{"id":12249,"date":"2021-09-22T15:40:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/?p=12249"},"modified":"2025-02-17T11:55:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:55:43","slug":"japanese-terminology-martial-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/?p=12249","title":{"rendered":"Japanese terminology – Part 1 (Martial arts)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tachi-waza<\/strong> (Stance techniques)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Musubi-dachi<\/td>\nAttention stance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hachiji-dachi<\/td>\nNeutral stance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moto-dachi<\/td>\nBasic stance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zenkutsu-dachi<\/td>\nLow front stance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kokutsu-dachi<\/td>\nLow back stance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Stance alignment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hidari-hanmi<\/td>\nOrthodox stance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Migi-hanmi<\/td>\nSouthpaw stance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Ai-hanmi<\/td>\nUniform stance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gyaku-hanmi<\/td>\nMirrored stance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Ashi-sabaki<\/strong> (Footwork)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ayumi-ashi<\/td>\nNormal step<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tsugi-ashi<\/td>\nFollowing step<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Tai-sabaki<\/strong> (Body movement)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mae-mawari-sabaki<\/td>\nForward 180\u00b0-turn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ushiro-mawari-sabaki<\/td>\nBackward 180\u00b0-turn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Sitting\/Kneeling techniques<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Hanza<\/td>\nKnee stance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seiza<\/td>\nSitting on the ankles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kiza<\/td>\nSitting on the toes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Agura<\/td>\nSitting cross-legged<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shikko<\/td>\nWalking on the knees<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Atemi-waza<\/strong> (Body-striking techniques)<\/p>\n

Tsuki-waza (Punching techniques)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Kizami-zuki<\/td>\nFront hand punch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gyaku-zuki<\/td>\nBack hand punch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oi-zuki<\/td>\nStepping punch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mawashi-zuki<\/td>\nHaymaker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kagi-zuki<\/td>\nHook punch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ura-zuki<\/td>\nUppercut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Uchi-waza (Striking techniques)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tettsui-uchi<\/td>\nHammer fist strike<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shuto-uchi<\/td>\nKnife hand Strike<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haito-uchi<\/td>\nRidge hand strike<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uraken-uchi<\/td>\nBack fist strike<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enpi-uchi<\/td>\nElbow strike<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Keri-waza (Kicking techniques)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mae-geri<\/td>\nFront kick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mawashi-geri<\/td>\nRound kick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ura-mawashi-geri<\/td>\nHook kick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yoko-geri<\/td>\nSide kick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ushiro-geri<\/td>\nBack kick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fumikomi-geri<\/td>\nStomp kick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hiza-geri<\/td>\nKnee kick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Uke-Waza<\/strong> (Blocking techniques)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Soto-uke<\/td>\nOutside block<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uchi-uke<\/td>\nInside block<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Age-uke<\/td>\nUpward block<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Otoshi-uke<\/td>\nDownward block<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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– Next: Japanese terminology \u2013 Part 2 (Martial arts)<\/a>
\n– Disclaimer: This is not a word for word translation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tachi-waza (Stance techniques) Musubi-dachi Attention stance Hachiji-dachi Neutral stance Moto-dachi Basic stance Zenkutsu-dachi Low front stance Kokutsu-dachi Low back stance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12249"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12249"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16598,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12249\/revisions\/16598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.max-sperling.bplaced.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}