• Life's not about how hard of a hit you can give...It's about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward. Sylvester Stallone
• The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. - John Ruskin
• Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all others. - Sir Winston Churchill
• The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of character of its participants. - Master Funakoshi
• Concentration is the secret of strength - Ralph Waldo Emerson
• If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. - Bruce Lee

General Terms

Japanese	Translation	Japanese	Translation
Dojo	Training Hall	Dojo Kun	Dojo code
Sensei	Instructor	Seiza	Kneel
Rei	Bow	Yoi	Ready
Migi	Right	Hidari	Left
Kamae-te	Move to ready position	Hajime	Start/begin
Mawatte	Turn	Yame	Finish/stop
Gi	Karate suit	Obi	Belt
Kime	Focus	Kiai	Martial shout
Kihon	Basic techniques	Kata	Formal exercises
Kumite	Sparring	Zanshin	Martial state of mind or awareness
Jodan	Head	Chudan	Middle body
Gedan	Lower body	Oss	Respectful greeting or acknowledgment or understanding of a command
Dachi - Stances
Japanese	Translation	Japanese	Translation
Heiko dachi	Natural stance	Heisoku dachi	Feet together stance
Musubi dachi	Informal stance	Zenkutsu dachi	Front stance
Kiba dachi	Straddle stance	Shiko dachi	Open leg/Sumo stance
Kokutsu dachi	Back stance
Uke - Blocks
Japanese	Translation	Japanese	Translation
Gedan Barai	Downward block	Age Uke	Rising block
Soto Uke	Outside block	Uchi Uke	Inside block
Shuto uke	Knife hand block	Tate Shuto uke	Vertical knife hand block
Nagashi uke	Sweeping block	Haishu uke	Back hand block
Empi uke	Elbow block	Juji uke	X block
Morote uke	Augmented block	Kakewake uke	Wedge block
Tsuki - Punches
Japanese	Translation	Japanese	Translation
Kara/Choku tsuki	Straight punch	Oi tsuki	Stepping punch
Kizami tsuki	Front hand punch	Gyaku tsuki	Reverse punch
Kagi tsuki	Hook punch	Ren tsuki	Two punch combination
Sanbon tsuki	Three punch combination
Uchi - Strikes
Japanese	Translation	Japanese	Translation
Age empi uchi	Rising elbow strike	Yoko empi uchi	Side elbow strike
Mawashi empi uchi	Round elbow strike	Ushiro empi uchi	Reverse elbow strike
Tate empi uchi	Downward elbow strike	Shuto uchi	Knife hand strike
Uraken uchi	Back fist strike	Tetsui uchi	Hammer fist strike
Nukite	Spear hand thrust	Teisho uchi	Palm heel strike
Haito uchi	Ridge hand strike
Geri - Kicks
Japanese	Translation	Japanese	Translation
Mae geri	Front kick	Yoko geri keage	Side snap kick
Yoko geri kekomi	Side thrust kick	Mawashi geri	Roundhouse kick
Ushiro geri	Back kick	Hiza geri	Knee kick
Ren geri	Kicking combinations stepping between kicks	Nidan geri	Two kicks with same leg without step between
Kumite - Sparring
Japanese	Translation	Japanese	Translation
Sanbon Kumite	Three step sparring	Gohon Kumite	Five step sparring
Kihon Ippon Kumite	Basic one-step sparring	Jiyu Ippon Kumite	Semi-free style sparring
Kaishi Ippon Kumite	Reaction sparring	Jiyu Kumite	Free style sparring