Vocabulary for 10th & 9th Kyu (White and Orange Belts)

General Terms

Arigato..................Thank you
Dachi.....................Stance
Dai Sempai............Senior student
Dojo.......................Training hall
Geri........................Kick
Ippon......................One point
Karate.....................Empty hand
Karateka.................Karate practitioner
Kata........................Form
Kobayashi...............Little Forest Style
Matsubayashi.........Pine Forest Style
Rei..........................Bow
Sensei.....................Teacher
Shorin-ryu.............Little Forest Style
Uke........................Block

Commands

Kiotsuke................Attention!
Otigai ni rei...........Bow to each other
Otigai ni taishi......Face each other
Sensei ni rei..........Bow to the instructor
Sensei ni Taishi....Face instructor
Shomen ni rei.......Bow to the front
Shomen ni taishi...Face the front
Shugo.....................Line up!

Kicks

Mae geri.................Front kick

Blocks

Chudan uke...........Middle block
Gedan uke.............Low block
Jodan uke..............High block
Shuto uke...............Knife hand block
Soto uke..................Outside block

Punches, strikes

Gyaku zuki..............Reverse punch
Oi zuki.....................Lunge punch
Shuto.......................Knife hand
Kentsui....................Hammer fist

Stances

Kiba dachi...............Horse stance
Shiko dachi..............Square stance
Zenkutsu dachi........Front stance

Numbers

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