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aswatti sit
domo arigato gazaimasu thank you very much
dozo please
gomen nasai I'm very sorry
hai yes
hajime begin
iie (ee-ay) no
ki-o-tsuke (kee-oh-tskay) attention
konban-wa good evening
konnichi-wa good afternoon
ohayo gozaimasu good morning
matte wait
oyasumi nasai good night
tachi rei standing bow
tameshi waza breaking technique
yamae stop
age rising
chudan middle area
gedan lower area
jodan upper area
mae front
tate side
ushiro back
dachi stance
empi elbow
geri (geddy) kick
kakato heel of foot
keage snapping
kekomi thrusting
koshi ball of foot or hips
mawatte turn/spin
mawashi round
nukite spearhand
seiken forefist
tobi jump
zuki punch
uchi strike
uke block
Atemi Waza (Striking Techniques)
age zuki rising punch
o-i zuki lunge punch (from forward leg)
empi uchi elbow strike
gedan uchi downward strike
gyaku zuki reverse punch (from rear leg)
ha-ito uchi ridge-hand strike
hiza uchi knee strike
ippon nukite one-finger spearhand
mae empi uchi front elbow strike
seiken zuki forefist punch
shotei uchi palm-heel strike
tate uraken uchi vertical backfist strike (to bridge of nose)
tettsui uchi hammerfist strike
uraken uchi backfist strike
uraken chudan backfist to solar plexus
uraken gedan barai lower backfist strike
ura zuki uppercut strike
ushiro empi uchi rear elbow strike
yoko empi uchi side elbow strike
yoko zuki side punch
 

Dachi

kiba straddle, or "horse"
kosa crossed-leg
musubi formal (feet together)
neko ashi cat
sanchin hourglass
sho zenkutsu short front (Seisan)
soto hachiji toe outward (Seiuchin)
teiji "T" stance
tsuru ashi crane
uchi hachiji toe inward (Naihanchin)


fumikomi geri stomping
mae geri keage front snap
mae geri kekomi front thrust
mae tobi geri flying front kick
mawatte ushiro geri spinning back kick
mawashi geri roundhouse
mikazuki geri crescent
nihon tobi geri double jump kick
ushiro geri back
yoko geri keage side snap kick
yoko geri kekomi side thrust kick

Counting
1 ichi
2 ni
3 san
4 shi (yo or yon)
5 go
6 roku
7 shichi (nana)
8 hachi
9 ku
10 ju
11 ju-ichi
12 ju-ni
20 ni-ju
21 ni-ju-ichi
22 ni-ju-ni
30 san-ju

Kumite Training

Uke Waza (Blocking Techniques)
age uke rising block
awase uke joined-hand block
gedan uke downward block
juji uke "X" block
mikazuki uke crescent block
shotei uke palm-heel block
shuto uke knifehand block
ude uke forearm block