| Japanese Terminology | English Definition |
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| General Terms | |
| Gi | uniform |
| Dojo | training hall |
| Jiju-kumite | free sparring |
| Kata | forms |
| Kihon kumite | basic sparring |
| Ma-ai | distancing |
| Makiwara | punching board |
| Koshi | ball of the foot |
| Mizu-no-kokoro | "mind like water" |
| Tsuki-no-kokoro | "mind like the moon" |
| Sokuto | foot edge |
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| Blocks | |
| Morote-uke | augmented forearm block |
| Uke | block |
| Age-Uke | rising block |
| Haishu-Uke | back hand block |
| Kake-Uke | hooking block |
| Kakuto-Uke | bent-wrist block |
| Kieto-Uke | chicken head wrist block |
| Mikazuki-geri-uke | crescent kick block |
| osae-uke | pressing block |
| shuto-uke | knife hand block |
| teisho-uke | palm heel block |
| tettsui-uke | bottom fist block |
| tsuki-uke | punching block |
| ude-uke | forearm block |
| gedan-barai | downward block |
| juji-uke | x-block |
| sukui-uke | scooping block |
| Tsukami-uke | grasping block |
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| Punches | |
| Choku-zuki | straight punch |
| Haito | ridge hand |
| Hiraken | fore knuckle fist |
| Hiraken-zuki | fore knuckle fist punch |
| Ippon-ken-zuki | one-knuckle-fist straight punch |
| Ippon-nukite | one finger spear hand |
| Yonhon-nukite | spear hand |
| Mawashi-zuki | round house punch |
| Morete-zuki | double-fist punch |
| Oi-zuki | lunge punch |
| Tate-zuki | vertical fist punch |
| Teisho-zuki | palm heel straight punch |
| Ura-zuki | close punch |
| Yama-zuki | u-punch |
| Seiken choku-zuki | fore first straight punch |
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| Kicks | |
| mae-geri | front kick |
| mawashi-geri | round house kick |
| mikazuki geri | crescent kick |
| ushiro-geri | back kick |
| yoko-geri | side kick |
| keage | snap |
| kekome | thrust |
| hittsui-geri | knee kick |
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| Stances | |
| hachiji-dachi | open leg stance |
| hargetsu-dachi | wide hour glass stance |
| kokuisu-dachi | back stance |
| neko-ashi-dachi | cat stance |
| kiba-dachi | straddle leg stance |
| sanchin-dachi | hour glass stance |
| sochin-dachi | diagonal straddle leg stance |
| heisoku-dachi | informal attention stance |
| zenkutsu-dachi | forward stance |
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| Strikes | |
| empi-uchi | elbow strike |
| haishu-uchi | back hand strike |
| haito-uchi | ridge hand strike |
| riken-uchi | back fist strike |
| shuto-uchi | knife hand strike |
| tetsui-uchi | bottom fist strike |
| teisho-uchi | palm heel strike |
