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Shotokan Karate kicks. Shotokan Karate punches. Shotokan Karate blocks. Shotokan Karate stances.

Jacksons Lane Shotokan Karate Club

Glossary

Stances

dachi stance
Zenkutsu dachi front stance
Kokutsu dachi back stance
Kiba dachi horse riding stance
yoi attention stance
  More about stances

Hand / Elbow Strikes

choku tsuki straight punch
empi uchi elbow strike
gyaku tsuki  reverse punch
kizami jab
oi tsuki step / lunge punch
tsuki punch
nukite uchi spear-hand strike
tettsui hammer fist strike
uchi strike
uraken uchi back-fist strike
ura tsuki uppercut

Kicks / Sweeps

ashi barai foot sweep
geri kick
mae geri front kick
mawashi geri roundhouse kick
ushiro geri back kick (that is, a kick behind you)
yoko geri kekomi side thrust kick
yoko geri keage side snap kick

Defences

Age uke rising block
gedan barai downward block
juji uke 'X' block or cross block(figure 10 block: +)
soto uke outside forearm block.
shuto uke knife-hand block
uchi uke inside forearm block
uke block/receive

Striking / Target

ken fist
ashi foot or lower leg
chudan mid-level 
empi elbow
gedan low level
jodan upper level
haito ridge hand
haishu back of the hand
shotei/teisho palm heel
sokuto knife foot
shuto knife hand
uraken back fist

Commands

hajime Begin! command
kiai Spirit shout
osu pronounced 'uss', the term is often used as a question and an acknowledgement of understanding
rei bow
seiza sit down 
yame Stop!
yoi attention

Miscellaneous

dojo training hall
gohon kumite five-step sparring
ippon kumite one-step sparring
kata preset sequences of moves
kihon basic
gi suit/ uniform
kumite sparring
kyu student
sanbon kumite three-step sparring
sempai Senior, senior student
sensei teacher
shodan first

Counting In Japanese

one ichi
two ni
three san
four shi
five go
six roku
seven shichi
eight hachi
nine kyu
ten ju