UCHI WAZA - STRIKING TECHNIQUES   
                                                              
SHUTO UCHI - KNIFE HAND STRIKE
HAITO UCHI - RIDGE HAND STRIKE
URAKEN UCHI - BACK FIST STRIKE
KENTSUI UCHI - HAMMER FIST STRIKE
KO TE UCHI - WRIST STRIKE
SHOTEI UCHI - PALM HEEL STRIKE
NUKITE UCHI - SPEAR HAND STRIKE                                 


DACHI WAZA - STANCE TECHNIQUES
                                                            
HEIKO DACHI - PARALLEL STANCE
SANCHIN DACHI - 3 BATTLE STANCE
SHIKO DACHI - STRADDLE STANCE
ZENKUTSU DACHI - FRONT STANCE
KOKUTSU DACHI - BACK STANCE
NEKO ASHI DACHI - CAT LEG STANCE
KOSA DACHI - CROSS LEG STANCE
MUSUBI DACHI - INFORMAL STANCE
HEISOKU DACHI - FORMAL STANCE
SAGI DACHI - HERON / CRANE STANCE
 

KAISHU KATA - OPEN HAND FORM

GEKISAI - ATTACK, SMASH 
SAIFA - BREAKING GROUND
SHISOCHIN - FIGHTING FOUR MONKS   
SANSERYU - 36 TECHNIQUES 
SESAN - 13 TECHNIQUES
SEIUNCHIN - CONQUER FAR QUIETLY
SEIPAI - 18 TECHNIQUES
KURURUNFA - HOLDING GROUND
SUPARINPE - 108 TECHNIQUES



YAKUSOKU - PREARRANGED

KAKOMI - SURROUNDED
RENZOKU - CONTINUOUS
KAKE TE - SUSPENDED
MUCHIMI - HEAVY, STICKY HAND
KOTEKITAI - BODY CONDITIONING
IPPON - ONE POINT
NIHON - TWO POINT
SANPO - THREE POINT
BUNKAI - ANALYSIS


TRAINING DRILLS

KIHON WAZA - BASICS PRACTICE      
MUCHIMI - HEAVY/STICKY HAND
KAKE TE - HOOKING HAND SPARRING   
KOTEKITAI - BODY CONDITIONING
YOBI UNDO - WARM UP TRAINING 
SHUMATSU UNDO - COOL DOWN TRAINING
HOJO UNDO - APPARATUS TRAINING


COUNTING

ICHI - ONE                       
NI - TWO                         
SAN - THREE                  
SHI (YON) - FOUR           
GO - FIVE
ROKKU - SIX  
SHICHI - SEVEN  
HACHI - EIGHT   
KYU - NINE
JU - TEN

KATA TERMS

TAIKYOKU - GRAND ULTIMATE / UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
KIHON KATA - BASIC FORM
KAISHU KATA - OPEN HAND FORM
HEISHU KATA - CLOSED HAND FORM
MEIBUKEN KATA - PURE MARTIAL FORM

MAE KERI - FRONT KICK
SOKUTO KERI - SIDE (BLADE OF FOOT KICK)
URA KERI - BACK KICK          
MAWASHI KERI - ROUND KICK    
MIKAZUKI KERI - CRESCENT KICK   
FUMIKOMI KERI - STAMP KICK   
KENSETSU KERI - JOINT KICK


ATE WAZA - SMASHING TECHNIQUES

HIJI ATE - ELBOW SMASH
HIZA ATE - KNEE SMASH 
KOSHI ATE - HIP SMASH 
KATA ATE - SHOULDER SMASH   
ATAMA ATE - HEAD SMASH
 

KIHON KATA - BASIC FORM

SANCHIN - THREE BATTLES


MEIBUKEN - PURE MARTIAL SYSTEM

TAIKYOKU - GRAND ULTIMATE
SEIRYU - BLUE DRAGON
BYAKKO - WHITE TIGER
SHUJAKKU - RED SPARROW
GENBU - BLACK TURTLE   
TENCHI - HEAVEN, EARTH                   


HEISHU KATA - CLOSED HAND FORM

TENSHO - ROTATING PALM


MISCELLANEOUS KUMITE TERMS

TORI - ATTACKING
UKE - DEFENDING
YUKKURI - SLOW
HAYAKU - FAST
IPPAI - FULL
MA AI -DISTANCE AND TIMING
TRADITIONAL MEIBUKAN DOJOS DO NOT PRACTICE JIYU KUMITE


MISCELLANEOUS DOJO TERMINOLOGY

GOJU-RYU - HARD/SOFT STYLE  
KARATE-DO - EMPTY HAND WAY
MEIBUKAN - PURE WARRIOR'S HOUSE
MEIBUKEN - PURE MARTIAL SYSTEM
DOJO - TRAINING HALL                
SENSEI - TEACHER
SEMPAI - SENIOR 
KOHAI - JUNIOR 
REI - BOW   
ONIGASHI MASU - POLITE REQUEST     
ARIGATO GOZAI MASHITA - THANK YOU
HAI - YES 
OUS - SLANG FOR YES
DOZO - PLEASE               
SHIRETSU - LINE UP
KOTAI - CHANGE     
IPPO MAE - ONE STEP FORWARD
IPPO ATO - ONE STEP BACK
HAJIME - BEGIN                       
YAME - FINISH
MAWATTE - TURN AROUND       
MATTE - STOP
SEIZA - TO KNEEL              
MOKUSO - MEDITATION
HIDARI - LEFT SIDE              
MIGI - RIGHT SIDE
JODAN - HIGH LEVEL                 
CHUDAN - MIDDLE LEVEL
GEDAN - LOW LEVEL                                
KYUTSUKI - ATTENTION!
GI - UNIFORM
OBI - KARATE BELT