|
KIHON DACHI
(BASIC STANCES) |
KIHON UKE WAZA (BASIC BLOCKS) |
| MUSUBI DACHI - Attention
stance |
UKE - Block, or, defend(er).
Also, receiver (of energy, or ki) |
| HACHIJI DACHI - Ready
stance |
GEDAN UKE - Low block |
| ZENKUTSU DACHI - Forward
fighting stance |
SOTO UKE - Inside-to-outside
block |
| NO TSUKOMI DACHI - Forward
lunging stance |
JODAN UKE - High block |
| GYAKUTSUKI DACHI -
Reverse-punch stance |
SHUTO UKE - Knife-edge of
the hand block |
| GYAKUTSUKI - NO TSUKOMI DACHI
- Lunging reverse-punch stance |
TETSUI UKE - Hammer-fist
block |
| SHEIKO DACHI - Horse stance |
UCHI UKE - Outside-to-inside
front forearm bloc |
| NEKO ASHI DACHI - Cat leg stance |
UDE UKE - Outside-to-inside forearm block |
| MAHANMI NEKO ASHI DACHI -
Profile (or half-view) cat-leg stance |
EMPI UKE - Elbow block |
| SHOMEN NEKO ASHI DACHI -
Front cat-leg stance |
KAKAE UKE - Circular,
pulling block, emphasizing the shote, or heel of the hand |
| HEISOKU DACHI - Narrow
stance (heels and toes together) |
URAKEN UKE - Block with the back
of the knuckles |
| SHIZENTAI DACHI - Natural
stance |
 |
| KOKUTSU DACHI - Rearward
lunging stance (sometimes called, gyakutsuki no tsukomi dachi) |
| NAIFANCHI DACHI
- Modified
horse stance (feet turned inward) |
| SEISHAN DACHI - Hourglass stance |
| |
|
|
KIHON GERI WAZA (BASIC KICKS) |
ATEMI WAZA (STRIKING
TECHNIQUES)
|
| MAE GERI - Front snap kick |
TSUKI - Fist strike, punch |
| MAEWASHI GERI - Roundhouse
kick |
JUNTSUKI - Stepping
front-hand punch |
| YOKO GERI - Side kick
(striking surface: ashi sokuto, or, knife-edge of the foot) |
JUNTSUKI NO TSUKOMI -
Stepping front-hand lunging punch |
| HAKU GERI - Inward crescent
kick (striking surface: usually the instep-to-pad of the foot) |
GYAKUTSUKI - Reverse punch |
| MAE TOBI GERI - Flying
front kick (usually executed with kekome-thrust-) |
GYAKUTSUKI NO TSUKOMI -
Lunging reverse, or back-hand punch |
| USHIRO GERI - Back, or,
rearward kick (striking surface: heel of the foot) |
URAKEN - Back-fist |
| FUMIKOMI GERI - Stomping
kick (Usually executed as gedan yoko geri) |
SHUTO - Knife-edge of the
hand |
| HIZA - Knee
strike |
TETSUI - Hammer-fist |
| |
TATE - Vertical-fist (or
vertical-hand) |
|
 |
SHOTE - Palm-heel of the hand |
| NUKITE - spear-hand |
| KENTSUKI - knuckle strike |
| HAESHU - Open, back of the
hand strike |
| HAITO - Ridge-hand |
| EMPI - Elbow strike |
| |
|
Terminology