Basic Waza(techniques)
YELLOW BELT
Falls &
Throw first
5"Te Waza" BLUE BELT
Hajimete undo no Karate YELLOW
BELT first 5"Keri
Waza"
GREEN BELT
Futatsu me undo no
Karate first 10"Te Waza"
PURPLE BELT
Mittsu me undo no Karate BLUE
BELT first
10"Keri Waza" BROWN
BELT#1
Hein shodan Kata shodan
All 15"Te Waza" BROWN
BELT#2
Ugoku ni Roku
Ho GREEN BELT
All 15"Keri Waza" BROWN
BELT#3
Wunsu
Junior BLACK BELT
Yattsu me undo no Karate PURPLE
BELT
Hein Yondan
Bando no undo
Saifa BROWN
BELT#1
Naihanchi
Shodan BROWN BELT#2
Seiyuchin BROWN
BELT#3
Kishustat
Sugeki BLACK BELT 1ST DEGREE
Chinto BLACK BELT 2ND DEGREE
Sanseru BLACK BELT 3RD DEGREE
Shisochin BLACK BELT 4TH DEGREE
Suparunpei BLACK BELT 5TH DEGREE
Tensho
:
I come to you with only Karate, I have no weapons, But should I be forced
to defend myself, my principles or my Honor, should it be a matter of life
or death, right or wrong, then here are my weapons. Karate {empty hands}
Karate ni santi nashi
{There is no first attack
in Karate}
Numerals
ichi one
roku six
ni two
shichi seven
san three
hachi eight
shi four
ku nine
go five
ju ten
Class Terminology
kyu level below
black belt
dan black belt
level
dojo school
rei bow
sensei teacher
bunkai form(kata)
interpretation
kyoto your teachers
teacher
shihan master teacher
kyoshi senior ranking
master in system
sempi senior ranking
(non black belt) in a
school
karate school dojo
iro
obi experienced
student
shiro
obi beginning
student(white belt)
junbi
undo formal
stretching/calisthenics
sensei ni
rei bow to teacher
otagai ni
rei bow to each other
hajime begin
mate stop
mawatte
turn
renzoki continuous
migi right
hidari left
heisoku instep of
foot
do way, path of
learning
renshu practice
mokusoh meditation
seiza formal way of
sitting
kime focus
makiwara karate punching
board
semete attacker
waza
technique
te hand
geri kick
kumite sparring
Karate empty
hand(Chinese hand)
gi uniform
ma-ai distancing
ju-jo critical
margin(technique control)
deshi student
dachi stance
uke block
heisoku (inside)arch of
foot
kata preset
arrangment of
defensive and offensive techniques,
against imagined attackers, for solitary practice
and expression of martial art.
Target Areas
jodan
face chudan
chest
gedan lower
trunk keibu neck
kyobu chest
area heibu back
fukubu
stomach atama head
Blocks(uke)
age
uke rising block(over
head)
yoko
uke/morote uke outward midsection block
gedan barai
uke downward block
ude
uke inward block(forearm)
osae
uke pressing block(palm)
shuto
uke knifehand block(any)
juju
uke X block(both arms)
tsukamu
uke grasping block
sukui
uke scooping block
Stances(dachi)
heisoku
dachi attention
hachiji
dachi open leg(informal
attention)
fudo
dachi prepatory stance
zenketsu
dachi forward stance
kokutsu
dachi backward stance
kiba
dachi horse stance
neko ashi
dachi cat stance
tsuru
dachi crane stance
ni-kobushi
dachi two fisted fighting stance(usually
from cat stance)
sochin
dachi diagonal straddle leg stance
sanchin
dachi small hourglass stance
hangetsu
dachi wide hourglass
stance
shiko
dachi ripping stance
Striking techniques(hands)
uchi strike(any)
tsuki punch(closed
fist any)
seiken forfist
reiken backfist
shuto knifehand
haito ridgehand
tettsui bottom fist
teisho heel of hand
hiraken four knuckle
fist
empi
elbow
ura
tsuki uppercut punch
ura empi
uchi upward elbow strike
ushiro empi
uchi backward elbow strike
seiken oi
tsuki pursuit punch
seiken choka
tsuki forward leg punch
seiken gyaku
tsuki reverse leg punch
hasu shuto
uchi downward knifehand strike
tate shuto
uchi bend knifehand strike
makikome shuto
uchi winding knifehand strike
Kicking techniques(legs)
keri(geri in phrase) kick
tobi jump
mae front
yoko side
kake hook
keeage snapping
kekomi thrusting
koshi ball of foot
hittsui knee
sokuto knife edge of
foot
soto outside
mae
geri front leg
rising(check/block)
yoko
geri side leg
rising(check/block)
mae geri
keeage front snap kick
mae geri
kekomi front thrust kick
yoko geri
keeage side snap kick
yoko geri
kekomi side thrust kick
ushiro geri
kekomi backward thrust kick
hittsui geri
keeage knee snap kick
maewashi
geri roundhouse kick
fumikomi
geri stomping kick
mikazuki
geri crescent kick
nami ashi
uke foot reap/strike
mae tobi geri keeage
front jump snap kick
yoko tobi
geri keeage side jump snap kick
Eight points of harmony
ONE
EIGHT
TWO
SEVEN
X
THREE
SIX
FOUR
FIVE
these are
the eight directions of attack and defense.
