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Stances

dachi	stance
Kokutsu dachi	back stance
Kiba dachi	horse riding stance
yoi	attention stance

Hand/elbow strikes

choku tsuki	straight punch
empi uchi	elbow strike
gyaku tsuki	reverse punch
kizami	jab
oi tsuki	step / lunge punch
tsuki	punch
nukite uchi	spear-hand strike
tettsui	hammer fist strike
uchi	strike
uraken uchi	back-fist strike
ura tsuki	uppercut

Kicks/ sweep

ashi barai	foot sweep
geri	kick
mae geri	front kick
mawashi geri	roundhouse kick
ushiro geri	back kick (that is, a kick behind you)
yoko geri kekomi	side thrust kick
yoko geri keage	side snap kick

Defences

Age uke	rising block
gedan barai	downward block
juuji uke	`X’ block or cross block
soto uke	outside forearm block.
shuto uke	knife-hand block
uchi uke	inside forearm block
uke	block

Striking / target

ashi	foot or lower leg
chudan	mid-level
empi	elbow
gedan	low level
jodan	upper level
haito	ridge hand
shotei	palm heel
sokuto	knife foot
shuto	knife hand
uraken	back fist

Commands

hajime	Begin! command
kiai	yell
osu	pronounced `oos’, the term is often used as an acknowledgement
rei	bow
seiza	sit down
yame	Stop!
yoi	attention

Misc.

dojo	training hall
gohon kumite	five-step sparring
ippon kumite	one-step sparring
kata	preset sequences of moves
kihon	basic
gi	suit/ uniform
kumite	sparring
kyu	student
sanbon kumite	three-step sparring
sempai	Senior, senior student
sensei	teacher
shodan	first