The vocabulary you will hear on the mat. Nobody expects you to memorise this before your first class, you pick it up by hearing it. It is here so you can look something up afterwards.
A
- Age 上げ
- rising, a movement travelling from low to high
- Ashi 足
- leg, foot
- Atama 頭
- head
- Atemi 当身
- strike to the body
- Ayumi 歩み
- walking, natural step
B
- Barai 払い
- sweep
- Budo 武道
- martial art (bu: war, do: way)
C
- Choku 直
- direct, straight
- Chudan 中段
- middle level
D
- Dachi 立ち
- stance
E
- Empi 肘
- elbow
G
- Gari 刈
- reap, mow
- Gatame 固
- hold, immobilisation
- Gedan 下段
- low level
- Geri 蹴り
- kick
- Go 五
- five
- Gyaku 逆
- reverse, opposite
H
- Hachi 八
- eight
- Hajime 始め
- begin
- Hara 腹
- belly, centre
- Hidari 左
- left
- Hiza 膝
- knee
I
- Ichi 一
- one
- Irimi 入り身
- entering, moving into the centre
J
- Jime 締め
- strangle, choke
- Jodan 上段
- high level
- Jutsu 術
- art, technique
- Juji 十字
- cross
- Ju 十
- ten
K
- Kekomi 蹴込み
- thrusting, penetrating
- Kiba 騎馬
- horse rider (as in the stance)
- Kiritsu 起立
- stand up
- Ko 小
- small, minor
- Ku 九
- nine
M
- Mae 前
- front, forward
- Mawari 回り
- turning, around
- Mawashi 回し
- circular, roundhouse
- Migi 右
- right
- Morote 双手
- with both hands
N
- Nage 投げ
- throw
- Nagasu 流す
- to let flow, to divert
- Ni 二
- two
O
- O 大
- big, major
- Oi 追い
- pursuing, chasing
R
- Rei 礼
- bow, salute
- Ritsurei 立礼
- standing bow
- Roku 六
- six
S
- Sabaki 捌き
- handling, evasive movement
- San 三
- three
- Seiza 正座
- formal kneeling position
- Sensei 先生
- teacher
- Shi 四
- four
- Shichi 七
- seven
- Soto 外
- outside
T
- Te 手
- hand
- Tori 取り
- the one who applies the technique
- Tsuki 突き
- punch, thrust
U
- Uchi 内
- inside (also: a strike, 打ち)
- Ude 腕
- arm, forearm
- Uke 受け
- the one who receives; a block
- Ukemi 受身
- breakfall, receiving with the body
- Ura 裏
- reverse side, opposite
- Ushiro 後ろ
- behind, backward
W
- Waki 脇
- side, flank
- Waza 技
- technique
Y
- Yame 止め
- stop
- Yoi 良い
- ready, good
- Yoko 横
- side, lateral
Z
- Zen 前
- front, forward