GENERAL TERMS:
karate do - empty handed way
shihan - master
sensei - teacher
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
STRIKES :
kazama zuki - jab
choku zuki - straight punch
oi zuki - lunge punch
gyaku zuki - reverse punch
yama zuki - mountain punch
yoko zuki - side punch
***a zuki - inverted punch
uraken - back fist
tetsui - hammer fist
empi uchi - elbow strike
nukite-zuki - spear hand strike
shuto - knife hand
shuto-zuki - sword hand strike
BLOCKS :
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

juji-uke - X block
STANCES :
zenkutsu dachi - front stance
kokutsu dachi - back stance
kiba dachi - horse stance
neko ashi dachi - cat stance
hangetsu dachi - hourglass stance
KICKS :
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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