Seiyo Kai International

TITLES

• Sensei – instructor
• Shihan-Dai – Lower Master Instructor
• Shihan – Master Instructor
• Dai-Shihan – Above Master (great master)
• Soke – Grandmaster, president
• Sokeshodai – First generation grandmaster.
• Soke-Dai - Vice President
• Kyoju - Professor.
• Hanshi - refers to a senior expert considered as "teacher of teachers."
• Kyōshi - refers to an advanced teacher.
• Renshi - "one who has mastered himself."
• Senpai – senior
• Yudansha – black belt members
• Mudansha – lower rank (kyu) members
• Okuden – refers to entrance to the secret ways - sometimes equivalent to Senpai (may referred to 1st and 2nd dan black belt students).

BLOCKS, STRIKES, KICKS

• Uke – block
• Age Uke – Rising block
• Jodan Uke – High (rising) Block
• Gedan Barai – downward block
• Uchi Uke – Outward Block
• Ude Uke – Inward Block 
• Uchi – strike
• Oi-tsuki – straight punch
• Gyaku-tsuki – opposite hand punch
• Chudan oi tsuki - Middle level punch (to the heart)
• Atemi waza (vital-point striking technique),
• Jodan oi tsuki - High punch
• Hiji (empi) uchi - Elbow strike
• Age Higi uchi - Rising Elbow strike
• Hiji Soto Uchi- Inward side elbow strike.
• Shuto Uchi - Open hand strike
• Geri – Kick
• Mae Geri – front Kick
• Yoko Geri – Side Kick
• Maewashi geri – roundhouse kick
• Ushiro geri – back kick
• Kozumi geri – Crescent kick
• Ushiro maewashi geri – back roundhouse kick
• Keage  geri - snapping kick
• Kokomi geri – thrust kick
• Yoko tobi geri - flying side kick

STANCES

• Dachi – stance
• Migi Dachi – Right stance
• Hidari Dachi – Left Stance
• Yoko Dachi – Side Stance
• Zenkutsu Dachi – Front Stance
• Kokutsu Dachi – Back Stance
• Kiba Dachi – Horse-riding Stance
• Shiko Dachi - Sumo stance
• Neko Ashi Dachi – Cat Stance
• Musubi Dachi - Closed heel-open toe stance
• Fudo Dachi - Ready or 'Yoi' stance.
• Suru ashi dachi - crane (one-legged) stance)
• Hachi Dachi - Pigeon toe stance
• Toboku Dachi - T-shaped stance.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Osu – an everyday greeting, also used for thank you, glad to meet you, good bye, I understand.
• Kamaete (kamae) - Assume fighting position.
• Hajime - Begin!
• Rei - Bow
• Mawate - Turn around, reverse direction.
• Yame - Stop
• Yoi -Assume ready/relax position.
• Omote – techniques that are visible and understandable
• Ura – Hidden techniques that are not obvious or visible.
• Miegakure – That which is intentionally hidden from sight from outsiders.
• Koryu – old schools (traditional schools).
• Kuden – secrets
• Kuchi Ga sugiru – smart mouthed
• Souji – Dojo Cleaning
• Nitten Souji – Daily Cleaning of dojo
• Ma – distance & timing
• Chudan (middle Level)
• Jodan (upper level)
• Shaolin-si – small forest temple
• Ugan (utaki) – public shrine or training sites.
• Migi – right
• Hidari – left
• Ushiro – back
• Mae – front
• Ryomi – reflections
• Ki – Internal energy

EXERCISES

• Kihon - Basics
• Undo - Calisthenic exercises
• Junbi undo -preparation exercises.
• Kubi no undo: -Neck exercises.
• Ude no undo - arm exercises.
• Ashi no undo - leg exercises.
• Shitai Kori - body hardening

KUMITE

• Ippon kumite - one step sparring, typically used for self defense drills
• Sanbon kumite - three step sparring, typically used to develop speed, strength, and technique
• Kiso kumite - structured sparring drawn from a kata (bunkai). 
• Jiyu kumite - free sparring
• Randori- Free sparring in Judo
• Kachinuki – old style contests
• Shiai – local contests

TRAINING CEREMONY

• Seiretsu - Command to line up.
• Seiza - kneel
• Otage ni rei - Bow to one another - to show respect for all.
• Shomen ni rei - bow to the dojo front wall of respect and lineage.
• Sensei (Soke, Shihan, etc) ni rei - bow to your instructor.
• Kiritsu - stand 
• Mokuso - meditation
• Yamae (or Matae) - Stop (meditating)
• Dojo kun - announce the monthly dojo philosophy

GREETINGS or RESPONSES

• Hai - affirmation, as in 'yes'.
• Iie - no
• Domo – thanks
• Arigato - thanks
• Domo Arigato - Thank you
• Domo Arigato Gozaimasu - Thank you very much.
• Gomen nasai - Excuse me
• Onegiashimasu - Please
• Wakarimasu - I understand.
• Wakarimasen – I don’t understand

COUNTING

• Ichi, Ni, San, Shi (Yo or Yon), Go Roku, Shichi (Nanna), Hachi, Ku, Ju (counting to 10)
• Above 10 – add Ju as a prefix. Thus 11 is Juichi.
• Time – add ji as suffix thus one o’clock is Ichiji.

