| ai |
...universal harmony - union |
| ai hamni |
...crossed stance (left-left) |
| aikidoka |
...aikido practitioner |
| aikitaiso |
...aikido training for psycho-physical warm up |
| atemi |
...strike to stop UKE action |
| bokken |
...wooden sword |
| buki |
...arms |
| chudan |
...bust central position (plesso solare) |
| dan |
...learning rank beyond black belt |
| do |
...way to go - methodo |
| dojo |
...place where you practice aikido |
| domo arigato gozaimashita |
...thank you very much |
| eri |
...higher part of keikogi collar |
| eritori |
...to pull somebody keikogi collar |
| futaridori |
...techniques where two people attack one another
simultaneously |
| gedan |
...belly lower part |
| gyaku |
...to reverse |
| gyaku hanmi |
...opposing stance (left-right) |
| go |
...number five |
| hachi |
...number eight |
| hai |
...yes |
| hakama |
...divided skirt worn by black belt rank |
| hanmi hantachi waza |
...techniques with tori on his knees and uke standing |
| happo |
...eight directions |
| hara |
...one's own center of mass, located about 2" below the
navel. Traditionally thought to be the location of KI |
| hidari |
...left |
| hiji |
...elbow |
| ichi |
...number one |
| irimi |
...entering the body movement |
| jo |
...wooden staff |
| jodan |
...upper part of the body (head) |
| joseki |
...tatami eastern side |
| ju |
...number ten |
| jujigarami |
...stance with crossed arms |
| kaeshi waza |
...roles exchange, technique reversal: TORI becomes UKE
and vice-versa |
| kaiten |
...180° body rotation standing on the tiptoes, without
moving the feet |
| kamae |
...guard posture, position |
| kamiza |
...ltatami side housing the sensei |
| kata |
...form, prescribed pattern of movements |
| katana |
...traditional Japanese sword |
| katate ryote |
...stance with two hands keeping one |
| ken |
...sword |
| keikogi |
...(kimono) jacket and trousers worn during the training |
| ki |
...vital energy - spirit |
| kiai |
...shout expressing the focusing of one's whole
energy in a single movement |
| kohai |
...beginner. Junior student just arrivedo |
| kokyo |
...breath, breath power |
| kokyunage |
...stance with breath power |
| koshi |
...bust, waist |
| kote |
...wrist |
| ku |
...number nine |
| kubi |
...neck |
| kubishime |
...strangling, choking |
| kyu |
...ranks below the black belt |
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