Budo
Way of the warrior, Martial Arts. The character 'Bu' is made up
of the characters with the meaning 'to stop' and (a weapon like)
a 'hellebaard', what gives the character the meaning of "avoiding
violence".
Bunkai
Study of the techniques and applications in the Kata's
Chudan
Halfway-the-body-height
Dan
Rank or degree of a black belt. Ranks lower than the black belt
are called Kyu-degrees.
Do
'Way' (Chinese: Tao). In Karate Do: the individual searches for
a way to enlighten and improve the character by means of traditional
training
Dojo
'Place of the way' - Japanese training-place; the tradition dictates
to bow in the direction of the front of the Dojo (Shomen) when
one enters or leaves the dojo
Gedan
Groins-height
Geri
Kick
Gi
Karate suite
Go
'Hard'
Goju-ryu
'School of hard and soft', one of the most important styles of
Okinawa karate. Derived from Naha-te
Gyaku
Opponent
Hai
'Yes'
Han
Half
Hidari
Left
Hiza
Knee
Jodan
Facial-height
Ju
'Soft'
Kamae Stance
Both physically and mentally a strong stance
Kara
Empty
karate do
'Way of the empty hand', the Martial Art of Okinawa; it came to
Japan in 1922, it is a combination of Okinawa and Chinese martial
arts
Kata
'Form' (Japanese)
Ki
'energy / force of life', like the Chinese 'chi'
Ki-ai
'Mental meeting', the scream on the moment of a deadly punch,
when all the of someone is focussed, and one of the zes elements
of the kata
Kihon
Counting
Kumite Sparring
practice fight with an other student.
There are different
forms:
Awase Kumite
Ippon Kumite: one point sparring
Jiyu Kumite: free sparring
Gohon Kumite: 5 steps base sparring
Kihon Kumite: base sparring
Yakusoku Kumite
Kyu
Degree / rank for belt lower than black belt
Mae
Forwards
Mawashi
Round
Migi
Right
Mokuso
Meditation the training/lesson starts and ends with a short period
of meditation to empty the mind. It is an opportunity to become
conscious of the trained patterns of thinking and to adjust them,
eliminate them or redirect them.
Naha-te
Art of the hand as it was practiced in the city of Naha in Okinawa,
finally this became Goju-ryu Obi Belt
Okinawa 'An in the water thrown rope', the largest island and
capital of the Ryukyu archiple. Okinawa lies 550km southeast of
Japan, and 740km east of China, it is approximately 10km wide
and 110km long. The largest cities Naha, Shuri, and Tomari gave
their names to the unarmed fighting styles which were teached
in those cities
Rei
'Respect', synonymous for the bowing to show respect.
Tradition dictates that the junior person or the person with the
lower degree or the person who is a guest bows lower than the
other person
Seiza
Sitting position, Sitting on the knees
Senpai
the status sometimes given to a older/higher assistant by the
Sensei of a dojo. Generally the Senpai also trains himself to
become a Sensei
Sensei
Instructor Shibucho Chief-instructor of a country or continent.
The Japanese character "sen" means "ahead"
or "before." The character "sei" has the essence
of many meanings-"life,"
"birth," "pure," "genuine."
If the two characters
are put together,they form the word "sensei," which
is poorly translated as "teacher," and yet it is the
title given to those people who demand great respect.
Shomen
Front of the Dojo
Shuto
Knife-hand
Te
'Hand', the name of the 1000 year old art which later became Kara-Te
Tobi
Jump
Uchi
Snap
Uke
Blocking
Ushiro
Backwards
Waza
Technique
Yama
Stop
Yoi
Ready
Yoko
Sideways
Zuki
Punch
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