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- Age Uke
- (Rising block.) Upper block. See also: blocks
- Ai Uchi
- (Clash, mutual strike.) Term to denote a sparring situation where both competitors strike effectively at the same time. "Simultaneous Scoring Technique." No point awarded to either contestant. Referee brings fists together in front of the chest.
- Aka
- (あか) (Red) The sparring competitor to the judge's right, identified by a red band or cloth.
- Ashi
- (Foot.) See also: Deashi Harai
- Ashi Barai
- Forward foot sweep Synonym: De-Ashi Harai See also: Ashi
- Asobi ja nai
- (Don't play around) Concentration. "Don’t play around" is a rough translation of asobi ja nai. In Japanese, asobi means play. These are activities engaged in for fun and for recreation. In the western world, we use play as means to get along, to learn to cooperate, and to have fun. However play does not teach us deeper meanings of life, purpose and character. =Grand Master Devine. Dave Lowry.
- Atenai Yoni
- (Warning without penalty.) Imposed by referee to a competitor for attended minor infractions or for the first instance of a minor infraction. There's a corresponding visual signal.
- Bassai Kihon
- (Basic Cutting drill.) See also: Kihon
- Budo
- (ぶどう) (Martial way.) The Japanese character for "BU" (martial) is derived from characters meaning "stop" and (a weapon like a) "halberd." In conjunction, then, "BU" may have the connotation "to stop the halberd." In Karate, there is an assumption that the best way to prevent violent conflict is to emphasize the cultivation of individual character. The way (DO) of Karate is thus equivalent to the way of BU, taken in this sense of preventing or avoiding violence so far as possible. =http://www.gichinfunakoshi.com
- Bunkai
- (ぶんかい) (analysis) Application of technique
- Chudan
- (ちゅうだん) (Half-way up a slope or stairway) Mid-level.
- Chudan Zuki
- Punch to the mid-section of the opponent's body. See also: Tsuki. Punches
- Chui
- (Warning.) During a sparring match, chui is the word for a possible penalty. i.e.. Hansoku Chui
- Dachi
- (たち) (stand) Stance. Synonym: Tachi See also: stances, Kamae
- Dan
- (だんい) (Black Belt Ranking) The dan ranking system is a Japanese mark of level, which is used in traditional fine arts and martial arts. Originally invented in a Go school in the Edo period, this system was later applied to martial arts by Kano Jigoro, the founder of judo and later introduced to other East Asian countries. In the modern Japanese martial arts, holders of dan ranks often wear a black belt. Dan ranks are still given in arts such as the strategy board games Go and Renju, the art of flower arrangement More…
- De-Ashi Harai
- Forward foot sweep. Synonym: Ashi Barai See also: Ashi
- Do
- (ど) (Way. Path.) The Japanese character for "DO" is the same as the Chinese character for Tao (as in "Taoism"). In martial arts, it referes to the way of attaining enlightenment or improving one's character through traditional training.
- Do Zen
- (Moving meditation.)
- Dojo
- (Place of enlightenment) The place where we practice Karate and train. Traditional etiquette prescribes bowing in the direction of the designated front of the dojo whenever entering or leaving the dojo. See also: Shomen
- Empi
- (Elbow) Long, protruding elbows (like those of a monkey) See also: Hiji
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