BASIC TERMS


 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