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Nahashu Dojo Terminology FORMALITIES ONEGAI SHIMAZU............................................................................................PLEASE TEACH ME ARIGATO-GOZAIMASHITA...................................................................THANK YOU VERY MUCH REI.........................................................................................................................................BOW SEIZA.......................................................................................................................KNEEL DOWN MOKUSO...................................................................................................................MEDITATION SHUGO..............................................................................................................................LINE UP KIYOTSUKE................................................................................................................ATTENTION SHINZEN-NI.....................................................................................................FACE DOJO SHRINE SENSEI-NI..................................................................................................................FACE SENSEI SHOMEN-NI...............................................................................................................FACE FRONT OTAGAI-NI.......................................................................................................FACE EACH OTHER TATTE...........................................................................................................................STAND UP YASUMEI.................................................................................................................PARADE REST COUNTING ICHI.........................................................................................................................................ONE NI...........................................................................................................................................TWO SAN.....................................................................................................................................THREE SHI/YON................................................................................................................................FOUR GO..........................................................................................................................................FIVE ROKU.......................................................................................................................................SIX SHICHI/NANA......................................................................................................................SEVEN HACHI..................................................................................................................................EIGHT KU..........................................................................................................................................NINE JU............................................................................................................................................TEN GENERAL VOCABULARY JODAN......................................................................................................................UPPER LEVEL CHUDAN.................................................................................................................MIDDLE LEVEL GEDAN....................................................................................................................LOWER LEVEL MIGI.....................................................................................................................................RIGHT HIDARI...................................................................................................................................LEFT SHOMEN.............................................................................................................................FRONT USHIRO.................................................................................................................................BACK HAJIME.................................................................................................................................BEGIN YAME.....................................................................................................................................STOP YOI......................................................................................................................................READY KIME....................................................................................................................................FOCUS TANDEN............................................................................................................LOWER ABDOMEN KOKYU........................................................................................................................BREATHING RENZOKU..............................................................................................................COMBINATIONS WAZA..........................................................................................................................TECHNIQUE FOOT TECHNIQUES KERI (-GERI)............................................................................................................................KICK MAE GERI...................................................................................................................FRONT KICK MAWASHI GERI.............................................................................................ROUND HOUSE KICK SOKUTO GERI.....................................................................................................FOOT EDGE KICK YOKO GERI.....................................................................................................................SIDE KICK USHIRO GERI................................................................................................................BACK KICK USHIRO MAWASHI GERI..............................................................................................HOOK KICK MAWASHI GERI.............................................................................................SPINNING HEEL KICK KANSETSU GERI...........................................................................................................JOINT KICK TOBI GERI................................................................................................................JUMPING KICK HIZA GERI......................................................................................................................KNEE KICK ASHI GERI.................................................................................................................FOOT SWEEP FURI GERI...................................................................................................................SWING KICK KAKATO OTOSHI...................................................................................DESCENDING HEEL KICK FUMIKOMI GERI....................................................................................................STAMPING KICK BLOCKING TECHNIQUES UKE..................................................................................................................................BLOCK JODAN AGE UKE.......................................................................................UPPER RISING BLOCK CHUDAN YOKO UKE............................................................................MIDDLE OUTSIDE BLOCK GEDAN HARAI UKE............................................................................LOWER SWEEPING BLOCK UCHI UKE..............................................................................................................INSIDE BLOCK HIKI UKE............................................................................................................PULLING BLOCK KAKE UKE........................................................................................................HOOKING BLOCK MAWASHI UKE...............................................................................................CIRCULAR BLOCK TORA GUCHI............................................................................................TIGER MOUTH BLOCK SHOTEI UKE..................................................................................................PALM HEEL BLOCK OTOSHI UKE................................................................................................DESCENDING BLOCK SUKUI UKE......................................................................................................SCOOPING BLOCK KO UKE.................................................................................................................WRIST BLOCK KURI UKE...........................................................................................CIRCULAR ELBOW BLOCK KOSA UKE.............................................................................................................CROSS BLOCK JUJI UKE.................................................................................................................CROSS BLOCK SHUTO UKE....................................................................................................KNIFE HAND BLOCK NAGASHI UKE....................................................................................................FLOWING BLOCK MOROTE YOKO UKE..........................................................................TWO HANDED SIDE BLOCK SOTO YOKO UKE.......................................................................................OUTSIDE SIDE BLOCK UCHI YOKO UKE..............................................................................................INSIDE SIDE BLOCK SOTO KOSA UKE...................................................................................OUTSIDE CROSS BLOCK STANCES DACHI (TACHI)............................................................................................................STANCE HEISOKU