General Terms
DOJO
School or training location
KANCHO
Chief Instructor
SENSEI
Teacher or Instructor
SEMPAI
Assistant Teacher or Instructor
SEIZA
Formal sitting
REI
Bow
MOKUSO
Close your eyes
MOKUSO YAME
Open your eyes
AUTAGANI
Everybody
HAI
Yes
YOI
Ready stance - standing in parallel stance
KIAI
Shout of spirit
KIME
Ready or take position
HAJIME
Begin
YAME
Stop
TSUKI
Punch
UCHI
Strike
UKE
Block
GERI
Kick
JODAN
Head level
CHUDAN
Stomach level
GEDAN
Groin level
KATA
Pre-arranged techniques
KUMITE
Sparing, with an opponent
Strikes
Japanese
Pronounced
English
CHUDAN TSUKI
Chew-dan zoo-key
Stomach level punch
JODAN TSUKI
Joe-dan zoo-key
Head level punch
URA UCHI
Oo-Rar-oo-chi
Back fist strike
URA KEN
Oo-Rar-ken
Side back fist strike
HAITO UCHI
Hi-toe-oo-chi
Ridge hand strike
SHITA TSUKI
Sha-ta zoo-key
Short punch
HIJI ATE
Hid-gee a-tay
Rising elbow strike
MAWASHI EMPI
Ma-wash-ee em-pee
Round elbow strike
SHUTO UCHI
Shoe-toe-oo-chi
Knife hand strike
Kicks
MAE GERI
May ger-ee
Front kick
MAWASHI GERI
Ma-wash-ee ger-ee
Round kick
YOKO GERI
Yoh-koe ger-ee
Side kick
USHIRO GERI
Oh-shi-roh ger-ee
Back kick
Stances
HEIKO DACHI
Hay-kow-datch
Parallel stance
ZENKUTSU DACHI
Zen-koot-sue datch
Long forward stance
HUNZENKUTSU DACHI
Short fighting stance
KIBA DACHI
Ki-bah dutch
Horse riding stance
SHIKO DACHI
She-kow-datch
Sumo stance
KOKUTSU DACHI
Kow-koot-sue-datch
Back leaning stance
SANCHIN DACHI
Sun-shin-datch
Pigeon toed or hourglass stance
NEKOASHI DACHI
Neck-o-ashy-datch
Cat stance
Blocks
JODAN AGE UKE
Joe-dan a-geh oo-kay
Rising head level block
UCHI UKE
oo-chee oo-kay
Inside hooking block
SOTO UKE
Soh-toe oo-kay
Outside hooking block
GEDAN BARAI
Geh-dan barr-eye
Downwards block
GEDAN UKE
Geh-dan oo-kay
Sweeping block
CHUGE UKE
Chew-gi-oo-kay
Double block
KAKE UKE
Car-key-oo-kay
Open hand hooking block
MAWASHI UKE
Mar-washy-oo-kay
Round block
SHUTO UKE
Shoe-toe-oo-kay
Knife hand block
