shorinji kempo
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vocabulary
techniques
kyu 6 kyu 5 kyu 4 kyu 3 kyu 2 kyu 1 dan 1 dan 2 dan 3 dan 4 syllabus ? notes
corrections due to Hiroshi Hayakawa, see topics.eliens.net
vocabulary.pdf
vocabulary
- atemi --
当て身 -- strike; blow (hit/appropriate/right,somebody/person)
- byakuren
– 白蓮
– white
lotus/ purity
- chidori ashi
-- 千鳥足 -- tottering steps, plover (thousand,bird,foot)
- chio ken
-- 地王拳 – (ground, king,
fist)
- cho mei
-- 著名 -- well-known; noted;
celebrated; (renowned, name)
- chudan – 中段 -- half-way up a slope; the
landing (inside/middle/center,level)
- dan -- 段 – grade, steps, stairs
- dori, tori
-- 捕り -- control[randori]
- eri -- 襟 – neck, collar, lapel,
neckband
- fukko -- 伏虎 – kneeling (bend down/bow, tiger/drunkard)
- furi -- 振り -- pretence; show;
appearance; (shake/wave/wag/swing)
- furisute -- 振り捨て -- (swing/shake, discard/throw away)
- gaeshi -- 返し -- to return; to
come back; to go back
- gamae – 構え – stance, build, mind
- garami -- 絡み / 搦み -- about; concerning;
related to;
(entwine /
bind, tie)
- gassho -- 合掌 -- pressing one's hands
together in prayer (fit/join, palm of hand/rule)
- gatame -- 固め – hold, to harden; to
freeze; to fortify (harden/set)
- gedan -- 下段 -- lowest tier/column
(below/inferior, grade/steps)
- geki -- 撃 -- beat, attack, defeat,
conquer
- geri – 蹴り – kick
- giwa dan
-- 義和
団 -- (in Chinese history) the Boxers
(righteousness/justice/morality/honor/loyalty/meaning,
harmony/Japanese style/peace/soften/Japan, group/association)
- heijo shin -- 平常心 -- one's
self-possession, one's presence of mind.( even/flat/peace,
usual/ordinary/normal/regular, heart/mind/spirit)
- goka ken
– 五花拳 – (five, flowers,
fist)
- gote -- 小手 – wrist (small/little,hand)
- gyaku – 逆 – reverse (inverted/reverse/opposite/wicked)
- gyaku (*) -- 虐 – tyranny, cruel
- gyakute -- 逆手 -- unexpected twist (reverse,hand)
- han -- 半 – half
- harai -- 払い -- [sweep] payment; bill;
account; (clear out/dispose of)
- hasami -- 鋏 – scissors
- hiji -- 肘 – elbow (elbow/arm)
- hiki -- 引き – pull
(pull/tug/jerk/admit)
- hiraki -- 開き – opening, gap
(open/unfold/seal)
- hiza -- 膝 – knee, lap
- ippon -- 一本 -- (1) one long cylindrical
thing; (2) one version; (3) a certain book; (4) a blow; (5) an experienced
geisha;
- johaku -- 上膊 – upper arm (above/up,
arm)
- juji -- 十字 – cross (ten,character/letter/word)
- juji -- 十字 – cross (ten,character/letter/word)
- junbi tai – 準備体 – preparation, warming
up (level/conform, prepare, body)
- jun zuki
– 順 突き – front punch
- kakuritsu – 確立 – establishment
(firm, standup)
- kamoku -- 科目 -- subject; curriculum; course
(section, eye/experience)
- kannuki --貫木 -- bar; bolt (e.g. on door); latch (
tree/word, pierce/brace)
- kata te
– 片手 – one hand
- ken
– 拳 – fist
- kenshi -- 拳士
– pupil (fist,warrior/samurai)
- kiai – 気合 – scream, yell,
fighting spirit (spirit/mind,fit/suit/join)
- kihon – 基本 – basis, standard
- kinteki -- 金的 -- bull's-eye; object
of desire (gold,mark/target/objective)
- kiri -- 切り -- limits; end; bounds; period; all
there is; only; since; (cut/cutoff/be sharp)
- kiritsu – 規律 – discipline
- kisei -- 気勢 -- fervour; vigour;
ardour; spirit
(spirit/mind,energy/military strength)
- kiso zuki
-- 基礎 突き -- foundation; basis; (foundation,cornerstone,punch)
- komi -- 込み -- (1) to be crowded;
(2) to go inside
(crowded/mixture/include)
- kon – see [ronin]
- kongo ken – 金剛拳 – B. symbol of the indestruct. truth, fist (metal, hard)
- konoha -- 木の葉 -- foliage; leaves of trees (tree,leaf/lobe/fragment)
- ko sha
– 攻者 – attacker
- koshi -- 腰 – hip (loins/hips/waist)
- kote -- 小手 – wrist (small/little,hand)
- kubi -- 首 – neck
- kumade -- 熊手 -- rake; fork; bamboo rake (bear,hand)
- kumo -- 蜘蛛 – spider (spider,spider)
- kumo garami
--蜘蛛 絡み -- [gatamae]
(spider, entwine)
- kyu sho
-- 急所 -- [きゅうしょ] - (n) vitals, tender spot, secret,
key.
