Aikido vocabulary
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- onegai shimasu
- Please (I request of you)
- (do-mo) arigato- gozaimasu (gozaimashita)
- You earn(ed) my thanks (very much)
- aikido
- The way of blending energy
- uke
- attacker (one being thrown)
- nage
- a throw, or the thrower
- hanmi
- stance with one foot forward
- ai-hanmi
- two matching han-mi stances
- gyaku-hanmi
- two opposite han-mi stances
- irimi
- entering move
- omote
- front-wise
- ura
- back-wise
- ikkyo
- first technique
- nikkyo
- second technique
- sankyo
- third technique
- suwari waza
- sitting-style (on knees and toes)
- Tai sabaki
- Footwork
- Migi
- Right
- Hidari
- Left
- Tenkan
- A turning movement involving sweeping the backward leg 180º and changing directions
- Tenkai
- A pivot 180º without moving the leg position
- Tenshin
- Stepping backwards at a 45º angle off the line of attack
- Shomenuchi
- Direct overhead downward stroke
- Yokomenuchi
- Diagonal downward blow
- Tsuki
- Punch (esp to abdomen)
- Tekubi
- Wrist
- Ushiro
- Rear
- Ushiro tekubi tori
- Rear wrist grab
- Kata
- Shoulder
- Tori
- Grab
- Kata tori
- Taking the shoulder
- Katate
- Wrist
- Katate tori
- Taking a wrist
- Morotetori
- Taking a wrist with two hands
- Ryotetori
- taking one wrist in each hand
- Eritori
- Taking by the collar
- Hijitori
- Taking the elbow
- Kubishime
- Neck-hold
- Men
- Head or face
- Uchi
- the inside
- Waza
- Technique
- Yonkyo
- Fourth technique, using nerve pressure point
- Gokyo
- Fifth technique
- Shiho nage
- Four directions throw
- Kotegaeshi
- Wrist-twist: using outward spiral
- Irimi nage
- Entering throw
- Kokkyu
- Breath
- Kokkyu nage
- Breath throw (uke redirected without immobilization)
- Koshi
- Hip
- Koshinage
- Hip throw
- Kaiten
- Rotary
- Kaitennage
- Rotary throw
- Udekimenage
- A throw applying pressure to the underside of uke’s elbow
- Jujinage
- Plus-sign (number ten) throw: crossing uke's arms
- Ten
- Heaven
- Chi
- Earth
- Tenchi Nage
- Throw using upward and downward energy
- Sumiotoshi
- Corner throw
- Aikiotoshi
- A throw in which nage pins uke’s legs together
- Ude
- Arm
- Osae
- Pin