Onegai Shi Masu when entering the dojo and at the start of the lesson greeting someone- 'please learn me'
Arigato Gozai Mashita when exiting the dojo and at the end of the lesson greeting someone - 'thank you very much'
Kiotsuke when a sensei enters the dojo
Rei bow / greet / respect
Naotte end of bow / greeting / respect
Zazen sit-down in 'seiza'

Ceremonial Procedures (at the start and end of the lesson)

Mokuso close your eyes, meditate
Mokuso Naotte open your eyes, end of meditation
Shomen Kaiso Ni Tai Shite greeting of the founder of the organization 'Gogen Yamaguchi Kaiso'
Saiko Shihan Ni Tai Shite greeting of the president of the organization 'Goshi Yamaguchi Hanshi'
Shihan Ni Tai Shite greeting of a person with that title (when appropriate)
Jokyo Ni Tai Shite greeting of a person with that title (when appropriate)
Shidoin Ni Tai Shite greeting of a person with that title (when appropriate)
Sensei Ni Tai Shite greeting of a person with that title (when appropriate)
Sempai Ni Tai Shite greeting of a person with that title (when appropriate)
Otagai Ni greeting of the other students

Japanese Counting

Ichi one
Ni two
San three
Shi / Yon four
Go five
Roku six
Shichi / Nana seven
Hachi eight
Ku nine
Ju ten
Niju twenty
Sanju thirty
Yonju forty
Goju fifty
Rokuju sixty
Nanaju seventy
Hachiju eighty
Kuju ninety
Hyaku one-hundred

Terminology

Age Upwards
Awase Double / simultaneous
Budo Way of the warrior, Martial Arts. The character 'Bu' is made up of the characters with the meaning 'to stop' and (a weapon like) a 'hellebaard', what gives the character the meaning of "avoiding violence".
Bunkai Study of the techniques and applications in the Kata's
Chudan Halfway-the-body-height
Dan Rank or degree of a black belt. Ranks lower than the black belt are called Kyu-degrees.
Do 'Way' (Chinese: Tao). In Karate Do: the individual searches for a way to enlighten and improve the character by means of traditional training
Dojo 'Place of the way' - Japanese training-place; the tradition dictates to bow in the direction of the front of the Dojo (Shomen) when one enters or leaves the dojo
Gedan Groins-height
Geri Kick
Gi Karate suit
Go 'Hard'.
Goju-ryu 'School of hard and soft', one of the most important styles of Okinawa karate. Derived from Naha-te
Gyaku Opponent
Hai 'Yes'
Han Half
Hidari Left
Hiza Knee
Jodan Facial-height
Ju 'Soft'
Kamae Stance. Both physically and mentally a strong stance
Kara Empty
Karate-do 'Way of the empty hand', the Martial Art of Okinawa; it came to Japan in 1922, it is a combination of Okinawa and Chinese martial arts
Kata 'Form' (Japanese)
Ki 'energy / force of life', like the Chinese 'chi'
Ki-ai 'Mental meeting', the scream on the moment of a deadly punch, when all the of someone is focussed, and one of the zes elements of the kata
Kihon Basic
Kumite Sparring - practice fight with an other student. There are different forms:
Awase Kumite
Ippon Kumite: one point sparring
Jiyu Kumite: free sparring
Gohon Kumite: 5 steps base sparring
Kihon Kumite: base sparring
Yakusoku Kumite
Kyu Degree / rank for belt lower than black belt
Mae Forwards
Mawashi Round
Migi Right
Mokuso Meditation. the training/lesson starts and ends with a short period of meditation to empty the mind. It is an opportunity to become conscious of the trained patterns of thinking and to adjust them, eliminate them or redirect them.
Naha-te Art of the hand as it was practiced in the city of Naha in Okinawa, finally this became Goju-ryu
Obi Belt
Okinawa 'An in the water thrown rope', the largest island and capital of the Ryukyu archiple. Okinawa lies 550km southeast of Japan, and 740km east of China, it is approximately 10km wide and 110km long. The largest cities Naha, Shuri, and Tomari gave their names to the unarmed fighting styles which were taught in those cities
Rei 'Respect', synonymous for the bowing to show respect. Tradition dictates that the junior person or the person with the lower degree or the person who is a guest bows lower than the other person
Seiza Sitting position, Sitting on the knees
Sempai the status sometimes given to a older/higher assistant by the Sensei of a dojo. Generally the Sempai also trains himself to become a Sensei
Sensei Instructor
Shibucho Chief-instructor of a country or continent
Shomen Front of the Dojo
Shuto Knife-hand
Te 'Hand', the name of the 1000 year old art which later became Kara-Te
Tsuki Punch
Tobi Jump
Uchi Snap
Uke Blocking
Ushiro Backwards
Waza Technique
Yama Stop
Yoi Ready
Yoko Sideways

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