{"id":183,"date":"2016-07-20T20:55:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shotokankaty.com\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2016-07-21T12:31:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T17:31:27","slug":"karate-do-terms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shotokankaty.com\/modern\/resources\/karate-do-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Karate-do Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Numbers<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Ichi<\/li>\n
  2. Ni<\/li>\n
  3. San<\/li>\n
  4. Shi<\/li>\n
  5. Go<\/li>\n
  6. Roku<\/li>\n
  7. Sichi<\/li>\n
  8. Hachi<\/li>\n
  9. Kyuu<\/li>\n
  10. Juu<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    When counting for class, just pronounce the first syllable of bisyllabic numbers (i.e., ich, rok, hich, hach), for shorter, sharper counting.<\/p>\n

    Stances<\/h2>\n
      \n
    • Zenkutsu-dachi = Front stance<\/li>\n
    • Koh-kutsu-dachi = Back stance<\/li>\n
    • Kiba-dachi= Horse stance \/ Saddle stance<\/li>\n
    • Neko-ashi-dachi =Cat foot stance<\/li>\n
    • Sochin-dachi \/ Fudoh-dachi = sochin stance \/ “Immovable” stance<\/li>\n
    • Sanchin-dachi = “Hourglass” stance<\/li>\n
    • Hangetsu-dachi = “Half-moon” stance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Arm Attacks<\/h2>\n
        \n
      • Tsuki = Punch<\/li>\n
      • Oi-zuki = Lunge punch<\/li>\n
      • Gyaku-zuki = Reverse punch<\/li>\n
      • Kizami-zuki =Jab punch<\/li>\n
      • Nukite = Spear-hand (thrust)<\/li>\n
      • Ura-ken = Back hand (strike)<\/li>\n
      • Empi = Elbow (strike)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Leg Attacks<\/h2>\n
          \n
        • Keri = Kick<\/li>\n
        • Mae-geri= Front (snap) kick<\/li>\n
        • Mawashi-geri = Round house kick<\/li>\n
        • (Yoko-geri) Kekomi = Side thrust kick<\/li>\n
        • (Yoko-geri) Keage = Side snap kick<\/li>\n
        • Ushiro-geri= Back (thrust) kick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Levels of Attack<\/strong><\/h2>\n
            \n
          • Joh-dan = “Upper level” \/ face<\/li>\n
          • Chuudan = “Middle level” \/ stomach \/ solar plexus<\/li>\n
          • Gedan= “Lower level” \/ groin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Blocks (Receiving Techniques)<\/h2>\n
              \n
            • Age-uke = Rising block<\/li>\n
            • Ude-uke = “Arm block”, often used to mean outside block<\/li>\n
            • Soto-uke= Outside block (see above)<\/li>\n
            • Uchi-uke = Inside block<\/li>\n
            • Gedan barai= Down block \/ “lower level sweep”<\/li>\n
            • Shuto-uke = Knife-hand block<\/li>\n
            • Nagashi-uke = “Flushing block” \/ deflecting block<\/li>\n
            • Kakiwake-uke = Two-handed “separating” block<\/li>\n
            • Juuji-uke = Two-handed “cross” block<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              The most common Japanese words and terms used during practices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":48,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-183","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shotokankaty.com\/modern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shotokankaty.com\/modern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shotokankaty.com\/modern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shotokankaty.com\/modern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shotokankaty.com\/modern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/shotokankaty.com\/modern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/shotokankaty.com\/modern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/183\/revisions\/189"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shotokankaty.com\/modern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shotokankaty.com\/modern\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}