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OKINAWAN - ENGLISH
age - rising movement
age hiji ate - rising elbow strike
ago uchi - jaw strike
ashi - leg
ashi kubi - ankle
ashisaki - toe tips
atama - head
barai - sweeping down
bitei - coccyx
bo - staff, stick
budo - martial way
buji - effortless flow
chikei - oath of secrecy
choku - direct movement
choku oi tsuki - straight strike
chudan oi tsuki - middle area lunge strike
chudan soto uke - middle area outer block
chudan uchi uke - middle area inner block
chui - pay attention
dachi - stance
danchu - sternum, top
dekko - ribs, between 6th and 7th
deshi - student
dojo - place (of training)
dojo kun - prayer or vow
dokko - mastoid process
empi - elbow
empi kansetsu - elbow joint
fudo - immobile
fuki - darts (blown from mouth)
fukumaru kumite - defender in centre of circle
fukushiki - abdomen
furni - stamp
furnikiri geri - stamping slicing leg technique
furnikomi geri - stamping penetrating leg technique
gancha (shiho) - nipples, below
gedan berai uke - lower area sweeping block
gedan oi tsuki - lower area lunge strike
gekon - lip, beneath lower
geri - foot thrust
gi - training suit (short for keikogi)
go - five
goju - fifty
goroshi - killing blow
goshindo - self-defence techniques
gyaku - reverse
gyaku tsuki - reverse side punch
gyaku uke - reverse side block
hachi - eight
hachiji - ready stance
hachimaki - head band
hai - yes
haishu - back hand
haisoku - instep
haisoku geri - instep leg technique
haito - thumb edge
hajime - begin
hana - nose
hane - springing
hanpon - half step
hayaku - go faster
heisoku dachi - formal stance
hichu - adams apple
hidari - left
hiki - fast pulling
hineri - twisting, corkscrew motion
hiraken - fore knuckles
hiraki sagari - sliding step to rear
hittsui geri - knee technique
hittsui geri keage - rising knee strike
hittsuikansetsu - knee joint
hizo - spleen
hone - bone
ichi - one
inazuma - hipbone, above edge of
ippon - step
Ippon ken - one knuckle fist
jinchu - nasal philtrum
jodan - upper area
jodan age uke - upper rising block
jodan oi tsuki - upper area strike
ju - ten
junsoku - rules of the dojo
kake - hooking
kake dashi - hooked stance
kakiwake uke - double hooked block with arms
kakuto - bent wrist
kamae - ready position for attack
kangai - knocked out of circle (kumite)
kanku - bowing hand salutation
kansetsu - joint (of limb)
katate - single hand or arm
katsu - massage (regenerative)
keage - rising kick
keichu - neck back of
keichu - rear of neck
keiko - training
keikogi - training suit
kekomi - thrust forward with leg
kesa - diagonally
ketsu - blood
ki - spirit
kiai - spirit meaning scream
kiba - horse stance
kihon - basic
kihon kumite - basic sparring method
kime - focussing
kime dachi - standing position held under tension
kimo - liver
kinaburu - tense your bodies
kineri - twisting
kintekki - testicles
kiotsuki - come to attention
kiri - slice
kizami - jabbing
kobah - elliptical
kodenko - sacrum, above
ko-e - louder
kokouchi - strike using forefinger and thumb
Kokutsu - back leg stance
kokyu - breathing
komekami - temple
komi - penetrating
kon ichi wa - good day
kori - instep, upper
koshi - ball of foot
koshi - hip
kote - wrist joint, rear of
ku - nine
kubi - neck
kumite - sparring
kun - promise, vow
kunren - no step drill training
Kurai - grade or rank
kurai-keikaku - grade syllabus
kurai-kosa - grading examination
kuzushi - techniques for unbalancing an opponent
kyoei - armpit, between 5th and 6th ribs
kyototsu - sternum, base
kyu - grades below dan
kyusho - vital points of the body. Nerve or energy points
letsu - line, column
lie - no
ma ai - distancing, between you and your opponent
mae - frontal
mae - front
mae choku uraken uchi - frontal back fist strike
mae geri kekomi - front leg technique penetrating
mae uchi mawashi uraken uchi - frontal circling back fist strike
maitte - surrender
makiwara - striking board
mata - thigh
mawashi - circling movement
mawatte - turn
me - eyes
men- face or facial area
micazuki - jaw
micazuki (ago) - jaw bone
migi - right
miken - top of nose cartilage
mimi - ears
minna de - together
minnede - all together
