Aikido Vocabulary.doc

Aikido Vocabulary: (And other martial arts)

Bokken: Wooden Sword Dojo: School or training area. Dogi: Uniform (Also called just Gi) Domo Arigato: Thank you  Yes Hai: Yes Hanmi: Stance gra#ity. $t is the !oint from from which Hara: One!oint" center of gra#ity. %i &ows. Irimi: $nto  Jo: Short sta'  ohai: unior student. thrower. The defender during techniue !ractice !age: The thrower. or *andori. "bi: +elt  ,reestyle selfdefense selfdefense !ractice. One !erson (The #andori: ,reestyle !age) only defends themsel#es" while the other (The $ke) does all the attacking. #ei: +ow" !ay res!ect to someone. %ei&a: %neeling !osition instructor. An assistant assistant %em'ai: Senior student or assistant instructor. instructor" -rd %yu  %yu (reen +elt) rank r ank and u!.  Teacher or instruct ins tructor or.. %ensei: Teacher anto: %nife enkan: Around e'o: un $ke: The !erson /eing thrown. The attacker during techniue !ractice or *andori. $kemi: +reakfalls and rolls. $ndo: 0ariation

ounting in Ja'anese:

Ichi: One !i: Two %an: Three %hi: ,our Go: ,i#e #okku: Si1 %ichi: Se#en Hachi: 2ight u: 3ine  Ju:  Ten

Dojin Aikikai #anking %tructure: Adult *anks (Ages 45 and u!) 6th %yu 7 old +elt 8th %yu 7 +lue +elt -rd %yu 7 reen +elt" Sem!ai 5nd %yu 7 9ur!le +elt 4st %yu 7 +rown +elt Shodan 7 4 st :egree Black  +elt 3idan 7 5nd :egree Black  +elt Sandan 7 -rd :egree Black +elt  Yondan 7 8th :egree Black  +elt And so on until udan (4; th :egree Black  +elt) th %yu 7 +lue Stri!e ?th %yu 7 9ur!le Stri!e @th %yu 7 reen Stri!e th %yu 7 +rown Stri!e

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