Glossary Flashcards
Ai
To meet
Ai hanmi
Both partners assume the same stance, both right or both left
Aiki nage
Special kind of breath throw
Anza
Sitting cross-legged
Arigato gozai mashita
Thank you very much
Atemi
Strike or hit
Aya
Cross
Aya mochi
Cross hand grasp
Bango hajime
Begin counting
Bokken
Wooden sword
Bokken motoe
Put bokken away
Bokken yoi
Get your bokken ready
Buki waza
Weapons techniques
Chikara o nuku
Relax
Choyaku undo
Jumping in place
Chudan
Middle level
Chushin
Center
Dai
Number
Dai ichi kihon waza
1st basic technique
Dai ni kihon waza
2nd basic technique
Dai san kihon waza
3rd basic technique
Dame
Wrong/ bad/ not permitted
Do
Way (or path)
Dogi
Training uniform
Dojo
Place of the way
Dosa
Movement
Embu
Demonstration
Eri mochi
Collar grasp
Gaeshi
Reversal or change (direction)
Gambatte
Give it your all
Gomenasai
I’m sorry
Ganmen zuki
Face thrust
Gawa
Side
Gorei
Command
Gyaku
Reverse
Gyaku hanmi
Both partners assume opposite stances, one right, the other left
Hajime
Begin
Hajime kara
From the beginning
Hakama
Divided skirt
Hanmi
Standing position in which one foot is forward, often used interchangeably with kamae
Hanmi handachi
Shite seated, uke standing
Hantai
Opposite
Happo giri
Eight direction cut with sword
Hasso
Sword held vertically above shoulder
Hayai
Quickly
Hidari
Left
Hiji
Elbow
Hiji ate kokyu nage
Hitting elbow breath throw
Hiji mochi
Elbow grasp
Hiji shime
Elbow lock
Hiji osae
Elbow control
Hiriki no yosei
Elbow power
Hiza
Knee
Hojo dosa
Supplementary movement
Hyaku hachi ju do kaiten
180 degree pivot
Ichi ni suite
Everyone to their place
Ikkajo osae
First control
Irimi
Entering movement
Irimi nage
Entering throw
Irimi zuki
Step in thrust
Itai
Ouch/it hurts
Jiyu waza
Freestyle techniques
Jo
Wooden staff
Jodan
Upper level
Juji nage
Arm cross throw
Jushin
Weight
Jushin no ido
Weight change/shifting
Kagami
Window
Kaiten
Pivot
Kaiten nage
Rotary throw/ pivoting throw
Kakari geiko
Group training
Kamae
Basic stance
Kancho
Head of school
Kangeiko
Period of intensive training on winter’s coldest days to build spirit
Kata
Shoulder
Katate aya mochi
Cross wrist grasp
Katate mochi
One handed grasp
Keiko
Training
Keiko shuryo
Class dismissed
Ken
Sword
Kenshu
Intensive/research training
Kenshusei
Student practicing intensive training
Kesa giri
Diagonal cut
Ki
Spirit; unified energy of all one’s powers, mental, physical, and spiritual
Kiai
Spirit shout
Kihon
Basic
Kihon dosa
Basic movements
Kihon waza
Basic techniques
Kime waza
Locking techniques
Ki o tsuke
Attention!