Glossary of Martial Arts terms

[Bitseach]

Quite often on the boards people ask, "What's a ?????" and then many people helpfully answer them. I thought it might be useful to collate everyone's definitions into a dynamic glossary which could perhaps become a separate page (with alphabetical hyperlinks?) eventually and a reference source, esp as so many of us visit and represent so many MAs.

 

It would be helpful if, when people are replying, they give their country and style of MA so that we can gauge whether something is local to an area or an art/style.

 

Howabout we start with the basics:

 

gi

 

ki/chi

 

kiai

 

kimono

 

obi

 

zazen

 

"oss"

 

shotokan

 

wado ryu

 

hajime

 

dojo

 

kata

 

migi

 

ippon

 

wazari

 

maigeri

 

keage

 

kekomi

 

age uke

 

etc, etc. Only potential difficulty is that a definition collection such as this will inevitably involve many terms that will have been covered already in other threads, so I hope the moderators don't mind, as this could be a valuable summary.

 

Please keep this thread for definitions and don't let it get off-topic too much!

 

Cheers,

 

Bitseach

 

 

[Eye of the Tiger]

Basicly a martial arts database, with terminology and definitions of the arts. Hope they will recognise it. It would be very useful. Maybe you should contact Patrick.

 

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[ This Message was edited by: Eye of the Tiger on 2002-06-18 15:16 ]

[karatekid1975]

In my TKD school, we don't use Korean term, excpet for a few things. But I still remember a few terms from my TSD school, so I'll add them here.

 

English ..... Korean

 

Uniform ........................... Dobohk

 

Internal strength/power .... Ki

 

Yell ................................. Kihap

 

Belt ................................ Dee

 

Training hall .................... Dojang

 

Forms ............................. Hyung/poomse

 

Stance ............................ Jaseh

 

Ready stance .................. Choon bee Jaseh

 

kick ................................ Chaki

 

Block .............................. Mahk ki

 

Black Belt ....................... Dan

 

Color belt ....................... Gup

 

Sparring ......................... Ja Yu Dae Ryun

 

Step sparring .................. Il Soo sik DaeRyun

 

Self defense .................... Ho sin Sul

 

Attack ............................. Kong kyuck

 

Attention ......................... Cha Ryut

 

Return ............................ Baro

 

Meditate .......................... Muk Yum

 

Begin .............................. Si jak

 

Bow .............................. kyung yeh

 

Master instructor .............. Sah bum nim

 

Grandmaster ................... Kwan Chang Nim

 

Ok, that's enough for now LOL. I could keep going. Dang! I still remember most of it .... cool.

 

 

 

 

[Patrick]

I plan to have a staff member be in charge of this, but you guys can start.

 

I had in mind that it would be term and definition, but I suppose that might not work.

 

 

[Blade13]

Here are some Ninjutsu terms...

 

Bansenshukai- Ten volume collection of Ninjutsu history, personalities, and tactics from the Iga province

 

Chokuto blade- Straight blade

 

Chudan uchi- middle-level hanbo strike

 

Dotonjutsu- Earth methods

 

Gando- candle spotlights

 

Gedanuchi- low target hanbo strike

 

Genjutsu- Arts of illusion

 

Gogyo- Five symbolic elements (Fire->Earth->Metal->Water->Wood->Fire...its a cycle)

 

Gotonpo- Natural escape strategies

 

Hanbo- half staff (usually 4 feet)

 

Happo Shuriken- 8 pointed throwing blade

 

Hira Shuriken- Flat blade with anywhere from 3-8 blades

 

Igabakama- Uniform pants

 

In-Ton- Concealment and camoflauge

 

Itaken("board blades")- Flat pieces of steel with one or two blades

 

Jodan uchi- high level strike

 

Jojubu- staff and cane fighting

 

Kamayari- Spear with sickle on the side

 

Katonjutsu- Fire methods

 

Kiaijutsu- Art of harmonizing with universal force OR shout of spirit

 

Kintonjutsu- Metal methods

 

Koppojutsu- Bone damaging methods

 

Koshijutsu- Muscle and organ damaging methods

 

Koshizashi- Hip-held gun

 

Kuji no ho- Nine syllable protection method

 

Kukinage- Void and universal energy throw

 

Kusari-fundo- Weighted chain

 

Kusarigama- Chain and sickle

 

Kyoketsu shoge- Ringed cord and dagger skills

 

Metsubushi- Poison powders

 

Mokutonjutsu- Wood methods

 

Nin Gu- Tools

 

Ninja- Someone who trains in Ninjutsu

 

Ninja To- Ninja sword

 

Ninpo- Higher and more spiritual form of Ninjutsu

 

Ninpo mikkyo- Secret knowledge or Spiritual lore

 

Onikudaki- Shoulder dislocating leverage

 

Saminjutsu- Hypnotism

 

Senban Shuriken- 4 pointed flat throwing blade

 

Shaken- Another word for Hira Shuriken

 

Shinobi Shozoku- Ninja uniform (the one with the hood)

 

Shuriken- Throwing blades

 

Suitonjutsu- Water methods

 

Tachinagara- Rear body drop

 

Taruikada- Foot floatation pots

 

Tetsubishi- caltrop spikes- Spiked objects designed to always have one point up.

 

Tsubogiri- Wall borers

 

Tsugibune- Collapsable boat

 

Uchidake- Firestarter

 

Yari- Spear

 

Yokonagara- body drop

 

Zenpo ukemi- forward breakfall

 

 

 

....enough? hehe

 

Already alphabetized! WOO HOO! (Im hyper...lol)

 

Ill add more later, but as for now... Im tired. *Tis 2:40AM* (Insomnia sucks. lol)

 

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but you will eventually be pricked by a thorn.-ME

 

RIP De De Ramone

 

[ This Message was edited by: Blade13 on 2002-06-21 02:40 ]

[SaiFightsMS]

I lost my 300 term glossary when the hard drive had to be wiped last winter.

 

 

[Patrick]

Before we get too deep in this. Any suggestions on how it should be organized?

 

Is by alphabetical order the way to do it?

 

I am going to try to get with someone about writing a small script to handle it or we'll have to do it a harder way.

 

 

[Blade13]

I think that it could be a long list organized by style. The styles could be listen in alphabetical order, and the terms would be listed in alphabetical order as well, under the style heading. I dont think we would need style descriptions. The link to kickboxing.com is enough, I think, since it has a lot of style descriptions. It would be a lot easier than having a separate page for each style's terms. Having the separate pages for each style would look more organized, but the long list would be easier to make, lol.

 

 

[karatekid1975]

It should be organized by language (not syle .....too many of them), then in alphabetical order. When you are ready, Patrick, I'll give ya a s**t load of Korean terms

 

 

[Blade13]

Good point about there being too many styles.