Karate Vocabulary

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Karate Vocabulary

• Grace Killer Owings

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Front kick

• Mae geri

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Side kick

• Yoko geri

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Round house kick

• Mawashi geri

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Back kick

• Ushiro geri

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Crescent kick

• Mikazuki geri

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Low block

• Gedan Barai
• (or Gedan Uke)

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Middle block

• Chudan uke

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High block

• Jodan uke

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Round house block

• Soto uke

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Knife hand

• Shuto uke

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Front stance

• Zenkutsu dachi

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Back stance

• Kokutsu dachi

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Cat stance

• Neko-ashi dachi

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Natural stance

• Shizen-tai dachi

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Cross legged stance

• Kosa dachi

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Feet together

• Heisoku dachi

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Sumo stance

• Shiko dachi

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Figure eight stance

• Hachiji dachi

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Counting

• Ichi
• Ni
• San
• Shi
• Go

• Roku
• Shichi
• Hachi
• Ku
• Ju