mitsuren kumite - whole dojo sparring
mo ichido - one more time
mokuso - meditation
moro - both
mune - chest
muoto - silently
mushin - clear mindedness
musibi - attention stance
myojo - naval
nagashi - sweeping across
nagashi - with body swerve
nage - throw
naka dake - middle finger
namame - sloping down
namani - slanting
nami ashi - sweeping foot block
naore - return to original position
narabu - line up
narabu kumite - line attacks one person
ne waza - techniques lying down
nekoashi - cat stance
ni - two
nigawaq - to two sides
niu - twenty
ninin gake kumite - one v two sparring
niren - twice in succession
nogare - stepping backwards
nukite - spear hand, finger tips
nyumon - introduction to
obi - belt
ol - step forwards
oi gyaki tsuki - lunge reverse strike
oitsuki - large punch
okuri - pull or step backwards
oroshi - drapping
osae - pressing down
otoshi - dropping down fast
oyayubi - thumb
rei - bow
reigisaho - bowing ceremony
reigisaho - etiquette
renketsu - combination techniques
renraku - continuously or in sequence
renshu - training in general
rensoku - successive
ritsu - stand
ritsurei - standing bow
ro - backbone
roku - six
ryusui - technique in one flowing motion
sagari - lean backwards
sakkotsu - collar bone
san - three
sanchin - three battles
sanju - thirty
sanren - three times in succession
sanshin mon - crest and symbol of the school
sasae - supporting/propping
sassen - lower ranking
seiken - two knuckles used in tsuki
seiken - knuckles of index and middle finger
sekkotsu - spinal column
semete - initiates moves
semete - attacker (in kumite)
sempai - senior student
sen - initiative
senme - concentrated stare or glare
sensei - teacher
seoi - shoulder
sessen kumite - face to face no step kumite
shakumei - explanation of
shichi - seven
shihe - grasping and holding onto
shiko dachi - kiba, but with feet pointing out at 45° (sumo stance)
shim - mind
shime - strangle choke
shimpan - judge, referee
shinken kumite - fight to the death
shinkokyu mokuso - breathing meditation
shinzoku - retreat backwards
shitsurei shimasu - sorry
shittei kumite - attacking one specified point
shosan - informal discussion
shu - hand
shufu - neck, side of
shuho - training method
shuko - hand, rear of
shuto uchi - knifehand strike
shuto uchi uke - knifehand block
soda - scapula, between
sokuto - sword foot
sonu - breastbone, upper tip of
soto uke - outer block
suigetsu - solar plexus
sukami - grasping action
sukui - scooping
susume - advance
suwaru - sit down
szu chi - stilling or holding breath
taiso - exercise
tate - upright
te - hand/arm
tei - obedience
teisho berai - palm sweeping block
teisoku - sole
tekubi - wrist
tendo - crown of head
tento - fontanelle
tettsui - -hammer or iron fist
tiaso - exercises
tobi - jumping
tori dashi - tiger stance
tsukami - grasping
tsuki - hand thrust
tsurigane - testicles
tsuruashi dashi - crane leg stance
uchi - 1 inside (used first)
uchi - strike
uchi uke - inner block
uchinazuma - sacrum, base of
uchiuchi - inner inside
ude - forearm
ude-kansetsu - elbow joint
ude-late - press ups
uke - block
ukeme - breakfall
ukete - defender in kumite
undo - movements
ura - palm up
ura oi tsuki - palm upwards strike
uraken - back knuckle fist
ushiro - rear
utsumaki rei - prostration bow
wagi - jacket
wai - external
wanshun - arms, rear of
wari - break, snap
washide - eagle claw (three fingers forming a claw)
waza - technique
wazame - name of technique
waza-ri - half point awarded in kumite
yagai renshu - outdoor training
yakasuko kumite - pre-arranged sparring
yako - thigh, inner
yama tsuki - mountain punch - two handed punch to different areas
yame - finish
yasume - rest
yasuza - relaxed posture
yoi - -get ready
yoko - side
yoko fumikiri geri - side slice kick
yoko geri - side kick
yoko geri kekomi - side leg technique penetrating
yon - four
yonju - forty
yoreashi – ippon - trailing step
yubi - fingers
za - kneel
za kumite - sparring in a kneeling position
zanshin - alertness
zarei - kneeling bow
zenkutsu - forward leg stance
zenpon kumite - thousand step sparring
zentenkan - 180° turn
zubon - trousers
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