 | Dachi - Stance |
| Seiza - Formal sitting position |
| Anza - Relaxed sitting position with ankles crossed |
| Zenkutsu dachi - Forward stance |
| Kokutsu dachi - Back stance |
| Kiba dachi - Horseback stance |
| Sanchin dachi - Hour glass stance |
| Heiko dachi - Parallel (ready) stance |
| Musubi dachi - Open toed stance |
| Neko ashi dachi - Cat stance |
| Moro ashi dachi - One-foot-forward stance |
| Kake ashi dachi - Hooked stance |
| Tsuru ashi dachi - Crane stance |
| Heisoku dachi - Informal attention stance |
| Shiko dachi - Sumo stance |
| Hanoji dachi - Feet shoulder distance apart toes pointed in heels pointing
out. |
| Renoji dachi - Feet making a "L" shape. Migi Renoji Dachi - right foot
front, and Hidari Renoji Dachi -left foot front. |
| Kamaete - Starting position |
| Yasume - Final position |
| Na ore - Return to original posture
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| Uraken sayu (gammen) uchi - Sideward backfist strike to face |
| Uraken gammen uchi (shommen uchi) - Backfist strike to face |
| Uraken hizo uchi - Backfist strike to kidney area |
| Seiken ago uchi - Forefist strike to chin |
| Tettsui uchi - Mace hand strike |
| Furi uchi - Hook-swing punch, i.e. punch to Kidney |
| Seiken mawashi uchi - Backfist roundhouse strike |
| Shuto gammen uchi - Knife hand strike to temple |
| Shuto sakotsu uchi - Knife hand strike to collarbone |
| Shuto sakotsu uchikomi - Straight knife hand strike to collarbone |
| Shuto hizo uchi - Knife hand strike to kidney area |
| Shuto uchi uchi - Knife hand inside to out strike |
| Hiji jodan - Upper elbow strike |
| Hiji chudan - Middle area elbow strike |
| Hiji age - Rising elbow |
| Hiji yoko - Sideward elbow |
| Hiji ushiro - Backward elbow |
| Hiji oroshi - Descending elbow |
| Haito uchi - Ridge hand strike |
| Shotei uchi - Palm heel strike |
| Nukite uchi - Spear hand thrust
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| Kin geri - Groin kick |
| Mae geri - Front snap kick |
| Mae geri kekomi - Front Thrust kick |
| Mawashi geri - Roundhouse kick |
| (Sokuto) Yoko geri - (Knife foot) side snap kick |
| (Sokuto) Yoko geri kekomi - (Knife foot) side thrust kick |
| (Sokuto) Kansetsu geri or Yoko geri gedan - (Knife foot) side kick to knee
joint |
| Ushiro geri - Back straight snap kick |
| Hiza geri - Knee kick |
| Mae keage - Front straight-leg high kick |
| (Sokuto) Yoko keage - (Knife foot) side straight-leg high kick |
| Uchi mawashi geri - Inside to out crescent kick |
| Soto mawashi geri - Outside to in crescent kick |
| Kakato geri - Heel kick |
| Kake geri - Hook kick |
| Tobi geri - Jump kick |
| Tobi mae geri - Jump front snap kick |
| Tobi yoko geri - Jump side snap kick |
| Tobi mawashi geri - Jump roundhouse kick |
| Tobi Ushiro geri - Jump back straight snap kick |
| Mae Kubi geri - Front snap kick to head |
| Ushiro mawashi geri - Back spin kick
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| Ki - Spirit, energy |
| Kiai - Explosion of pure energy manifested in a shout. "The cry which
gives life". |
| Kiai irete - Kiai with purpose |
| Do - "Way". The spiritual path followed by Martial Artists. |
| Dojo - School. Place for studying the way. |
| Karate - Empty (kara) hand Kara (te). Art of empty hand. |
| Karate-do - Karate practiced as a way of perfection of character |
| Bushido - Way of the warrior. |
| Mokuso - A recuperative and meditative posture. |
| Mushin - State of no-mind |
| Ibuki - Form of hard, controlled breathing |
| Nogare - Form of soft, controlled breathing |
| Mushin - "No mind", "original mind". A mind not fixed upon anything and
open to everything. |
| Zen - Philosophical base of Japanese karate |
| Beginners mind - Continued fresh, receptive approach to training
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