KOBUKAI JUJUTSU
COMMON VOCABULARY
AIKI = HARMONY OF ENERGY
ANMA = MASSAGE
ARASHI = STORM
ASHI = FOOT/LEG
ASHIKUBI = ANKLE
ATAMA = HEAD
ATEMI = STRIKE
BO = 5 FOOT STAFF
BOKKEN = WOODEN SWORD
DACHI = STANCE
DOJO = WAY PLACE
ERI = COLLAR
FUMIKOMI = HEEL STRIKE
GAKE = HOOK
GARAMI = ENTANGLED
GARI = REAP
GATAME = LOCK
GEASHI = TURNING
GERI = KICK
GI (short for uwagi) = UNIFORM
GOSHI = HIP
GURUMA = WHEEL
GYAKU = REVERSED
GYAKUTE = REVERSED HAND
HADAKE = NAKED
HAITO = RIDGE HAND
HAJIME = HALF
STRANGLE
HAJIME - BEGIN
HAKAMA = DIVIDED SKIRT
HANBO = 3 FOOT STAFF
HARA = BELLY
HARAI = SWEEPING
HAZUSHI = ESCAPE
HIDARI = LEFT
HIJI = ELBOW
HISHIGI = DISLOCATE
HITTSUI = KNEE STRIKE
HIZA = KNEE
IKKAJO = FIRST METHOD
IPPON = SINGLE
IRIMI = ENTERING
JIGOKU = HELL
JIME = STRANGLE
JO = 4 FOOT STAFF
JOSEKI = UPPER SEAT
JU = YIELD
JUJI = CROSS
JUTSU = SCIENCE
KAITEN = ROLL
KAMAE = POSTURE
KAMIZA = HIGH SEAT
KANE = CRAB
KARA = EMPTY
KARADA = BODY
KATA = ONE OF A PAIR
KATA = SHOULDER
KATANA = SWORD
KAZUSHI = BREAK
BALANCE
KEN = SWORD
KESA = SCARF
KO = SMALL
KOMI = PULL
KOSHI = WAIST
KOSOTO = SMALL OUTSIDE
KOTE = WRIST
KUBI = NECK
MAE = FRONT
MAKI = WING
MATA = THIGH
MATE = STOP
MAWASHI = CIRCULAR
ME = EYES
MEN = FACE
MIGI = RIGHT
MIMI = EARS
MOKUROKU = CATALOG
MORO = TOGETHER
MUDANSHA = UNRANKED
NAGE = THROW
NE = FLOOR
NIKAJO = SECOND METHOD
NODO = THROAT
NUKITE = SPEAR HAND
O = BIG
OBI = BELT
OGOSHI = BIG HIP
OHTEN = BARREL
OKURI = SLIDING
OMOTE = IN FRONT
OSHI = PUSH
OSOTO = BIG OUTSIDE
OTOSHI = DROP
OUCHI = BIG INSIDE
RANDORI = FREE EXERCISE
REI = BOW
RYU = STYLE (literally stream)
SAKANUKI = REVERSE PULLOUT
SAMURAI = (literally
to serve) WARRIOR CLASS OF ANCIENT
SANKAJO = THIRD METHOD
SANKAKU = THREE CORNERED (triangle)
SEMPAI = SENIOR
SENSEI = TEACHER
(lived before)
SEOI = LAPEL
SHIHO = 4 WAY
SHIME = CHOKE
SHIMOZA = LOW SEAT
SHOTEI = PALM HEEL
SHUTO = KNIFE HAND
SODE = SLEEVE
SOKUMEN = ANGLED
SOTO = OUTSIDE
SUKUI = SCOOP
SUMI = CORNER
SUTE = CLAW
SUTEMI = SACRIFICE
TACHI = LONG SWORD
TACHI = STANDING
TAI = BODY
TANI = VALLEY
TANTO= KNIFE
TATAMI = STRAW MATS
TATSUMAKI = DRAGON WING (tornado)
TE = HAND
TEGETANA = KNIFE HAND
TEKUBI = WRIST
TETTSUI = HAMMER FIST
TOMOE = CIRCLE
TORI = GIVER (of technique)
TORI = GRASP
TSUKI = THRUST
TSURI = LIFT
UCHI = INSIDE
UCHI = STRIKE
UDE = ARM
UKE = RECEIVER (of technique)
URA = REAR
USHIRO = BEHIND
UWAGI = JACKET
WAKARE = SEPARATION
WAKAZASHI = SHORT SWORD
WAKI = ARMPIT
WAZA = TECHNIQUES
YAMA = MOUNTAIN
YAME = STOP
YOKO = SIDE
YUBI = FINGER
YUDANSHA = RANKED
NUMBERS (for counting)
ICHI = ONE
NI = TWO
SAN = THREE
SHI = FOUR
GO = FIVE
ROKU = SIX
SHICHI = SEVEN
HACHI = EIGHT
KU = NINE
JU = TEN
JU-ICHI = ELEVEN
JU-NI = TWELVE
JU-SAN = THIRTEEN
Etc.
NI-JU = TWENTY
NI-JU-ICHI = TWENTY ONE
Etc.
JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS
AIKIJUTSU = SELF DEFENSE ART BASED ON AIKI, CIRCULAR MOVEMENTS, AND THE FIGHTING ART OF THE
TAKEDA CLAN OF AIZU. THE FORERUNNER OF AIKIDO
AIKIDO = SELF DEFENSE
ART DERIVED FROM AIKIJUTSU, BUT WITH A SPIRITUAL
FOCUS, FOUNDED BY MOREHEI UESHIBA
JUJUTSU = SELF
DEFENSE ART, PRIMARILY UNARMED, USED ORIGINALLY BY THE JAPANESE SAMURAI BASED
ON YIELDING AGAINST YOUR ATTACKERS FORCE TO UNBALANCE HIM. IT USES THROWS,
GRAPPLING, STRIKING, JOINT MANIPULATION, AND SMALLWEAPONS.
KARATE = (literally
empty hand) SELF DEFENSE ART PRIMARILY BASED ON STRIKING WITH THE HANDS,
ELBOWS, KNEES AND FEET.
JUDO = SPORTIVE
VERSION OF JUJUTSU FOUNDED BY JIGORO
SUMO = ANCIENT
MARTIAL ART – NOW A SPORT – BASED ON BATTLEFIELD GRAPPLING
NINJUTSU = SELF DEFENSE ART WHICH USES STEALTH AS A
MAJOR COMPONENT. NINJA WERE LIKE MODERN SPECIAL FORCES.
KENJUTSU = THE SWORD ARTS
KENDO = SPORT VERSION
OF KENJUTSU
KYUDO = ART OF THE BOW AND ARROW
YAMUSAME = SHOOTING BOW AND ARROW FROM BACK OF A
MOVING HORSE
COMMON PHRASES
HELLO = KONNICHIWA
GOOD MORNING =
YES = HAI
NO = IIYE
THANKS = ARRIGATO
THANK YOU = ARRIGATO GOZAIMAS
YOU’RE WELCOME = DO ITASHI MASHITE
GOOD BYE = SAYONARA
HOW ARE YOU = II KAGA DESKA?
I AM FINE = GENKI DES, O KAGE SAMA DEH
DO YOU UNDERSTAND = WAKARIMASKA?
I UNDERSTAND = HAI, WAKARIMAS
I DON’T UNDERSTAND = IIYE, WAKARIMASEN
EXCUSE ME = SUMIMASEN
I AM SORRY = GOMEN NASAI
PLEASE TEACH ME = ONEGAISHIMAS