This post is created specially for the students of the beginners course in the Freiburg dôjô. The list of terms, introduced in training, is presented and will be updated accordingly to progress in training.
For the full list of karate terms I highly recommend The Karate Dictionary written by my sensei Schlatt.
Shôtôkan:
shôtô - billowing pine trees
kan - hall, building
dôjô - place of the way, training room
seiza - sit straight
mokusô - meditation
reishiki - etiquette
shômen ni rei - salutation to the front
sensei ni rei - salutation to the master
otagai ni rei - salutation to each other
osu (oss) - a universal word used by karateka for greetings, thanking, responding to sensei's instructions, etc.
kihon - basic training
tachikata - stance, position
heikô dachi - parallel stance (feet are parallel)
musubi dachi - united stance (heels are together, toes are pointing outward)
heisoku dachi - feet-together stance
kiba dachi - straddle-leg stance
zenkutsu dachi - forward stance
jôdan - upper level
chûdan - middle level
gedan - lower level
choku zuki - straight punch
hiki te - pulling hand
oi zuki - lunge punch
gyaku zuki - reverse punch
age uke - rising block (jôdan)
soto uke - block from outside, moving forward
uchi uke - block with the inside of the arm
gedan barai - downward block
kumite - sparring (literally - meeting of hands)
yakusoku kumite - pre-arranged sparring
gohon kumite - five-step sparring
goshin - self-defense
kata - form
Taikyoku Shodan:
tai - big, great
kyoku - 1) end (substantive), pole (substantive); 2) extreme (adjective); 3) "go to the end" (verb), "study thoroughly" (verb), "carry to extremes" (verb)
Osu!
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