BODY

• Tekubi – wrist
• Oyayubi – thumb
• Yubi - Finger
• Te – Hand
• Ude – arm
• Kubi – Neck
• Ashi – Foot or leg
• Hiza – Knee
• Hiji – elbow
• Hana – nose
• Mimi – Ear
• Me – Eye
• Atana – Head
• Kaminoke - Hair

UNIFORM

• Obi – belt
• Gi – training uniform
• Karategi – karate uniform
• Jūdōgi - judo uniform
• Hakama – traditional bloused pant

DOJO

• Kamiza- Front of dojo (as one enters, this is what they face.
• Shomen – front, same as the Kamaza
• Kamidana – shelf or shrine containing luminary of the art.
• Shimoza – back of the dojo (lower seat).
• Joseki – The right side of dojo as one enters - where upper level students line up.
• Shimoseki – Left side of dojo.
• No-Geiko – training outside in the elements.
• Kanban – posters or displays
• Hiegakure – that which is hidden from ordinary sight
• Tatami - mats

KOBUDO - KOBUJUTSU

• Hojojutsu – the art using a hojo cord (rope).
• tanto - dagger
• Tonfa – rice grinder handles – or baton with handle
• Ryu fundo kusari - weighted chain
• manrikigusari - chain
• Tessen - iron fans
• Kusarigama – kama with weighted chain
• Naginata - Halberd
• Yari – spear
• Bo – wooden staff (usually 6 feet in length).
• Hanbo – half staff (3 foot in length).
• Tsune - Cane
• Tanbo – short stick
• Koboton – hand stick
• Kioga – collaspable baton
• Eku –oar
• Teko - knuckle duster
• Surushin - weighted chain
• Katana – samurai sword
• Kama – sickle
• Gama – two sickles
• Nunchuku – nunchuks
• Sai – three pronged knife
• Kumade (Ra-ke) – rake
• Kuwa – hoe
• Sojutsu – methods of the spear

DOJO KUN

• Karate ni sente nashi - There is no first attack in karate
• Makoto no michi o mamoru koto - Have devotion in seeking a true way
• Reigi o omonjiru koto - Always act with good manners.
• Doryoku no seishin o yashinau koto - Cultivate a spirit of effort and perseverance.
• Kekki no yu o imashimeru koto - Refrain from violent and uncontrolled behavior
• Jinkaku kansei ni tsutomeru koto - Work to perfect your character.

JUJUTSU - JUDO

• Nihon jujutsu – Japanese jujutsu
• Tori – the practitioner who carries out the throw or technique
• Uke – Partner – the practitioner who accepts the throw or technique
• Atemi – strike
• Sengoku jujutsu (ancient jujutsu techniques known as Nihon koryu jujutsu)
• Edo Jujutsu (old style jujutsu)
• Gendai jujutsu – modern jujutsu
• Goshin jujutsu – non-traditional jujutsu lacking in lineage
• Judoka- practitioner of judo (term usually reserved for those who are 4^th dan or higher).
• Benkyo-ka - "scholar"
• kenkyu-sei - "trainees", practitioners below the rank of 4th dan
• Kodokan – place for teaching the way (Institute for Judo in Tokyo)
• Nage-waza – throwing techniques,
• Ne-waza - groundwork
• Kansetsu-waza - Joint locks
• Te-waza - hand techniques.
• Koshi-waza - hip techniques,
• Ashi-waza - foot and leg techniques.
• Mae-sutemi-waza - sacrifice techniques in which the thrower falls forward.
• Ushiro-sutemi-waza - sacrifice techniques in which the thrower falls directly backwards.
• Yoko-sutemi-waza - Sacrifice techniques in which the thrower falls onto his side.
• Kansetsu-waza - Joint locks.
• Shime-waza - strangle or chokeholds.
• Osaekomi-waza - pinning techniques 

MARTIAL ARTS STYLES - SYSTEMS

• Hozoin Ryu – Japanese spear system
• Karate – art of the empty hand
• Kobudo – art of ancient weapons
• Shorin-Ryu – Pine forest style or ‘Shaolin style’ of karate
• Jujutsu – art of softness or way of yielding.
• Judo - translates as ‘gentle way’.
• Yarijutsu – spear fighting system
• Iaido - the way of sword
• Kenjutsu - sword applications
• Budo - martial arts ways
• Bujutsu - fighting methods