Kyokushin japanese vocabulary

Even though Mas Oyama was korean, Kyokushin is a japanese martial art style. Every move, stances, attacks and katas have their japanese name. For example if we want to tell a student to take the cat stance (neko ashi dashi) and have the left (hidari) leg in front we would say hidari neko ashi dashi, hajime! The next step would be to ask the students to perform an action like for example punch to the stomach or plexus, etc...

This page will present the most common words or expressions used in kyokushin.

Greetings and salutes	Translation
Osu	Comes from 'oshi shinobu' which means to never give up. It also comes from 'osu no seishin' which means perseverance under pressure. It is used among kyokushin practionners to show respect or to say "I understand".
Shinzen ni rei	Greeting to the ancestors
Shomen ni rei	Greeting in direction of the person standing in the place of honor (usually more elevated than the students)
Mokuso	Close your eyes
Mokuso yame	Open your eyes
Mas Oyama ni rei	Greeting to Mas Oyama
Shihan ni rei	Greeting to the Shihan
Sensei ni rei (senpai ni rei)	Greeting to the teacher(s), greeting to the assistant teacher(s)
Otagai ni rei	Greeting to the other students
Tatte kudasai	Stand on your feet (right foot first)

Titles and status
Sosai	President
Kancho	Director
Shihan	Master (5th dan or more)
Sensei	Teacher (3rd dan or more)
Senpai	Teacher's assistant
Karateka	Student
Otagai	other students
Yudansha	black belt student

Places and clothing
Honbu	Head quarters
Dojo	Hall of training
Dogi (gi)	Training clothes
Obi	Belt
Kyu	Belt dash for lower belts (colored-belts)
Dan	Belt dash for black belts
Kuroi obi	Black belt

Related to karate
Budo	Martial path
Do	path
Ibuki	Breathing tension technique
Karate	Empty hand or Chinese hand
Ki	Energy
Kiai	Deep cry
Kihon	Basic techniques
Kime	Focus
Kumite	Combat
Yakusoku kumite	Pre-arranged combat
Ippon kumite	Pre-arranged combat / 1 block and 1 counter-attack (the two participants are standing at the same place)
Sanbon kumite	Pre-arranged combat / 3 blocks followed by 3 counter-attackes while the participants move straight.
Jiyu kumite	Free-sparring
Kis-sen kumite	Full contact combat
Nogare	Breathing technique - breath silently
Rei	Greeting / Homage
Ryu	Style (of karate)
Tameshiwari	Braking exercise (wood, ciment, ice, baseball bat, etc)

Directions
Age	While raising
Happo	8 directions
Hidari	Left
Mae	Front
Migi	Right
Naname	In diagonal, at 45 degrees
Oroshi	While going down
Sagari	While going backward
Sayu	Left and right alternatively
Shita	From below, below
Shomen	In front
Soto	From outside to inside, outside
Tobi	While jumping
Uchi	Fron inside to outside, inside
Ura	Backward
Ushiro	Behind
Yoko	On sides, from sides