| MA-AI |
Distancing.
Distancing with respect to one's partner. Since Karate techniques
always vary according to circumstances, it is important to understand
how differences in initial position affect the timing and application
of techniques. |
| MA-AI GA TOH |
not
proper distance. |
| MAE |
Front
or Forward. |
| MAE ASHI |
Front
Leg or Front Foot. |
| MAE ASHI GERI |
Front
Leg Kick. |
| MAE ASHI GYAKU MAWASHI GERI |
Front
Leg Reverse Roundhouse Kick. Normally striking with the heel or
sole of the foot. |
| MAE ASHI MAWASHI GERI |
Front
Leg Round House Kick. This kick features in the higher Kyu grade
and black belt gradings. |
| MAE EMPI UCHI |
Front
Elbow Strike. |
| MAE GERI |
Front
Kick. |
| MAE GERI KEAGE |
Front
Snapping Kick. Also referred to as MAE KEAGE. This is a front
kick, but the 'Keage' denotes the way in which it is delivered,
as a snap as opposed to a thrust. |
| MAE GERI KEKOMI |
Front
Thrust Kick. Also referred to as MAE KEKOMI. This is a front kick,
but the 'Kekomi' denotes the way in which it is delivered, as
a thrust as opposed to a snap. |
| MAE HIJI ATE |
Front
Elbow Strike. |
| MAE NI ITE (MY KNEE ITE) |
Going
Forward. |
| MAE TOBI GERI |
Front
Jumping Kick. |
| MAEUDE-DEAI-OSAE UKE |
Front
Forearm Pressing Block. |
| MAEUDE HINERI UKE |
Front
Forearm Twist Block. |
| MAE UKEMI |
forward
fall/roll. |
| MAKIWARA |
Punching
Board or post. |
| MANABU |
Learning
by imitating. A method of studying movement and techniques by
following and imitating the instructor. |
| MANJI KAMAE |
Swastika
Posture. A Double block where one arm executes GEDAN BARAI to
one side, while the other arm executes JODAN UCHI UKE, usually
carried out in KOKUTSU DACHI. and is also called. This move features
in many Shotokan Kata. |
| MANJI UKE |
Swastika
Block. It is another way of saying Manji Kamae. |
| MATA |
Top
of the thigh. |
| MAWARI KOMI |
Turning
(like a top). |
| MAWASHI EMPI UCHI |
Round
House or Circular Elbow Strike. Also referred to as MAWASHI HIJI
ATE. This is a devastating close in technique and when performed
correctly with good hip movement you should be able to knock your
opponent off his feet. |
| MAWASHI GERI |
Roundhouse
Kick. This kick is considered to be a fairly 'recent' innovation
and may explain why you do not see any of the Mawashi geri's (mawashi
geri, gyaku/ura mawashi geri or ushiro mawashi geri) in Shotokan
Kata. Master Kanazawa did replace the Fumikomi in the kata Empi
during the 1960's and 1970's because of this. A good practical
target area in a real fight for this kick is the outside of your
opponents knee. The kick should rip his ligaments and tendons
and drop him to the floor. |
| MAWASHI HIJI ATE |
Roundhouse
Elbow Strike. Also referred to as MAWASHI EMPI UCHI. |
| MAWASHI HIZA GERI |
Roundhouse
Knee Kick. Done with the same action as a normal roundhouse kick
but striking with the knee. A good target area for this is the
solar-plexus as you pull your attacker on to it. |
| MAWASHI KAKE UKE |
Round
House Hooking Block. |
| MAWASHI TOBI GERI |
Roundhouse
Jumping Kick, or Flying Roundhouse Kick. The thing that I like
about this kick is that you can show your first leg that comes
up as a feint for a front kick, and thereby getting your opponent
to start blocking down for it, exposing the side of his head to
the full power of the roundhouse kick that follows. |
| MAWASHI TSUKI |
Roundhouse
Punch. I like this punch as you are able to hook it round your
opponents guard and as it is a punch that doesn't seem to get
used that often your opponents don't have a re-active defence
to it. |
| MAWATE |
A
command given by the instructor for students to turn around. |
| MAYU |
Eyebrow.
|
| ME |
Eye.
|
| MEIJIN |
Expert
or Master. |
| MEIKYO |
Polished
Mirror. A black belt kata. |
| MEN |
Side,
Face or Surface. For example Yokomen, Sokumen, Haimen. |
| ME NO TSUKEKATA |
Fixing
The Eyes. |
| MIGAMAE |
Physical
Readiness. |
| MIGI |
Right
(Right Side). If said by itself it would be Migi No. |
| MIGI KAGI KAMAE |
Right
Hooking Posture, as seen in the Kata Hiean Godan. |
| MIGI NANEME NI YOKERU KOTO |
Right
diagonal evasion |
| MIGI KAMAE |
Right
Posture. Used to describe when your right side is forward in a
stance. |
| MIGITE |
Right
Hand |
| MIKAZUKI |
Crescent.
|
| MIKAZUKI GERI |
Crescent
Kick. |
| MIKAZUKI GERI UKE |
Crescent
Kick Block, where the kick is used to block an attack. |
| MIKEN |
Summit
of the nose in the centre of the forehead. |
| MIMI |
Ear.
|
| MIRU |
Look.
|
| MIYAKUDOKORO or UCHIJAKUZAWA |
The
inner parts of the forearm where the pulse can be felt. |
| MIZU |
Water.
|
| MIZO NAGARE KAMAE |
Water
Flowing Posture, Nagare also translates as 'Flowing' in the same
way that Nagashi does. This stance is also seen as 'Kagi Kamae'
or 'Hooking Posture'. |
| MIZO NAGARE URAKEN KAMAE |
Water
Flowing Back Fist Posture, As seen at the start of the Kata Gojushiho
Dai. |
| MIZU NO KOKORO |
Mind
Like Water. A psychological principle emphasising the need to
calm your mind, like the surface of undisturbed water, while facing
an opponent. |
| MOKUSO |
Meditation.
