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karate do - empty handed way shihan - master sempai - senior student kohai - junior student |
dojo - training hall obi - belt seiza - kneel mokuso - meditate rei - bow |
yoi - ready hajime - begin yame - stop naote - relax hidari - left |
migi - right jodan - upper chudan - middle gedan - lower dachi - stance |
zuki - punch uchi - strike uke - block geri - kick tai sabaki - body shifting yori ashi - foot shifting |
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jodan age uke - upper rising block jodan tetsui zuki - upper hammer fist |
gedan uke - lower block kake wake uke - reverse wedge block |
haishu-uke - back hand block soto uke - inward middle block |
uchi uke - outward middle block morote uke - augmented block |
teisho oshi uke - pressing palm heal block shuto-uke - sword hand block juji-uke - X block |
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zenkutsu dachi - front stance |
kokutsu dachi - back stance |
kiba dachi - horse stance |
fudo dachi - rooted stance neko ashi dachi - cat stance |
hangetsu dachi - hourglass stance |
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kazama zuki - jab choku zuki - straight punch oi zuki - lunge punch |
gyaku zuki - reverse punch yama zuki - mountain punch yoko zuki - side punch |
shita zuki - inverted punch ippon ken - one knuckle strike uraken - back fist |
tetsui - hammer fist empi uchi - elbow strike nukite-zuki - spear hand strike |
shuto - knife hand shuto-zuki - sword hand strike |
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hiza geri - knee strike mae geri - front kick |
yoko geri keage - side snap kick yoko geri kekomi - side thrust kick |
fumakomi - stomp kick mika zuki geri - crescent kick |
mawashi geri - round kick tobi geri - jump kick |
ni mae geri - double front kick ushiro geri kekomi - back thrust kick |
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gedan-barai - down block chudan oi zuki - middle lunge punch chudan uchi uke - inside outward block tetsui zuki - hammer fist strike shuto uke - sword hand block shuto zuki - sword hand strike gedan-barai - down block tai-sabaki - body shifting jodan oi zuki - upper lunge punch jodan age uke - upper rising block yoko geri keage - side snapping kick mae geri keage - front snapping kick chudan uraken - middle back fist chudan nukite zuki - middle spear hand strike chudan gyaku zuki - middle reverse punch |
morote chudan uchi uke - augmented middle inside outward block jodan soto uke - upper forearm strike morote gedan uchi uke - augmented lower inside outward block morote shita zuki - augmented upper inverted punch chudan teisho yoko uke - middle side palm heel block chudan yoko zuki - middle side punch ni jodan shita zuki - double inverted upper punch chudan tsukami uke - middle grasping block chudan osae uke - middle pressing block chudan mae empi uchi - middle forward elbow strike chudan keito uke - middle chicken head block hitosashiyubi gedan nukite - lower index finger spear hand shuto gedan barai - lower sword hand strike washide jodan uchi - upper eagle strike jodan mae geri keage - upper front snapping kick chudan uraken - middle back fist chudan hiza geri - middle knee strike chudan mika zuki geri - middle crescent kick chudan mawashi zuki - middle round house punch |
jodan shuto juji uke - upper open hand X block ni yoko chudan zuki - double middle side punch chudan-tate-shuto-uchi-uke -middle level vertical inside outward sword hand block chudan choku zuki - middle straight punch ni jodan uke - double rising block hidari ashi dachi - left legged stance chudan uchi otoshi - middle falling block jodan yoko uchi barai - upper side sweeping block sho koko bo uke - tiger mouth block chudan oi zuki maeude hineri - middle lunge punch with turning forearm jodan tate mawashi uchi - upper vertical roundhouse strike naname shita ni oshinobasu - double downward oblique push gedan gassho uke - lower double palm heel block sankaku tobi - triangle jump chudan nakadaka ippon ken - middle one knuckle strike jodan age nihon nukite-zuki - upper two finger spear hand strike haishu uke - back hand block jodan kensei - upper palm feint |