Te Waza
*
1. seiken oi
tsuki.
zenketsu dachi
(pursuit
punch)
(forward stance)
*
2. seiken gyaku
tsuki. zenketsu
dachi
(reverse
punch)
*
3. age uke, seiken gyaku tsuki.
zenketsu dachi
(high
block, reverse punch)
*
4. yoko uke, seiken gyaku tsuki .
zenketsu dachi
(midsection
block, reverse punch)
*
5. gedan barai uke, seiken gyaku tsuki.
zenketsu dachi
(lower
block, reverse punch)
*
6. age shuto uke, seiken gyaku jodan tsuki. kokutsu
dachi, zenketsu dachi
(high
knifehand block, reverse face punch) (backward stance,
forward stance)
*
7. yoko shuto uke, seiken gyaku jodan tsuki. kokutsu
dachi, zenketsu dachi
(midsection
knifehand block, reverse face punch)
*
8. gedan barai shuto uke, seiken
kokutsu dachi, zenketsu dachi
gyaku jodan tsuki.
(lower
knifehand block, reverse face punch)
*
9. ura tsuki, seiken gyaku tsuki kokutsu
dachi, zenketsu dachi (uppercut punch, reverse punch)
*
10.yoko uke, go renzoki tsuki. kokutsu
dachi, zenketsu dachi
(midsection
block, five midsection punches)
*
11. yoko shuto uke, go renzoki
tsuki. zenketsu dachi
(midsection
knifehand block, five punches) (forward
stance)
*
12. yoko shuto uke, go renzoki hasu shuto uchi.
zenketsu dachi
(midsection
knifehand block, five downward knifehand strikes)
*
13. osae uke, ni haito
uchi.
zenketsu dachi
(pressing
block, two ridgehand strikes)
*
14. osae uke, ni tate shuto uchi.
zenketsu dachi
(pressing
block, two bent knifehand strikes)
*
15. ura empi, ushiro
empi.
niko ashi dachi
(upward
elbow/backward elbow)
(cat stance)
Keri Waza
*
1. mae geri
keeage.
zenketsu dachi
(front snap
kick)
(forward stance)
* 2.
maewashi
geri
zenketsu dachi
(roundhouse
kick)
* 3.
fumikomi
geri
kiba dachi
(stomping
kick)
(horse stance)
* 4.
yoko geri
kekomi kiba
dachi
(side thrust kick)
* 5.
yoko geri kekomi-keeage
kiba dachi
(side thrust kick, side snap kick)
* 6. Mae
geri kekomi-keeage.
zenketsu dachi
(front thrust kick, front snap kick)
* 7. ni
mikazuki geri.
zenketsu dachi
(two crescent kicks
inward and out)
* 8.
ushiro geri kekomi
zenketsu dachi
(backwards thrust kick)
* 9.
hittsui
geri
zenketsu dachi
(knee strike/kick)
* 10.
hittsui geri, yoko geri kekomi.
zenketsu dachi
(knee strike/kick, side thrust kick)
*
11. tobi mae geri
keeage. niko ashi
dachi
(jump front
snap kick) (cat
stance)
*
12. mae geri kekomi, maewashi geri.
niko ashi dachi
(front
thrust kick, roundhouse kick)
*
13. yoko geri kekomi, kake geri.
niko ashi dachi
(side
thrust kick, hook kick)
*
14. maewashi geri, ushiro geri kekomi. niko
ashi dachi
(roundhouse
kick, spin back thrust kick)
*
15. mae geri keeage, mikazuki geri, yoko niko
ashi dachi
geri
keeage.
(front snap
kick, crescent kick, side thrust kick)
Belt Levels
level
requirements
White
belt(hachikyu):
none.
Yellow
belt(shichikyu): (kata),
***************** hajimete
undo no karate,
futatsu me undo no karate,
first five te waza, first five geri waza, self
defense(bunkai), taken
from kata, te waza
and geri waza, Falling ways, sparring, board
break(extra credit).
Blue
belt(rokukyu): (kata),
*************** mittsu
me undo no karate,
hein
shodan kata shodan,
first ten te waza, first
ten geri waza, self defense(bunkai), falling ways(ukeme), sparring, board
break(one board).
Green
belt(gokyu): (kata),
**************
ukoku ni roku ho,
wunsu,
fifteen basic te waza, fifteen
basic geri waza, class
terminology, self
defense (bunkai), falling ways, basic throw,
sparring, board break(two boards*).
Purple
belt(yonkyu): (kata),
*************** yattsu
me undo no karate,
hein yondan,
bando no undo,
basic te waza, basic te waza basic geri waza,
class and basics termiology, first five
kumite
waza, self defense (bunkai), falling ways,
basic throws, five basic wrist locks, five
basic arm locks, sparr multiple attackers
(one and
two at a time), board break(three
boards*).
Brown
belt(sankyu): (kata),
*************