- mae – 前 – front, forwards
- maki -- 巻き – roll up (roll
up/scroll/volume)
- mawashi -- 廻し -- to turn, to revolve (round/game)
- midare -- 乱れ -- disorder; disturbance;
unrest; (riot/war/disorder) [ran]
- mohan -- 模範
– exemplar, model example (imitation/copy,
pattern/example/model)
- morote – 諸手 – two hands
- muna – 胸 – chest
- nage -- 投げ -- a throw; a
fall; (throw/discard/abandon/launch
into)
- nami -- 波 – wave(s)
- nio ken – 仁王拳 – the two
guardian Deva kings, fist (benevolent, king)
- niuke -- 荷受 -- receipt of goods (baggage/shoulder load, receive)
- nuki -- 抜き— (1) in succession; (2)
without; (slip
out/extract/pull out)
- okuri -- 送り -- seeing off; sending off;
funeral; (send/escort)
- omote -- 表 -- surface; front; right side; face; exterior; outside;
(surface/table/chart/diagram)
- oshi -- 押し -- to push; to press
(push/stop/check/attach)
- otoshi
-- 落し -- fall, drop, come
down
- rakan ken
– 羅漢拳 -- arhat;
Lohan; achiever of Nirvana, fist (silk, china)
- randori – 乱捕り – (disorder/riot,
control)
- ren hanko
– 連反攻 – counter attack
(sequence, oppose, attack)
- renshu -- 練習 -- practice
- retsu -- 列 – row
- ronin -- 浪人 -- (1) ronin; lordless samurai; (2) out of work; (3)
waiting for another chance to enter a university (wandering/waves/billows,
person) [kon]
- ryaku -- 略 -- abbreviation, omission, outline, shorten
- ryote -- 両手 -- (1) (with) both hands; (2)
approvingly; (both/two, hand)
- ryuka ken -- 龍樺拳 -- (dragon,birch,fist)
- ryuo ken
– 龍王拳 -- promoted rook (shogi), fist (dragon, king)
- sabaki -- 捌き -- to handle (deal with/dispose of/be frank/be sensible)
- sabaki (*) -- 裁き
– to judge
- sango ken
– 三合拳 – (three, meet, fist)
- sankaku -- 三角 -- triangle; triangular;
(three, angle/corner/horn)
- se – 背 -- back
- sei chu sen -- 正中線
– median line (correct,middle,line)
- seigan -- 誓願 – oath
(vow/swear/pledge, request/vow/wish)
- sensei -- 先生 -- teacher; master; doctor;
(before/ahead, life/birth)
- shime -- 絞め -- to strangle, constrict, wring
- shita -- 下 -- under; below;
beneath; (below/inferior) [ge]
- shugo -- 守護 -- protection; safeguard
- shu sha – 守者 -- defender
- sode
– 袖 – sleeve
- sotai -- 相対
– relative, pair form (mutual/together,
opposite/equal)
- soto -- 外 – outside
- sukui -- 救い -- help; aid; relief;
(salvation/save/help/rescue/reclaim)
- tai gamae -- 対構え – (opposite, stance)
- tai sabaki
-- 体捌 – (body,handle)
- tanto -- 短刀 -- knife, short sword; dagger; dirk (short,sword)
- taoshi --
... take down ...
- tembin -- 天秤 -- balance (heaven, balance/scales)
- tenno ken -- 天王拳 – Uranus planet (heaven,
king, fist)
- tobi -- 飛び -- to jump; to fly; to leap;
to spring; to bound; to hop;
(fly/scatter)
- tojo
sensei -- 東條 先生 – Tojo
sensei [our sensei] (east, article/ray of light, before/ahead, life/birth)
- tsubame -- 燕 – swallow (bird)
- tsuri -- 釣り – fishing (angling/fish/catch)
- uebayashi hidemi
-- 植林
秀美
– Uebayashi Hidemi [WSKO] (plant,trees,excel/beauty,beauty)
- uchi – 内 – inside
- ude -- 腕 – (1) arm; (2) skill;
(arm/ability/talent)
- uke --受け -- receiving; holder;
defense; reputation; agreement
- ukemi -- 受身 -- passive; passive
voice (receive,body)
- ura – 裏 – reverse, side, rear
- ushiro -- 後 – behind, back, later
- utsu -- 打つ -- to hit; to strike, to
pound
- uwa -- 上 -- upper; upward; outer;
surface; top; (above/up) [jo,age]
- waza – 技 – craft, skill [gi]
- yoko -- 横 -- beside; side; width
(sideways/side/horizontal)
- yori – 寄り – draw near, send
- yubi -- 指 – finger (finger/point
to/indicate/put into)
- zeme – 攻め -- attack
- zuki - 突き – punch
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readme
vocabulary
techniques
kyu 5 kyu 4 kyu 3 kyu 2 kyu 1 dan 1 dan 2 dan 3 dan 4 syllabus ? notes
syllabus@shorinjikempo.nl