Practice often begins or ends with a brief period of meditation.
The purpose of meditation is to clear one's mind and to develop
cognitive equanimity. Perhaps more importantly, meditation is
an opportunity to become aware of conditioned patterns of thought
and behaviour so that such patterns can be modified, eliminated
or more efficiently put to use. |
| MOMO |
Thigh.
|
| MOROASHI BARAI |
Two
Leg Sweep. |
| MOROTE |
Augmented,
Double or Two Handed. A term synonymous with the use of two hands
to perform a certain technique. |
| MOROTE ENSHIN HAITO BARAI |
Two
Handed Circular Ridge Hand Sweep. A move from the kata Chinte.
The circle is performed by both hands. |
| MOROTE GEDAN IPPON NUKITE UCHI |
combined
lower level one finger spear hand strike. As seen in the Kata
Gojushiho Dai. |
| MOROTE GEDAN SHUTO UKE |
Double
Handed Lower Level Knife Hand Block. As seen in the Kata Gankaku.
|
| MOROTE GEDAN UKE |
Double
Handed Lower Level Block. As seen in the Kata Gankaku. |
| MOROTE HIKI OTOSHI |
Two
Handed Pulling Drop. Used in the Kata Bassai Sho. |
| MOROTE JO UKE |
Double
Handed Jo Block. As seen in the Kata Meikyo. |
| MOROTE KAISHO GEDAN UKE |
Double
Open Handed Lower Level Block. As seen in the Kata Gojushiho Dai.
|
| MOROTE KIZAMI URA TSUKI |
Double
Jabbing Close Punch. As seen in the Kata Meikyo. |
| MOROTE KOKO DORI |
Double
Tiger Mouth Grasp. As seen in the Kata Jitte when grabbing the
Jo. |
| MOROTE KOKO UKE |
Double
Tiger Mouth Block. As seen in the Kata Bassai Sho. |
| MOROTE KUBI OSAE |
Two
Handed Head/Neck Hold, where both hands are used to grab, one
either side of the opponents head. As seen in the Kata Heian Yondan.
|
| MOROTE SEIRYUTO UCHI |
Two
Handed Ox-jaw Strike. Generally used against the collar bones,
as seen in the Kata Gojushiho-Sho. |
| MOROTE SUKUI UKE |
Augmented
Scooping Block, or two handed scooping block. Generally used against
a kick in which the attackers leg is scooped up. |
| MOROTE TSUKAMI UKE |
Augmented
Grasping Block, or two handed grasping block. |
| MOROTE TSUKI |
Augmented
Punch or U-Punch. Punching with both fists simultaneously. Also
referred to as AWASE TSUKI or DOUBLE HANDED PUNCH. |
| MOROTE UDE UKE |
Augmented
Forearm Block. The opposite fist is placed close to the elbow
of the blocking forearm. |
| MOROTE UKE |
Augmented
Block. |
| MOROTE URA KIZAMI AGE TSUKI |
Augmented
Back Jabbing Punch Rising. As seen in the kata Kanku Dai. |
| MOTO |
Original.
|
| MOTO DACHI |
Original
Stance, a term that you may see in some older Karate books. Karate
used to have much higher stances than are trained with today.
Then when we started using lower stances Moto Dachi was the term
used to tell you to go back to the higher original stance. |
| MUDANSHA |
Students
without black-belt ranking. |
| MUKI |
facing.
i. e. Kao Migi Muki = Head Facing Right. It also means direction;
situation; exposure; aspect or suitability. |
| MUNE |
Chest.
|
| MUNEN MUSO |
Free
of all idea's and thoughts. You are therefore ready to learn,
or act with a clear mind, dedicating yourself to the task in hand.
|
| MUSHIN |
No
Mind, or Without Mind. It indicates a clear, calm spirit. This
should be striven for in Kata or in meditation. |
| MUSUBI DACHI |
Informal
attention stance, Heels placed together but with each foot turned
out at 45 degrees. This used to be called 'Linked Feet Stance'
|
| MUSO |
Vision
or Dream. |
| MUSO KAMAE |
A
term used by Kanazawa for the first move in the Kata Sochin, which
consists of an Upper Rising Block with a simultaneous Lower Level
Bottom Fist Strike. (Age Uke Doji Gedan Tettsui Uchi) which are
performed at slow speed and with tension. |
| MUSO UKE |
Vision
or Dream Block. Kanazawa uses this terminology in the Kata Nijushiho.
It would best be described as a Vertical Scissor Fore-arm Block.
|
| MYAKU |
Pulse.
|
| MYOJO |
Area
about one inch below the navel. |
