Numbers

• ichi – one
  ni – two
  san – three
  shi – four
  go – five
  roku – six
  shichi – seven
  hachi – eight
  ku – nine
  ju – ten

Commands

• yoi – ready
  kamaette – take stance
  naotte – return to ready stance
  yame – stop, finish
  yasume – relax, rest
  mawatte – turn
  mokuso – meditation
  mokuso yame- end of meditation
  hajime – begin
  kiai irite – to shout

Techniques

• tsuki – punch
  uchi – strike
  oi tsuki – lunge punch
  gyaku tsuki – reverse punch
  uchikomi – driving punch
  uke – block
  barai – parry
  keage – high lift
  keri – kick
  dachi – stance
  oi geri – step and kick
  tobi – jumping or flying

Positions

• soto – outside
  uchi – inside
  mawashi – roundhouse
  ushiro – back
  sayu – both sides
  yoko – side
  gyaku – reverse
  migi – right
  hidari – left
  hanmi – half-body
  yonju go do – 45 degree

Weapons

• Hands:

seiken – forefist
uraken – backhand
shuto – knife hand
nukite – spear hand
koken – wrist
shotei – palm heel
tettsui – hammer fist
kote – forearm
hiji – elbow

• Feet:
  chusoku – ball of foot
  haisoku – instep
  sokuto – knife edge
  hiza – knee
  kakato – heel
  teisoku – arch
  sune – shin

Stances

• keri no kamae – kick stance
  yoi/fudo dachi – ready stance
  sanchin dachi -pigeontoe stance
  zenkutsu dachi – front leaning
  kokutsu dachi – back leaning
  kiba dachi – horse stance
  musubi dachi – heel together
  heisoku dachi – feet together
  shiko dachi – sumo stance
  kumite no kamae – fighting stance

Kata

• Shoshinsha – beginner’s form
  Kihon – basic form
  Kumite – fighting form
  Nage – throwing form
  Jissen – real fight form

Punches

• seiken chudan tsuki – forefist middle punch
  seiken jodan tsuki – forefist upper punch
  seiken ago uchi – forefist chin strike
  seiken shita tsuki – forefist upper punch
  uraken ganmen uchi – backhand face strike
  uraken sayu uchi – backhand side strike
  uraken hizo uchi – backhand liver strike
  uraken mawashi uchi – backhand round strike
  shuto ganmen uchi – knife hand strike to face
  shuto hizo uchi – knife hand strike to liver
  shuto sakotsu uchi – knife hand strike to collarbone
  shuto sakotsu uchikomi – driving knife hand strike to collarbone
  age tsuki – upper punch
  kagi tsuki – hook punch
  hiji uchi – elbow strike
  hiji age uchi – rising elbow strike
  hiji otoshi uchi – descending elbow strike
  jun tsuki – punch to side
  tettsui uchi – hammer fist strike

Blocks

• jodan uke – upper block
  chudan soto uke – outside block
  chudan uchi uke – inside block
  gedan barai – lower parry
  mawashi uke – roundhouse block
  kake uke – hook (neck) block
  juji uke – cross block
  shuto uke – knife hand block
  shotei uke – palm-heel block
  enkei – circle block
  hikkake – leg-hook block
  hiji-hiza uke – elbow-knee block
  nagashi-uke – absorbing block
  oshi-age uke – pushing rising block

Kicks

• mae keage – straight front high lift
  mae geri – front kick
  mawashi geri – roundhouse kick
  sankaku geri – triangle kick
  hiza geri – knee kick
  kin geri – groin kick
  yoko keage – side high lift
  yoko geri – side kick
  kansetsu geri – joint kick
  ushiro geri – back kick
  kakato geri – heel kick
  kake geri – hook kick
  ushiro mawashi kake geri – spinning back hook kick
  uchimomo geri – inside low kick
  jikuashi geri – sweep kick to supporting leg

Miscellaneous

• mae mawari – turning forwards
  ushiro mawari – turning backwards
  makikomi nage – forward throw
  uranage – backwards throw
  todome – “finishing touch”
  kime – focus, finish off
  kerikomi – step-in & kick
  iremi – body moving in
  kyushu – skip away to absorb impact
  mikiri – judging distance
  nihon tsuki – double punch
  sanbon tsuki – triple punch
  seika tanden – body between groin & navel
  hiki taoshi – pull down
  dojo – training room
  dogi – training uniform
  obi – belt
  dogi naoshite – tidy your uniform
  misete kudasai – please show me