KARATE - Empty Hand
ISSHIN RYU - One Heart Style
SENSEI - Teacher
SHIHAN - Master
DOJO - Place of Training (School)
KUMITE - Free Fighting/Sparring
SUWATE - Sit
REI - Bow
ZA REI - Formal Sitting Bow
HAJIME - Begin
OSH or YAME - Stop
GI - Uniform
OBI - Belt
KIAI - Shout (Energy Focus)
DAN - Black Belt Rank
KYU - Student Rank (Brown and below)
KATA - Form
KARATEKA - Karate Student
BO - Wooden Staff
SAI - Hand Swords
TONFA - Handled Wooden Baton (literally handle)
SHIAI - Promotion Matches
MAKIWARA - Striking Post
BUNKAI - Explanation
IPPON - Point
TAMESHIWARI - Breaking
SIMBAN - Referee
EMPI - Elbow
DACHI - Stance
TSUKI - Punch
UKE - Block
MIZUGAMI - Water Goddess Symbol of Isshinryu
COUNTING
ICHI - One
NI - Two
SAN - Three
SHI - Four
GO - Five
ROKO - Six
SHICHI - Seven
HACHI - Eight
KU - Nine
JU - Ten
JU ICHI - Eleven
JU NI - Twelve
JU SAN - Thirteen
JU SHI - Fourteen
JU GO - Fifteen
JU ROKO - Siteen
JU SHICHI - Seventeen
JU HACHI - Eighteen
JU KU - Nineteen
NI JU - Twenty
KYU RANKS
ROKOKYU - White Belt, 6th Kyu
GOKYU - Green Belt, 5th Kyu
YONKYU - Green Belt, 4th Kyu
SANKYU - Brown Belt, 3rd Kyu
NIKYU - Brown Belt, 2nd Kyu
IKKYU - Brown Belt, 1st Kyu
DAN RANKS
SHODAN - Black Belt, 1st Degree
NIDAN - Black Belt, 2nd Degree
SANDAN - Black Belt, 3rd Degree - Sensei - Instructor, may wear black gi top
YONDAN - Black Belt, 4th Degree
GODAN - Black Belt, 5th Degree - Master - may wear Renshi obi
ROKODAN - Black Belt, 6th Degree - may wear red and white obi
SHICHIDAN - Black Belt, 7th Degree
HACHIDAN - Black Belt, 8th Degree
KUDAN - Black Belt, 9th Degree - Grand Master - may wear solid red obi
JUDAN - Black Belt, 10th Degree - Grand Master