- Anza sitting cross legged
- Ashi foot or leg
- Ashi waza foot/leg technique
- Atama head
- Atemi waza striking techniques
- Batsugun instantaneous promotion
- Budo martial way
- Bushido way of the warrior
- Dan degree in the black belt ranks
- Do way—also torso of the body
- Dojime body scissors—“body strangle”
- Dojo hall of learning the way
- Domo arigato thank you
- Eri Judogi lapel
- Fusegi escape
- Gaeshi/kaeshi counter or reversal
- Garami entangle or entwine
- Gari reap
- Gatame/katame lock or hold
- Godan 5th degree black belt
- Gokyo no waza 5 stages of throwing techniques
- Gokyu 5th level belt (orange belt)
- Guruma wheel
- Hachidan 8th degree black belt
- Hadaka without the gi (naked)
- Hai Yes
- Hajime begin
- Hane springing action
- Hasoku make disqualification
- Harai/barai sweeping action
- Hidari left
- Hiji elbow
- Hikikomi retreating pulling
- Hishigi crush
- Hiza knee
- Hon basic or fundamental
- Iie no
- Ikkyu first level belt (brown)
- Ippon one point
- Jigoku hell
- Joseki side of the dojo or mat area reserved for senior judoka or officials
- Ju the principle of gentleness or giving way
- Judan 10th degree black belt
- Judo gentle way
- Judogi judo uniform
- Judoka judo practitioner
- Juji cross mark
- Juji gatame cross lock
- Jujitsu gentle art
- Junbi undo warm up exercises
- Kaeshi waza counter techniques
- Kake execution 5% of the throw
- Kami upper or top
- Kansetsu waza joint locking techniques
- Kata shoulder—also formal pre-arranged routine (form)
- Kataha single wing
- Katame waza grappling (holding) techniques
- Kesa scarf
- Ki internal force or spirit energy
- Kiai spirit shouting (forceful exhale during execution of technique)
- Kime decisiveness—instantaneous tensing at the correct moment
- Kiyotsuke attention
- Ko small
- Koka near yuko
- Komi pull
- Koshi/goshi hip, waist, loin
- Koshi waza hip technique
- Kudan 9th degree black belt
- Kumi kata forms of gripping
- Kuzure variation of
- Kuzushi off balancing
- Kyu class of belt ranking below black belt
- Makikomi wrapping around
- Ma sutemi waza back falling sacrifice techniques
- Mata thigh
- Matte stop
- Migi right
- Mokuso meditate
- Morote both hands
- Mudansha holder of any rank below black belt
- Mune chest
- Nage throw
- Nage waza throwing techniques
- Ne waza supine position techniques
- O big, major, large
- Obi judo uniform belt
- Okuri assist or sending
- Onegai shimasu please
- Osae komi hold-down, pin
- Osaekomi waza pinning techniques
- Otoshi to drop
- Randori free practice, sparring
- Rei bow
- Ritsurei standing bow
- Sankaku triangular
- Sasae propping
- Seiryoku zenyo maximum efficiency (Judo principle)
- Seiza proper sitting (on knees)
- Seoi to carry on the back
- Sensei teacher
- Senpai senior student (often assistant instructor)
- Shiai tournament
- Shido penalty
- Shiho 4 corners/quarters
- Shihan master or founder of an art (Jigoro Kano)
- Shime/jime strangle
- Shime waza strangle technique
- Shumatsu undo cooling down exercises
- Sode sleeve
- Sore made that is all
- Soto outside/outer
- Sumi corner
- Sutemi sacrifice
- Sutemi waza sacrifice technique
- Tachi waza standing technique
- Tai body
- Tai sabaki body turning
- Tatami judo mats
- Tate straddle
- Tawara rice bag
- Te hand
- Te waza hand techniques
- Tokui waza favorite technique
- Tomoe circle
- Tori person performing technique
- Tsubame swallow (bird)
- Tsukuri fitting in or entering into position
- Tsuri lift
- Tsurikomi lift pull action
- Uchi inner or inside
- Uchi komi practice without completion
- Ude arm
- Uke person receiving technique
- Ukemi breakfall methods
- Uki floating
- Ura back side
- Ushiro reverse
- Uwagi judo jacket (kimono is also acceptable)
- Wake armpit
- Waza technique
- Waza ari almost ippon (1/2 point)
- Yame wake up (signals end of mokuso)
- Yoko side or lateral
- Yoko sutemi waza side sacrifice technique
- Yoshi continue
- Yudansha black belt rank holder
- Yuko near waza-ari
- Zarei kneeling bow
- Zubon judo uniform pants
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Judo terminology
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