Okinawan
Terms 1. Bo:
(bo)
Wooden staff.
2. Bunkai:
The person who is attacking the kata.
3. Dachi:
Stance.
4. Dan:
(dahn) 10 degrees
of black belt.
5. Dojo:
(do•jo) Training
hall.
6. Eku:
(ee•koo) Oar.
7. Escrima:
(es•cree•ma): Wooden
stick.
8. Gi:
(ghee) Practice suit.
9. Go:
(go) Five.
10. Goju-ryu:
(gojoo•roo, father):
Hard-Soft Way.
11. Hachi:
(hah•chee): Eight.
12. Ichi:
(ee•chee): One
13. Isshin-ryu
(i•shin•roo) Karate: Whole
Heart Way.
14. Ju:
(joo): Ten.
15. Kama:
(kah•mah): Small
sickle weapon.
16. Kata: (kah•tah): Formal exercise—combining
basic techniques.
17. Karate:
(ka•ra•ta) Empty hands
18. Karate-ka:
(ka•ra•ta-ka)Karate student
19. Ki:
(kee) Point of inner spirit
20. Kiai:
(kee•i) Spirit
yell
21. Kiotsuke:
(kee•ot•soo•kee) Attention
22. Kotekitai:
(ko•tec•eh•ti) Arm
conditioning exercise.
23. Ku:
(koo): Nine.
24. Kumite:
(koo•mee•ta) Practice
fighting
25. Kyu:
(koo) Students 10
levels below 1st degree belt
26. Makiwara:
(ma•keh•wa•rah) Striking board
27. Me
Gami: (me•gah•me,
Woman-god) Half woman,
half dragon representing gentle
humility and fighting spirit.
28. Ni:
(nee) Two.
29. Obi:
(o•bee) Belt
30. Rei:
(ra) Formal
bow of respect.
31. Roku:
(ro•koo): Six.
32. Ryu:
(roo) Methods passed down
33. Sai:
(Si) Okinawan
sword.
34. San:
(sahn) Three.
35. Sanchin:
(san•chin) 3 conflicts: mind,
body, breathing
36. Seisan
Kata: (sa•san kah•tah)
First kata
37. Sensei:
(sen•sa): Instructor.
38. Shi:
(shee): Four.
39. Master
Tatsuo Shimabuku (Shim•ah•boo•koo):
Founder of Isshin-ryu karate.
40. Sho-Dan:
(sho•dahn) First degree black belt.
41. Shorin-ryu
(sho•rin-roo, mother): First Way
42. Shuto:
(shoo•too): Knife
hand.
43. Sichi:
(see•chee): Seven.
44. Tuifa
(Tonfa): (too•ee•fah, tahn•fah)
Wooden, side handled baton.
Numbers:
Ichi one
Ni two
San three
Shi four
Go five
Roku six
Sichi seven
Hachi eight
Ku nine
Ju ten
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