Numbers

Ichi	One
Ni	Two
San	Three
Shi	Four
Go	Five
Roku	Six
Shichi	Seven
Hachi	Eight
Ku	Nine
Ju	Ten

A training session´s opening ceremony

Shugo	Line up (phonetically ’ ‘shho-go’)
Ki o tsuke	Stand to attention (phonetically ‘kee-ut-skay’)
Seiza	Kneel (phonetically ‘say-zah’)
Mokuso	Meditate (phonetically ‘mok-so’)
Mokuso yame	Finish meditating
Shomen ni	Face the front of the dojo (phonetically ‘sho-men nee’)
Rei	Bow (phonetically ‘ray’)
Sensei ni	Face your teacher
Rei	Bow
Shomen ni	Face the front of the dojo
Kiritsu	Stand up (phonetically ‘kee-ree-tsoo’)

A training session´s closing ceremony

Shugo	Line up
Ki o tsuke	Stand to attention
Seiza	Kneel
Mokuso	Meditate
Mokuso yame	Finish meditating
Shomen ni	Face the front of the dojo
Rei	Bow
Sensei ni	Face your teacher
Rei	Bow and say aloud Arigato Gozaimashita (phonetically ‘ah-re-gah-toe go-zie-mahsh-tah’)
Otagai ni	Face your partner
Rei	Bow and say aloud Arigato Gozaimashita
Shomen ni	Face the front of the dojo
Kiritsu	Stand up and leave the dojo in order of descending rank

Punches (zuki)

Jodan zuki	Punch to the face
Chudan zuki	Punch to the chest
Gedan zuki	Punch to the groin
Age zuki	Rising punch
Choku zuki	Straight punch
Furi zuki	Circular punch
Gyaku zuki	Reverse punch
Kizame Zuki	Jab Punch
Oi zuki	Lunge punch
Seiken zuki	Forefist punch
Ura zuki	Close range punch

Blocks (Uke)

Jodan uke	Upper level block
Age uke	Rising block
Chudan uke	Middle level block
Gedan harai-uke	Lower level sweep
Jodan uke	Upper level block
Hiji uke	Elbow block
Hiki uke	Pulling/grasping block
Hiza uke	Knee block
Ko uke	Wrist block
Shotei barai	Palm heel sweep
Shotei uke	Palm heel block
Soto uke	Forearm block (block from outside moving inward to the centre line of the body)
Sukui uke	Scooping block
Tora guchi uke	Tiger mouth block (sometimes called Mawashi Uke meaning ‘round block’)

Strikes (Uchi)

Uraken uchi	Back fist strike
Hiji ate	Elbow strike
Haito uchi	Ridge hand strike
Hiji atemi	Elbow strikes
Hiraken uchi	Fore knuckle fist strike
Hiza geri	Knee strike (sometimes called hiza Uchi)
Ko uchi	Wrist strike
Nukite uchi	Spear hand strike
Shuto uchi	Knife-edge hand strike
Sokuto geri	Knife-edge foot strike
Teisho uchi	Palm heel strike (sometimes called shotei uchi)
Tetsui uchi	Bottom fist strike

Kicking (Geri)

Mae geri	Front kick
Mawashi geri	Roundhouse kick
Yoko geri	Side kick
Ushiro geri	Back kick
Hiza geri	Knee kick
Kensetsu geri	Stamping kick, joint kick
Mae ashi geri	Front leg kick
Tobi geri	Jumping kick

Stances (dachi)

Benzoku dachi	One foot crossed over diagonally in front of the other, prior to turning
Hachiji dachi	Natural stance
Han zenkutsu dachi	Half forward stance
Heiko dachi	Parallel stance
Heisoku dachi	Formal attention stance, feet together
Kokutsu dachi	Back stance
Musubi dachi	Formal attention stance, feet turned out
Neko ashi dachi	Cat stance
Reinoji dachi	tick stance
Sanchin dachi	Hour glass stance
Sesan dachi	Side facing straddle stance
Shiko dachi	Box stance
Zenkutsu dachi	Forward leg stance

Training Equipment

Chi ishi	Lever weighted stone
Ishi sashi	Stone padlocks
Kongo ken	Iron ring
Makiwara	Striking board
Nigiri game	Gripping jars
Tan	Barbells

Grades

Shodan	1st Dan
Nidan	2nd Dan
Sandan	3rd Dan
Yondan	4th Dan
Godan	5th Dan
Rokudan	6th Dan
Nanadan	7th Dan
Hachidan	8th Dan

General Terms

Ashi barai	Foot sweep
Budo	Martial Way; Martial arts
Bunkai	Study of kata applications and techniques
Chudan	Middle level
Dan	Level
Do	Way; Path
Dojo	Training place
Dojo kun	Dojo rules
Gasshuku	Special karate training camp
Gedan	Lower level
Geri	Kick
Gi	Dojo uniform (Do-gi)
Go	Hard, unyielding
Go kumite	Hard sparring
Goju-Ryu Karate Do	Hard/Soft style, empty handed way
Hai	Yes
Hajime	Begin
Hara	Stomach
Heishugata	‘Closed Fist’ kata (Sanchin and Tensho)
Hidari	Left
Hiji	Elbow
Hiza	Knee
Hojo undo	Supplementary exercises
Honbu dojo	Head dojo of an organisation
Ippon kumite	One step (prearranged) sparring
Jodan	Upper level
Ju	Soft, flexible
Junbi undo	Warm up exercises
Kaishugata	‘Open fist’ kata (Gekisai, Saifa, etc.)
Kakie	Push hands
Kamae	Combative posture
Kamae te	Assume stance
Kanji	Chinese characters
Karate	Empty hand
Karate-do	The way of Karate
Kata	Forms
Keage	Snap action
Ken	Fist
Kenkon	The symbol of the IOGKF - Literally ‘Heaven and Earth’
Ki o tsuke	Attention (phonetically ‘kee-ut-ski’)
Kiai	Focusing shout
Kihon	Basic techniques
Kokomi	Thrust action
Koshi	Ball of the foot (or Josokutei)
Kumite	Sparring
Mae	Front
Mawatte	Turn around
Migi	Right
Mokuso	Silent contemplation, meditation
Muchimi	Heavy, sticky action
Obi	Training uniform belt
Oyo bunkai	Study of techniques in kata (similar to Bunkai but including follow-up techniques not shown in kata)
Otagai	Training partner
Randori	Free sparring, relaxed sparring (sometimes called jiyu kumite)
Rei	Bow
Sandan gi	Three level sparring
Seiken	Fore fist
Seiza	Formal sitting position (kneeling on your haunches, feet crossed)
Semete	Attacking partner
Shime	Sanchin testing
Shomen	The front
Shugo	Line up
Suri ashi	Sliding step
Tai sabaki	Body evasion ability
Tanden	The body´s power centre
Te	Hand
Ude	Forearm
Ude tanren	Forearm conditioning
Uke harai	Blocking exercises
Ushiro	Back, rear
Waza	Techniques
Yakusoku kumite	Pre-arranged sparring
Yame	Stop
Yoi	Ready
Yoko	Side
Zanshin	Awareness