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other japanese words

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budo   "the way to stop the spear", modern generic word for martial arts  
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bugei   "art of combat" used to describe the classic military arts of feudal japan  
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bugeisha   practioner of the classical martial arts of Japan  
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chi   chinese word, also written as qi, or ki in japanese, meaning universal energy  
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hara   center of the body  
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hidari/migi   left/right  
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ibuki   abdominal tension breathing  
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kagami biraki   new year's training-literally means "open mirror"  
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kanji   japanese language pictures  
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karate-do   empty hand way  
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karateka   person who studies karate-do  
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kata   formal exercises, form  
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kiai   yell of spirit  
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kihon   basics  
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koan   a problem or dialogue used as a means of concentration, path to enlightenment, during zazen  
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kohai   a karateka who is junior to you  
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kumite   free fighting  
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makiwara   a striking post usually bolted into a wall or the ground, used for striking with hands and feet  
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nage   person in the defensive role in a martial arts partnership  
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noren   japanese split curtain  
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obi   belt  
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ren ma   constant polishing  
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ryu   school or style of martial art  
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sei chu sen   cover center line  
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seiza   kneeling position  
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senpai   a karateka who is senior to you  
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shinzen   spirit center of the dojo  
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soji   housecleaning or community cleaning of the dojo  
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tameshiwari   boardbreaking  
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tanden   japanese word (dan tien in chinese),a point located two finger-widths below the navel. Regarded as the spirtual and physical center of the body  
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uke person in the offensive role in a martial arts partnership, litertally, the one who receives the technique    
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ura   spin turning  
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yakusoku   pre-arranged or "promised"  
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yin/yang   a taoist symbol representing the movement of two opposing and complementary energies  
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zanshin   lingering energy  
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zazen   seated meditation  
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