go Kumite: sparring 6 roku 7 hichi 8 hachi 9 kiu 10 jyu |