CANADA SHOSEIKAN KARATE


	BASIC KARATE TERMS


	COUNTING

ENGLISH	JAPANESE	PRONUNCIATION
ONE	ICHI	IT-CHI
TWO	NI	LEE
THREE	SAN	SAN
FOUR	SHI	SEE
FIVE	GO	GOR
SIX	ROKU	LOO KU
SEVEN	SHICHI	SHI-CHI
EIGHT	HACHI	HA-CHI
NINE	KYU	KILL
TEN	JYU	JU


	TERMS

JAPANESE	MEANING	PRONUNCIATION
REI	To bow	LAY
SEIZA	Sit in Proper Japanese manner	SAY SA
KIOTSUKE	Pay attention	KI OH SUKI
MOKUSOU	Close eyes	MOK SUK
YOUI	Get Ready	YON YEE
KAMAITE	Opening Hands	KAM MEI YEE TE
MAWATTE	Turning	MA WA TE
HANTAI	Switch side	HUNT TE
HAJIME	Start	HA CHI MEI
YAME	Stop	YA MEL
NAOTTE	Back to original position	LA O TE
KIAI	Combine technique with air (breathing)	KEY EYE YEE


	DACHI (STANCE)

ENGLISH	JAPANESE	PRONUNCIATION
CLOSE FEET STANCE	HEISOKU DACHI	HEY SO KOO DA CHI
OPEN FEET STANCE	MUSUBI DACHI	MI SU BEE DA CHI
PARALLEL STANCE	HEIKO DACHI	HEY KO DA CHI
OUTSIDE CHARACTER 8 STANCE	SOTO HANCHIJI DACHI	SOTO HANCHI DA CHI
INSIDE CHARACTER 8 STANCE	UCHI HACHIJI DACHI	WU CHI HANCHI DA CHI
SQUARE STANCE	SHIKO DACHI	SHI KO DA CHI
THREE BATTLE STANCE	SANCHIN DACHI	SAN CHIN DA CHI
FORWARD STANCE	ZENKUTSU DACHI	SING KU SU DA CHI
HALF FORWARD STANCE	HAN ZEKUTSU DACHI	HAN SING KU SU DACHI
CAT FEET STANCE	NEKO ASHI DACHI	NET KO A SHI DA CHI


	KIHON (BASIC)

ENGLISH	JAPANESE	PRONUNCIATION
UPPER PUNCH	JODAN ZUKI	DRAW DAN SUKI
MIDDLE PUNCH	CHUDAN ZUKI	CHU DAN SUKI
LOWER PUNCH	GEDAN ZUKI	GE DAN SUKI
BACK FIST SWINGING	URAKEN	U WA KEN
BACK FIST SIDE SWING	FURI UCHI	FU LEE U CHI
UNDER PUNCH	SHITA ZUKI	SHI TA SUKI
UPPER BLOCK	JODAN UKE	DRAW DAN U GET
MIDDLE BLOCK	CHUDAN UKE	CHU DAN U GET
LOWER SWEEP	GEDAN BARAI	GE DAN BA RIDE
HOOKING BLOCK	KAKE UKE	KAR GET U GET
ROUNDHOUSE BLOCK	MAWASHI UKE	MA WA SHI U GET
GROIN KICK	KIN GERI	KIN GE LEE
FORWARD KICK	MAE GERI	MIKE GE LEE
ROUNDHOUSE KICK	MAWASHI GERI	MA WA SHI GE LEE
KNEE JOINT KICK	KANSETSU GERI	KAN SAN SU GE LEE


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