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Translations

NUMBERS

ENGLISH JAPANESE PRONUNCIATION
ONE ICHI E-CHE
TWO NI KNEE
THREE SAN SS-ON
FOUR SHI SHE
FIVE GO GO
SIX ROKU RO-COO
SEVEN SHICHI SHE-CHE
EIGHT HACHI HA-CHE
NINE KU COO
TEN JU JU
TEENS ADD JU BEFORE

ELEVEN

JU ICHI

JU E-CHE

TWENTY NIJU KNEE JU
THIRTY SANJU SS-ON JU
FORTY SHIJU SHE JU
FIFTY GOJU GO JU
SIXTY ROKUJU RO-COO JU
SEVENTY SHICHIJU SHE-CHE JU
EIGHTY HACHIJU HA-CHE JU
NINETY KUJU COO JU
ONE HUNDRED HYAKU YA-COO
FIRST  SHODAN  SHOW-DON
SECOND  NIDAN  NI-DON
THIRD  SANDAN  SAN-DON
FOURTH  YODAN  YO-DON
FIFTH  GODAN  GO-DON
SIXTH  ROKUDAN  RO-COO-DON
SEVENTH  NANADAN  NA-NA-DON
EIGHTH  HACHIDAN  HA-CHE-DON
NINTH  KUDAN  COO-DON
TENTH  JUDON  JU-DON

GENERAL WORDS

BLOCKS
DOWNWARD BLOCK GEDAN BARAI UKE GAY-DON BRR-EYE OO-KAY
OUTSIDE BLOCK SOTO UKE SO-TOE OO-KAY
HIGH BLOCK JODAN UKE JOE-DON OO-KAY
INSIDE BLOCK NAKA UKE NA-KAH OO-KAY
CROSS HAND BLOCK JUJU UKE JU-JU OO-KAY
HAMMERFIST BLOCK TETTSUI UKE TET-SUE-EE OO-KAY
ELBOW BLOCK EMPI UKE EM-PEE OO-KAY
KNIFE HAND BLOCK SHUTO UKE SHOO-TOE OO-KAY

STANCES

FORMAL ATTENTION STANCE MUSUBI DACHI MOO-SUE-BEE DAH-CHE
FRONT STANCE ZENKUTSU DACHI ZEN-COOT-SUE DAH-CHE
READY STANCE HEIKO DACHI HE-CO DAH-CHE
HOURGLASS STANCE SANCHIN DACHI SAN-CHIN DAH-CHE
BACK STANCE KOKUTSU DACHI CO-COOT-SUE DAH-CHE
CAT STANCE NEKO ASHI DACHI KNEE-CO AH-SHE DAH-CHE
HORSE STANCE NAIHANCHI DACHI NA-HON-CHE DAH-CHE

STRIKES

FRONT PUNCH OI TSUKI OY ZOO-KEY
REVERSE PUNCH GYAKU TSUKI EE-YAH-COO ZOO-KEY
THUMB STRIKE BOSHIKEN TSUKI BO-SHE-KEN ZOO-KEY
FINGER THRUST NAKITE NA-KEY-TAY
ONE KNUCKLE FIST KEIKOKEN KAY-COO-KEN
ELBOW STRIKE EMPI EM-PEE
HAMMER FIST STRIKE TETTSUI TET-SUE-EE
KNIFE HAND (KARATE CHOP) SHUTO SHOO-TOE
RIDGE HAND STRIKE HAITO UCHI HAY-TOE OO-CHE
BACK FIST STRIKE URAKEN UCHI YOUR-AH-KEN OO-CHE

KICKS

   
FRONT KICK MAE GERI MY GARY
ROUND HOUSE KICK MAWASHI GERI MA-WASH-EE GARY
SIDE KICK YOKO GERI YO-KO GARY
HEEL KICK KAGUTO GERI KAY-GAH-TOE GARY
BACK KICK USHIRO GERI YOU-SHE-OH GARY
CRESCENT KICK MIKAZUKE GERI ME-KAH-ZOO-KEY GARY
KNEE HIZA HE’S AH