DACHI.............................................................................................FEET TOGETHER MUSUBI DACHI.........................................................................HEELS TOGETHER, TOES OUT HEIKO DACHI.............................................................................................PARALLEL STANCE HACHIJI DACHI.........................................................................NATURAL STANDING STANCE KIBA DACHI........................................................................................HORSE RIDING STANCE SHIKO DACHI....................................................................................STRADDLE LEG STANCE SANCHIN DACHI.....................................................................................HOURGLASS STANCE HANZENKUTSU DACHI..........................................................................HALF FRONT STANCE ZENKUTSU DACHI...........................................................................................FRONT STANCE HIKUI ZENKUTSU DACHI........................................................................DEEP FRONT STANCE KOKUTSU DACHI...............................................................................................BACK STANCE NEKO ASHI DACHI................................................................................................CAT STANCE RENOJI DACHI..........................................................................................................V-STANCE SESAN DACHI..................................................................................................SESAN STANCE KOSHI DACHI..................................................................................................SQUAT STANCE SHIZEN/FUDO DACHI.........................................................................................FREE STANCE HAND TECHNIQUES TSUKI (ZUKI)................................................................................................PUNCH (THRUST) UCHI/ATE.....................................................................................................................STRIKE KAISHO.................................................................................................................OPEN HAND SEIKEN ZUKI.......................................................................................TWO KNUCKLE PUNCH CHOKU ZUKI..............................................................................................STRAIGHT PUNCH NIHON (NIREN) ZUKI......................................................................................DOUBLE PUNCH SANBON (SANREN) ZUKI.................................................................................TRIPLE PUNCH OI ZUKI.............................................................................................................LUNGE PUNCH GYAKU ZUKI.................................................................................................REVERSE PUNCH JUN ZUKI........................................................................................................LEADING PUNCH MAE KEN ZUKI........................................................................................FRONT HAND PUNCH KIZAMI ZUKI........................................................................................................SNAP PUNCH URA ZUKI........................................................................................SHORT PUNCH (PALM UP) AGE ZUKI...........................................................................................................RISING PUNCH FURI ZUKI.....................................................................................................SWINGING PUNCH MAWASHI ZUKI..................................................................................CIRCULAR HOOK PUNCH YOKO ZUKI................................................................................................PUNCH TO THE SIDE YAMA ZUKI..................................................................................................MOUNTAIN PUNCH MOROTE ZUKI...........................................................................................TWO FISTED PUNCH AWASE ZUKI............................................................................................TWO HANDED PUNCH HEIKO ZUKI...........................................................................PARALLEL PUNCH (BOTH HANDS) TATEKEN ZUKI.....................................................................................VERTICAL FIST PUNCH SUN ZUKI.........................................................................................................ONE INCH PUNCH SHOTEI ZUKI...............................................................................................PALM HEEL THRUST NUKITE ZUKI....................................................................................................FINGER THRUST ARAKEN UCHI...............................................................................................BACK FIST STRIKE KO UCHI....................................................................................................BENT WRIST STRIKE SHUTO UCHI...............................................................................................KNIFE HAND STRIKE HAITO UCHI...............................................................................................RIDGE HAND STRIKE TETTSUI UCHI........................................................................................BOTTOM FIST STRIKE HIJI (EMPI) ATE..................................................................................................ELBOW STRIKE AGE HIJI ATE.........................................................................................RISING ELBOW STRIKE KEIKO KEN...................................................................................................ONE KNUCKLE FIST NAKA DAKA IPPON KEN........................................................................MIDDLE KNUCKLE FIST BOSHI KEN..............................................................................................................THUMB FIST WASHI DE..............................................................................................................EAGLE HAND FURI SUTE..............................................................................................................WHIP SWING PRACTICE FIGHTING KUMITE......................................................................................................................SPARRING SAN DAN GI................................................................................THREE STEP/LEVEL SPARRING KIHON IPPON KUMITE.....................................................................BASIC ONE STEP SPARRING YAKUSOKU KUMITE..........................................................................PRE-ARRANGED SPARRING JIYU IPPON KUMITE...........................................................................FREE ONE STEP SPARRING JIYU KUMITE......................................................................................................FREE SPARRING RANDORI KUMITE....................................FREE STYLE SPARRING, EMPHASIS ON TECHNIQUES IRI KUMI..........................................................HARD AND FAST CONTINUOUS FREE SPARRING SHIAI KUMITE.....................................................................................TOURNAMENT SPARRING KAKIE......................................................................................................................PUSH HANDS ADDITIONAL VOCABULARY UNSOKU HO..............................................................................................................FOOTWORK TAISABAKI/TAIHIRAKI........................................................................................BODY SHIFTING SURI ASHI..............................................................................................................FOOT SLIDING ZENSHIN......................................................................................................................FORWARD KOTAE......................................................................................................................BACKWARD SA YU...................................................................................................................LEFT & RIGHT NANAME................................................................................................................DIAGONALLY HAPPO SABAKI............................................................................EIGHT DIRECTIONAL MOVING HINERI.............................................................................................................................TWIST KOSHI...................................................................................................................HIPS & WAIST KINTEKI.............................................................................................................................GROIN GYAKU WAZA...........................................................................................LOCKING TECHNIQUE HAZUSHI WAZA..........................................................................................FREEING TECHNIQUE NAGE WAZA..........................................................................................THROWING TECHNIQUE NE WAZA....................................................................................................GROUND TECHNIQUE TOMOE NAGE.........................................................................................................FOOT THROW HOJO UNDO...................................................................................SUPPLEMENTARY EXERCISES OKINAWAN TERMINOLOGY MUCHIMI.......................................................................................HEAVY, STICKY MOVEMENT CHIRU NO CHAN CHAN...................................................................FAST SPRINGY MOVEMENT CHINKICHI KAKIN.....INSTANTANEOUS TIGHTENING OF THE JOINTS TO FOCUS A TECHNIQUE SHIMEJUASAN....................AN IDEAL REFERRING TO THE PERFECT PERFORMANCE OF KATA

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