General Terms
Karateka	A person that practises karate.
Kata	Prearranged sequence of moves.
Kihon	Basic techniques.
Kihon-Ippon Kumite	Basic one-step sparring.
Kumite	Sparring.
Kyu	Beginner's grade (coloured belt).
Dan	A black belt's grade.
Commands
Jodan	Upper level.
Chudan	Middle level.
Gedan	Lower level.
Yoi	Get ready.
Yame	Stop.
Hajime	Start.
Mawaitte	Turn.
Blocks
Age-uke	Rising block.
Gedan barai	Lower-level sweeping block.
Kage-uke	Hook block.
Soto-uke	Outside block.
Uchi-uke	Inside block.
Morote-uke	Two hand (augmented) block.
Juji-uke	X-block.
Strikes
Gyaku-zuki	Reverse punch.
Oi-zuki	Lunge punch.
Kizami-zuki	Front snap punch.
Nukite	Spear hand.
Choku-zuki	Straight punch.
Empi-(uchi)	Elbow strike.
Haito-uchi	Ridge-hand strike.
Kage-zuki	Hook punch.
Shuto-uchi	Knife-hand strike.
Tate-zuki	Vertical fist punch.
Tetsui	Hammer/Bottom fist.
Ura-zuki	Close punch.
Uraken	Back fist.
Stances
Zenkutsu-dachi	Front stance.
Kiba-dachi	Horse-back stance.
Kokutsu-dachi	Back stance.
Nekoashi-dachi	Cat stance.
Fudo-dachi	Immovable stance.
Hachiji-dachi	Natural, open leg stance.
Hangetsu-dachi	Half-moon stance.
Sanchin-dachi	Hour-glass stance.
Kicks
Mae-geri	Front kick.
Mawashi-geri	Roundhouse kick.
Yoko-geri-keage	Snap side kick.
Yoko-geri-kekomi	Thrust side kick.
Ushiro-geri	Back kick.
Miscellaneous
Ashi-barai	Leg sweep.