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Karate terms come almost entirely from Japanese. The following terms are not exclusive to karate. They appear during its study and practice, varying depending on style and school. Karate terms include:
Titles and rank in Japanese martial arts (13 P) Pages in category "Japanese martial arts terminology" The following 84 pages are in this category, out of 84 total.
Renoji Dachi: stance in which the feet form the shape of the Japanese katakana “レ” when seen from above, or relaxed stance (e.g. in the kata Kanku Dai) Teiji Dachi: t-stance; Sanchin Dachi: hourglass stance (e.g. in the kata Sanchin) Katashi Dachi: crane-like stance (e.g. in the kata Enpi) Sagi Ashi Dachi: heron stance (e.g. in the kata ...
Vital points used in attack [2]; Japanese English Hichu This pressure point is located in the center of the lowest part of the neck, in the hollow. Shofu In the lateral aspect of the neck, in the posterior border of the Sternocleidomastoideus posterosuperior on both sides of the center of the neck.
K. Hideyoshi Kagawa; Nobuaki Kakuda; Hirokazu Kanazawa; Taiji Kase; Hisaki Kato; Saburo Kawakatsu; Minoru Kawawada; Kenji Kazama; Hajime Kazumi; Katsunori Kikuno
These two kata were commissioned by the special committee of Okinawan Karate-do under Mr. Gen Hayakawa, then governor of the Okinawa Prefecture in 1940. The kata were finished and introduced in 1941 in order to promote a basic and standard kata across a majority of Okinawan Karate styles, however only some styles continue to practice both, or ...
Embusen (演武線) is a Japanese term used in martial arts like karate and judo to refer to the spot where a kata begins, as well as its line of movement. Though it is not stressed in Okinawa, nearly all Japanese-influenced kata start and end on exactly the same embusen point (Kiten). This word is also commonly romanized as enbusen.
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