I’ll
try to explain all the Japanese words being used in Kihon (basic training) but
there are so many words and I wonder how to start... I’ll pick up the words according to the
training I was used to in Japan and at the end of the series, I will list all
the words by techniques.
I
guess it ’s not the same order as your training (in Japan it’s the same almost everywhere
though) and there might be some words which have different meanings in
different style karate.
Please
remember that I am going to explain about the Japanese words and not about the
techniques or the training itself.
First
of all, please remember these words. (in Japanese, single and plural words are
the same)
hand/hands
= TE טה 手 leg/legs/foot/feet = ASHI אשי 足
front,
forward = MAE מאה 前 back (אחורה)= USHIRO אושילו 後
right
(ימין) = MIGI מיגי 右 left (שמאל)
= HIDARI הידאלי 左
(extra
Japanese knowledge)
right
hand = Migite, left hand = Hidarite, right leg = Migiashi, left leg =
Hidariashi
front
leg = Maeashi, back leg = Ushiroashi
Now,
“kihon” starts from “Fudou-dachi” stance.
‘Stance’
(עמידה) is called “tachi”
(“tachi” and “dachi” are the same word. When “tachi” comes after another noun,
it changes to “dachi”)
“Fudou”
means ‘not move/immobile’. So “fudou-dachi” is the firm stand and you shouldn't
move. Sensei says “Fudou-dachi!” when he wants to start something and he doesn't
want the students to move around or move the body at all.
Then
the first stance for practicing ‘tsuki’ (punches) is “sanchin-dachi”.
“Sanchin”
in kanji (Chinese characters) means ‘three fights’. Someone explains on the
internet (actually I also didn't know the real meaning) that it’s because you prepare to fight in 3
directions - front(Mae), right(Migi), and left(Hidari). And the point of the
stance is that you keep stability when you attack or block to the front and to
the sides. For that you have to concentrate the power to both legs and feet. I remember Sensei always said "grab the floor with your feet"
“Migi-sanchin-dachi” the
right foot forward
Osu
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