These are the basic karate exercises that have been handed down to us by our lineage of karate teachers.                             Home             back to Student Homepage
They are designed to build the karate body with consistent and regular practice.
The list on the right is in Japanese; the English translation/  description is to the left.

1.  Shomen tsuki		1.   Front punch
2.  Mae geri no undo		2.   Front kick exercise
3.  Hiza age no undo		3.   Knee raise exercise
4.  Mae geri		4.   Front kick
5.  Shuto uchi		5.   Open hand strike
6.  Gyaku tsuki		6.   Reverse punch
7.  Yoko geri no undo		7.   Side kick exercise
8.  Yoko geri		8.   Side kick
9. Yoko uraken		9.   Side punch
10. Gedan barai, chudan tsuki		10. Down block, reverse punch
11. Mawashi geri		11. Round kick
12. Ushiro geri		12. Back kick
13. Rensoku tsuki geri		13. Punch, punch, kick, punch
14. Jodan uke		14. Overhead block
15. Chudan uchi otoshi		15. Downward block of center attack
16. Gedan tsuki		16. Downward punch
17. Shuto uke		17. Open hand block
18. Chudan uke		18. Middle block
19. Hasami tsuki		19. Double (squeezing) punch
20. Uchi uke		20. Inside forearm block
21. Yoko tsuki		21. Side twisting punch
22. Ushiro tsuki		22. Back twisting punch
23. Ashi sukui		23. Catching the leg
24. Ashi barai		24. Sweeping the leg
25. Yonkai uchi		25. Front punch, side elbow, back punch, back elbow
26. Ashi uke		26. Blocking the leg
27. Uke kogeki		27. Double hand block and punch

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