Membership | Japanese Shotokan Karate Association, International

Numbers:

  ichi       1          roku       6
  ni         2          shichi     7
  san        3          hachi      8
  shi        4          ku (kyuu)  9
  go         5          juu       10

Stances:

  hachinoji-dachi -- ready stance
  zenkutsu-dachi -- front stance
  koh-kutsu-dachi -- back stance
  kiba-dachi -- horse stance / saddle stance
  neko-dachi -- cat stance
  sochin-dachi / fudoh-dachi -- sochin stance / "immovable" stance
  sanchin-dachi -- "hourglass" stance
  hangetsu-dachi -- "half moon" stance

Arm attacks:

  tsuki -- punch
  oi-zuki -- lunge punch
  gyaku-zuki -- reverse punch
  kizami-zuki -- jab punch
  nukite -- spear-hand (thrust)
  ura-ken -- back hand (strike)
  empi -- elbow (strike)

Leg attacks:

  keri -- kick
  mae-geri -- front (snap) kick
  mawashi-geri -- round house kick
  (yoko-geri) kekomi -- side thrust kick
  (yoko-geri) keage -- side snap kick
  ushiro-geri -- back (thrust) kick

Attacking levels:

  joh-dan -- "upper level" / face
  chuudan -- "middle level" / stomach / solar plexus
  gedan -- "lower level" / groin

Blocks:

  age-uke -- rising block
  ude-uke -- "arm block", often used to mean outside block
  soto-uke -- outside block (see above)
  uchi-uke -- inside block
  gedan barai -- down block / "lower level sweep"
  shuto-uke -- knife-hand block
  nagashi-uke -- "flushing block" / deflecting block
  kakiwake-uke -- two-handed "separating" block
  juji-uke -- two-handed "cross" block

Other words:

  kihon -- basic(s)
  ki-ai -- "spirit focus" / a focusing yell
  kime -- "decision" / focus
  rei -- bow
  yoh-i -- "get ready" / often a command to stand in hachinoji-dachi
  yame -- stop 
  yasume -- rest, relax
  maware / mawatte -- turn
  hajime -- begin
  mokusoh -- "quiet meditation"
  dojo [doh-joh] -- "way place,"  the place where you train
  dojo kun -- dojo desiderata
  seiza -- "proper sitting" / kneeling
  sempai -- senior student
  koh-hai -- junior student