• Dojo: school, training place
• Karate: "empty hand"
• Karate-do: the way of empty hand
• Sensei: Teacher
• Sempai: senior (higher rank or position)
• Kohai: junior (lower rank or position)
• Dohai: peer, equal (same rank or position)
• Obi: belt
• Gi: karate uniform
• Seiretsu: Line up
• Kiotsuke : Attention
• Rei: bow
• Mokuso: Mediation, reflection
• Mokuso Yame: Stop the meditation, reflection
• Kokki Ni Mukkatte, Rei : Respect to the flag
• Sensei, onegaishimasu, rei: Teacher, please train us, bow
• Yame: Stop
• Naotte: at ease
• Mawatte: Turn around
• Yoi: preparation, ready
• Kime: focus
• Kihon: fundamentals, basics
• Yasume: rest, at ease
• Seiza: kneel down
• Kiai: yell, expression of breath control
• Karate-ka: Karate student, practitioner
• Keiko: practice
• Otagai- ni-Rei: To each other, bow
• Ossu: an expression of respect, "push patience"
• Hajime: Begin
• Sun-Dome: arresting a technique
• Tai-Sabaki: switching a stance
• Tekubi: wrist
• Ude: arm
• Uke Gae: changing blocks
• Uraken: Back fist
• Uraken uchi: back fist strike
• Ura Zuki: close punch
• Yori Ashi: sliding of the feet
• Zanshin: final finish
• Ashi: foot or leg
• Choku Zuki: Straight punch
• Chudan : middle level
• Chudan Barai: Mid level block
• Chudan uchi: mid level strike
• Chudan Zuki: mid level Punch
• Dan: black belt ranking ("man")
• Enpi: or sometimes "Empi", elbow
• Enpi Mae Uchi: Elbow strike to the front
• Enpi Uchi: Elbow strike
• Gedan: Lower degree, level
• Hidari: Left
• Hidari Naname-Mae: Technique executed toward the forward left direction
• Hidari ashi mae: Left foot forward
• Hitai: Forehead
• Hiza Age-Ate: Rising Knee Strike
• Ikken Hissatsu: To kill with one blow
• Jiku Ashi: pivot Leg
• Jodan: upper level
• Jotai: upper Body
• Juji Uke: x block
• Kagi Zuki: Hook punch
• Kamae: Posture
• Ken: fist
• Kentsui: Hammer Fist
• Kiai: sharp yell with focus
• Koshi: hip, side
• Kumite: sparring
• Kyu: colored belt ranking
• Mae: front
• Migi: right
• Migi ashi mae: Right foot forward
• Mune: chest
• Nukite: spear hand
• Oi Zuki: lunge punch, moving straight punch
• Ren Zuki: alternate punching
• Shihon Nukite: four finger spear hand
• Sho: Palm
• Shomen:Front
• Shuto: Sword hand
• Shuto Mawashi Uchi: Roundhouse Sword Hand Strike
• Suigetsu: Solar Plexus, chest
• Tatte: stand up
• Ushiro: behind/back
• Kata: Form (a pre-arranged pattern of defensive and offensive techniques against multiple imaginary opponents)

Kazu: Counting

Counting/Kazu is usually done in increments of ten for exercises and drills:

• Ichi: one
• Ni: two
• San: three
• Shi (yon): four
• Go: five
• Roku: six
• Shichi: seven
• Hachi: eight
• Kyu:nine
• Jyu: ten
• Jyu Ichi: eleven, 11
• Ni Jyu: twenty, 20
• Ni Jyu Ichi: twenty one, 21
• Hyaku: one hundred, 100

Dan Rankings

• Shodan: first degree
• Shodan-ho: probationary status of first degree rank of black belt
• Nidan: Second degree
• Sandan: Third degree
• Yondan: Fourth degree
• Godan: Fifth degree

Types of Kumite

• Shiai Kumite: competition sparring or tournament sparring
• Jiyu Kumite (sometimes Jyu or Jiiyu): free sparring
• Ippon kumite: one step sparring
• Sanbon kumite: three step sparring