Shito-Ryu:    name of our system or style	Kenwa Mabuni:   founder of system
Kara:           empty	Te:                       hand
Do:              way	Sensi:                   instructor
Dojo:           training place	Kumite:                fighting-free sparing
Soke:           founder	Shihan:                 Master or teacher
Karateka:     student of karate	Kata:                    form (an arranged                             exercise-patters of attack)
Kiai:             yell (with strong spirit and                     focus)	Kamaite:              assume position
Zanshin:        awarness of one's opponent                     (perfect finish)	Seretsu:               awareness of one's opponenet
Mokuso:       meditate	Yoi:                     get ready
Hajime:         begin	Yame:                  stop
Mawatte:      turn	Ya Sume:             relax / adjust gi
Rei:              bow	Seiza:                   kneel
Tate:            rise	Oss:                     a term of respect (not                             translatable)
Gi:               karate uniform	Obi:                     belt
Jo-dan:        upper area of body	Chu-dan:             middle area of body
Ge-dan:       lower area of body	Mavate:               pivot
Hidari:         left	Migi:                   right
Makiwara:  striking board	Kime:                 focus
Kio Tuski:   come to attention	Keiko:                practice
Kihan:         fundamental (techniques)
Counting	Stances
Ichi:     one	Musubi Dachi:       closed stance
Ni:       two	Heiko Dachi:         shoulder stance
San:     three	Zenkutsu Dach:i     forward stance
Shi:      four	Neko-Ashi Dachi:  cat stance
Go:      five	Shiko Dachi:           side to side stance
Roku:   six	Kokutsu Dachi:       back stance
Shichi:  seven	Sanchin Dachi:        tension stance
Hachi:   eight	Hangetsu Dachi:      half moon stance
Ku:        nine	Hachiji Dachi:          open leg stance (toes out)
Ju:          ten	Uchi Hachiji Dachi:   inverted open leg stance

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