GENERAL TRANSLATIONS

ASSUME READY POSITION KAMAETE KA-MY-AH-TAY
BACK KOKUTSU CO-COOT-SUE
BACK/BEHIND/REAR USHIRO YOU-SHE-OH
BACKFIST URAKEN YOUR-AH-KEN
BASIC KIHON KEY-HONE
BEGIN HAJIME HAJ-A-MAY
BELT OBI OH-BEE
BLACK BELT RANK DAN DON
BLOCK UKE OO-KAY
BLUE AO AH-OH
BOW REI RAY
BREAKDOWN BUN-KAI BONE-KAI
CAT NEKO-ASHI KNEE-CO AH-SHE
CHOP SHUTO SHOO-TOE
CLASSROOM DOJO DOE-JOE
CRESCENT MIKAZUKI ME-KAH-ZOO-KEY
CROSS JUJI JU-GEE
ELBOW STRIKE EMPI EM-PEE
END MEDITATION/OPEN EYES MOKUSOME MOKE-SO-MAY
EMPTY-HAND KARATE KA-WA TAY
FACE TOWARDS NI KNEE
FRONT MAE MY
FRONT ZENKUTSU ZEN-COOT-SUE
FRONT OF CLASS ROOM SHOMEN SHOW-MEN
GOOD BYE SAYOUNARA SIGH-OH-NAR-RAH
GOOD NIGHT OYASUMINASAI OI-YAH-SUE-MEE-NAH-SIGH
HAMMERFIST/IRON FIST TETTSUI TET-SUE-EE
HEEL KAGATO KAY-GAH-TOE
HELLO KONNICHIWA KON-NEE-CHEE-WAH
HIGH JODAN JOE-DON
HORSE NAIHANCHI NA-HON-CHE
HOURGLASS SANCHIN SAN-CHIN
IMPENETRABLE BASSAI BOSS-EYE
INSIDE NAKA NA-KAH
INSTRUCTOR/TEACHER/GUIDE SENSEI SEN-SAY
KARATE STUDENT KARATEKA KA-WA TAY-KA
KICK GERI GARY
KNEE HIZA HE’S AH
KNEELING POSITION SEIZA SAY-ZAH
LEFT HIDARI HE-DAR-EE
LOW GEDAN GAY-DON
LUNGE/FORWARD OI OY
MEDITATION/EYES CLOSED MOKUSO MOKE-SO
MIDDLE CHUDAN CHEW-DON
MOVEMENTS KATA KAH-TAH
NATURAL SHIKO SHE-KO
NO IIE EE-EH
OPPONENT OTAGAI OH-TAH-GUY
OUT SOTO SO-TOE
PLEASE ONEGAI SHIMASU OH-NAH-GEE-SHEE-MOSH
PLEASE EXCUSE ME GOMENASAI GO-MEN-AH-SIGH
POINT IPPON EE-PONE
POSTURE/BASE KAMAE KA-MY
PROGRESSION OBIONDO OH-BE-ON-DOH
PUNCH TSUKI SUE-KEY
RANK BELOW BLACK BELT KYU Q
READY YOI YOI
RED AKA AH-KAH
REINFORCED MOROTE MO-WO-TAY
REVERSE GYAKU EE-YAH-COO
RIGHT MIGI ME-GEE
RISING AGE AH-GAY
ROUNDHOUSE MAWASHI MA-WASH-EE
SENIOR STUDENT SEMPAI SIM-PIE
SHOUT TO FOCUS ENERGY KIAI KEY-EYE
SPARRING KUMITE COO-MAH-TAY
SPRIT, ENERGY KI KEY
STAB NUKITE NA-KEY-TAY
STANCE DACHI DA-CHE
STAND UP TATTE TOT-TAY
STEPPING ALUMIASHI AH-LUE-ME-AH-SHE
STOP YAME YAH-MAY
STRIKE UCHI OO-CHE
STUDY OF PEACE PINON PEE-NON
SWEEP OR SWEEPING BARAI BA-RYE
SWITCH FEET KOSA KOH-ZA
TECHNIQUE WAZA WAH-ZAH
THANK YOU ARIGATOU AH-REE-GAH-TOE
TURN AROUND MAWATTE MAH-WA-TAY
UNIFORM GI GEE
WAIT MATTE MA-TAY
WHITE SHIRO SHE-WO
WINS KACHI KAH-CHEE
YES HAI HIGH
YOU’RE WELCOME DO ITASHI MESHITE DOH-EE-TAH-SHEE-MOSH-TEH

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