translations

The following are translations of Japanese phrases commonly used in karate:

seiza	kneel
sensei ni rei	bow to instructor
kiritsu	stand
yoi	ready
rei	bow
mawatte	turn
hadjime	begin
yame	stop
hidari	left
migi	right
hanmi gamae	fighting stance
jodan ganmen	head
chu dan	body
gedan	low level
kekomi	thrusting
keage	rising
barai	sweeping
choku	direct
renraku	combination
waza	form-technique
dojo	place of the way
Dachi - Stance
yoi fudo	ready
zen kutsu	forward
gyaku	opposite
sanchin	hour glass
kiba	straddle
ko-kutsu	back leaning
neko ashi	cat foot
musubi	open toed
shiko dachi	sumo
Te - Kind of hand
seiken	forefist
uraken	backfist
tettsui	bottomfist
shuto	knife hand
haito	ridge hand (inner)
haishu	back hand
nukite	spear hand
teisho	palm heel
toho	sword peak hand
ippon ken	one knuckle fist
empi	elbow
Ashi - Kind of foot
hiza	knee
sokuto	foot edge
chusoku	ball of foot
haisoku	instep
kakato	heel
teisoku	arch
Uke - Blocks
jodan age uke	head block (rising)
soto uke	outer block
uchi uke	inner block
haisho uke	back hand block
shuto uke	knife hand block
gedan barai	lower sweeping block
morote uke	augmented block
teisho uke	palm heel block
hiza uke	knee block
Tsuki - Thrusts
chudan oi zuki	middle level punch
gyakuzuki	reverse punch
morotezu ki	double fist punch
Uchi - Strikes
tettsui	bottom fist strike
shuto uchi (shoku-mawashi-sakutsu)	knife hand strike
haitto uchi	ridge hand strike
teisho uchi	palm heel strike
mawashi uchi (seiken)	round fist strike
uraken	back fist strike
empi uchi	elbow strike
ago uchi	chin strike (straight fist)
Keri - Kicks
mae geri (kekomi-keage)	front kick
mawashi geri (haisoku-chusoku)	round kick
yoko geri (fumikomi)	side stamping kick
yoko geri (kekomi-keage)	side kick
ushiro geri	back kick
mae tobi geri	front jumping kick
kakato geri	heel kick
kin geri	groin kick
mawashiuchi geri	round back kick
hiza geri/td>	knee kick