General knowledge & terminology

• onegai shimasu (please teach/help me)

• arigato gozaimashita (thank you for teaching/helping me)

• sayonara (good bye)

• sensei (teacher/instructor)

• senpai (senior students)

• kohai (junior students)

• hai Sensei (yes, teacher)

• karate (literally means empty hands, you will find out what is this through your training)

• dojo (martial arts school)

• gi/dogi (training uniform)

• obi (belt)

• jodan, chudan, gedan (upper level, middle level, lower level)

• there are many different styles of karate, but we train Goju-Ryu karate

• Shugo (line up)

• Hajime (begin)

• Yame (stop)

• Yoi (ready)

• Kamae (fighting pose)

• Semete (attacker)

• Ukete (defender)

kihon waza (basic techniques)

• jodan age uke (upper rising block)

• chudan (soto) yoko uke (middle
  /out/ side block)

• gedan harai uke / gedan barai (lower sweeping block)

• seiken zuki (proper fist punch)

• mae geri (front kick)

• mawashi geri (roundhouse kick)
  tachi kata (stances)

• musubi dachi (ready stance)

• heiko dachi (parallel stance)

• zenkutsu dachi (front stance)

unsoku ho (foot work) zenkutsu dachi

hojo undo (supplemental training) makiwara (focus pad)

o gyaku zuki (reverse punch)

o mae geri (front kick)

o mawashi geri (roundhouse kick)

kihon waza (basic techniques)

• uraken uchi (back fist strike; front,
  side & back)

• shuto uchi (knife hand strike, upper
  level side)

• age hiji ate (rising elbow strike)

• nami gaeshi (foot sweep & stamp)

• shikodachi gedan harai uke (lower
  sweeping block with straddle leg stance)
  tachi kata (stances)

• shiko dachi (straddle leg stance)

• han zenkutsu dachi (half front
  stance)

• hachiji dachi (natural stance, toes
  slightly out)
  unsoku ho (foot work)

• han zenkutsu dachi

• shiko dachi

• heiko dachi suri ashi (sideways,

unsoku ho (foot work) zenkutsu dachi

hojo undo (supplemental training)

makiwara (focus pad)

o gyaku zuki (reverse punch)

o mae geri (front kick)

o mawashi geri (roundhouse kick)

• kizami zuki (snap punch)

• yoko geri (side kick)

• kin geri (groin kick)

• fumikomi geri (stamping kick)

• chudan uchi uke (middle level inside block)

• gedan uchi uke (lower level inside block)

sanchin dachi (hourglass stance/sanchin

stance)

• tateken zuki (vertical fist punch)

• haito uchi (ridge hand strike)

• ushiro geri (back kick)

• sukui uke (scooping block)

• nukite zuki (knife hand punch) jodan, chudan,
  gedan

• furi zuki (swing punch)

• kaiten ushiro geri (spinning back kick)

• kagi zuki (hook punch)

• kansetsu geri (joint kick)

• jodan ko uke (upper level wrist block)