Common
Terms Karate : Empty Hand
Dojo :
Training hall
Shihan : Senior instructor
Sensei : Teacher
Sempai
: Senior student
Gi : Karate Suit
Kyu : Levels below Black
belt, counting down to 1st kyu, usually from 10th kyu
Dan : Steps showing
mastery of the art, starting from 1st dan
Rei : Bow
Yoi
: Ready
Hajime : Begin
Yame : Stop
Mawatte : Turn
Narande : Line up
Kihon : Basic
Kata : Form
Kumite
: Sparring Shotokan
Kata Taikyoku Shodan : Great
Ultimate beginning step (basic)
Heian Shodan : Peaceful Mind beginning
step
Heian Nidan : Peaceful Mind 2nd step
Heian Sandan :
Peaceful Mind 3rd step
Heian yondan : Peaceful Mind 4th step
Heian
Godan : Peaceful Mind 5th step
Tekki Shodan : Horse riding beginning
step
Bassai Dai : To Penetrate a Fortress (Major)
Jion :
Kind and Graciousness
Enpi/Empi : Flight of the swallow
Kanku
Dai : To Look At the Sky (Major)
Hangetsu : Half-moon | Rank
System Around
the 1920's, Funakoshi adopted the Kyu/Dan system, along with the Judoka's uniform,
the gi that had been developed by Kano Jigoro. This system used colored belts
as an indication of rank. Originally, Karate had only 3 obi (belt) colours. White,
Brown and Black, with several ranks of each. Here is the original belt system. Kata (literally:
"form") is a Japanese word describing detailed patterns of movements
practiced either solo or in pairs. Kata are used in many traditional Japanese
arts such as theater forms like kabuki and schools of tea ceremony (chado ), but
are most commonly known for the presence in the martial arts. Kata are used by
most traditional Japanese and Okinawan martial arts , such as aikido , iaido ,
jodo , judo , jujitsu , kendo and karate . Other arts such as T'ai Chi Ch'uan
Taekwondo feature the same kind of training, but use the respective Chinese and
Korean words instead.
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