Terms for Taisabaki Waza

The Warm-up Taisabaki Waza

1. Jōdan □ Chūdan □ Gedan No Tsuki  (Jō Chū Ge No Tsuki)
2. Gedan □ Chūdan □ Jōdan □ Sokutō Geri  (Ge Chū Jō Sokutō Geri)
3. Tateken Chūdan □ Shō Jōdan □ Hiji Uchi  (Tateken Shōte Yoko Hiji)
4. Kakato Geri
5. Ryōte Uraken Uchi
6. Kaiten Mawashi Geri
7. Mawashi Tobi Geri

Term	Kanji	Related Term	Meaning
chū	中		middle
chūdan	中段	chū	middle level
dan	段		level
ge	下
gedan	下段	ge	lower
-geri	蹴り	keri	kick
hiji	肘		elbow
jō	上		upper
jōdan	上段	jō	upper level
kaiten	回転		rotation
kakato	踵		heel
mawashi	回し		turn or rotate
ryōte	両手		both hands
shō	掌		palm of the hand
shōte	掌手	shō	palm of the hand
sokutō	足刀		knife edge of foot
tateken	縦拳		vertical fist
tōbi	跳び		jump
tsuki	突き	zuki	punch
uchi	打ち		strike
uraken	裏拳		back of fist
yoko	横		side to side
-zuki	突き		punch

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The Core Taisabaki Waza

1. Jōdan Tsuki Uke
2. Jōdan Tsuki Uke □ Gyaku-te Seiken Zuki
3. Ryōte Tsuki Uke
4. Kōsa Uke □ Shō Oshikomi
5. Kōsa Uke □ Zensoku Geri
6. Kōsa Uke Dōji Geri
7. Gedan Tsuki Uke □ Ryōte Mawashi Ashi Barai
8. Gedan Tsuki Uke □ Sukui Age □ Zensoku Geri
9. Gedan Tsuki Uke □ Sono Te De Jōdan Age Uke□ Gyaku-te Chūdan Zuki
10. Kōsa Uke Kara □ Ryōte Shō Oshidashi
11. Kōsa Uke □ Ryōte Shutō Kubi Uchi
12. Kōsa Uke □ Shutō Suihei Uchi
13. Kōsa Uke □ Shutō Ōfuku Uchikomi
14. Kōsa Uke Dōji Shō Ganmen Uchi □ Gyaku-te Chūdan Zuki
15. Kōsa Uke □ Gedan Shō De Kime □ Sono Te De Ganmen Uraken Uchi
16. Kōsa Uke □ Shutō Suihei Uchi □ Zensoku Kakato Geri
17. Kōsa Uke □ Shutō Suihei Uchi □ Kōsoku Kakato Geri
18. Zensoku Kakato Geri Dōji Ni Uraken To Seiken Zuki
19. Kōsa Uke □ Hiza Geri
20. Kōsa Uke □ Yoko Hiji Uchi
21. Kōsa Uke □ Tate Hiji Uchi
22. Kōsa Uke □ Furi Hiji Uchi
23. Kōsa Uke □ Shūkoken Uchi Dōji Ni Shō Oshikomi
24. Ryōte Hiki Uke □ Kōsoku Chūdan Geri

term	related term	Kanji	Meaning
age	ageru (vb)	挙げ	rising
ashi	soku	足	foot or leg
-barai	harai harau (vb)	払い	sweep
chūdan	chū	中段	mid-level
dashi	dasu (vb)	出し	extend
de		で	with
dōji		同時	simultaneous
dōji ni		同時に	simultaneously
fumi	fumu (vb)	踏み	step or stomp
fumikomi	fumikomu(vb)	踏み込み	step into
furi	-buri furu (vb)	振り	swing
ganmen	kao	顔面	face
gedan	ge	下段	lower
-geri	keri keru (vb)	蹴り	kick
gyaku		逆	opposite
gyaku•te		逆手	opposite hand
hiji		肘	elbow
hiki	hiku (vb)	引き	pull
hiza		膝	knee
jōdan	jō	上段	upper level
kakato		踵	heel
kara		から	from
-ken	kobushi	拳	fist
kime	kimeru (vb)	決め	In this context, kime means to deliver.
kō		後	back or behind
-komi	komu (vb)	込み	into
kōsa		交差	cross or intersect
kōsa uke		交差受け	cross block
kōsa uke kara		交刃受けから	from kōsa uke (no pull back)
kōsoku		後足	back foot
mae	zen	前	front
ni		に	Used in many ways.  In this case its purpose is similar to adding –ly to create an adverb in English.
no		の	of or belonging to; also connects two nouns to show a relationship
ōfuku		往復	retracing the same path
oshi		押し	push
oshidashi	oshidasu (vb)	押し出し	push out; push away
oshikomi	oshikomu(vb)	押し込み	push or crowd into
ryōte		両手	both hands
seiken		正拳	regular fist
shō	shōtei	掌	palm
shōtei	shō	掌低	heel of the hand
shu	te	手	hand
shukōken		手後拳	back of hand fist
shutō		手刀	sword hand
soku	ashi	足	foot
sokutō		足刀	foot sword
sono		その	that
suihei		水平	horizontal
sukui	suku’u (vb)	掬い	scoop up
tate		縦	vertical
te	shu	手	hand
to		と	and
tō	katana	刀	sword or knife
tobi	toberu (vb)	飛ビ	jump
tsuki	-zuki tsukeru (vb)	突き	punch or thrust
uchi	utsu (vb)	打ち	strike or hit
uchikomi	uchikomu (vb)	打ち込む	strike in
uke	ukeru (vb)	受け	block
uraken		裏拳	back of the fist
yoko		横	sideways; horizontal
zen		前	front
zensoku		前足	front foot
-zuki	tsuki tsukeru (vb)	突き	punch or thrust