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STUDENT RESOURCES
GLOSSARY
GENERAL TERMS
ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA
有難うございました
Thank you
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BOKKEN (BOKUTO)
木剣 (木刀)
A wooden sword
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DOGI
道着
A uniform made of thick woven cotton, used in aikido,
judo, and other martial arts
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DOJO
道場
Practice hall; the place where a martial art is taught and
practiced
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HAJIME
初め
“Begin” or “Start”
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JO
杖
Stick or short staff roughly four to four and a half feet
in length
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KI
気
A central concept in East Asian systems of thought
and medicine, as well as many other martial arts aside from Aikido. A kind of
“life force” that governs the way living beings move and operate.
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MATTE
待って
“Wait” or “Stop”
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NAGE (TORI)
投げ (取り)
The partner executing a technique in paired or
multiple partner practice
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ONEGAI SHIMASU
お願いします
A standard Japanese phrase used when asking for a favor or
request.In Aikido, one says this
while bowing to the sensei at the beginning of class and to one’s partner
before practicing a technique.
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O-SENSEI
大先生
Reference of respect to Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969), the
founder of Aikido, whose picture adorns the front of the dojo
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REI
礼
A bow, command for bowing
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SHIHAN
師範
"master" in Japanese. An official rank presented by the Aikikai to individuals who hold the rank of 6th degree black belt and above, who generally teach aikido professionally, either at the Honbu Dojo in Tokyo, or in one of the Aikikai's affiliate organizations in Japan or abroad.
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SHOMEN NI REI
正面に礼
Command used to signal formal seated bow by students at end of practice
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TACHI
太刀
Sword, used only in the names of certain exercises
or techniques (and not to refer to a wooden sword per se)
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TANTO
短刀
Short sword; a wooden dagger used for practicing knife takeaways
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UKE
受け
Receiver of a Technique, that is, the “attacker” who is then thrown or pinned
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