If you walk into a Japanese karate dojo for the first time and hear people say "osu" or "oss" all the time but don't know what it means, this post is for you. It covers the origin, meanings, and...
Category: Terminology
This is a comprehensive list of karate terms in Japanese for beginners that cover over 250 most frequently used terms and phrases for greeting, bowing, stances, techniques, counting, directions, body...
This is the sixth post in a series of posts on karate terms which covers many general terms used in the dojo during training. There are also a couple of videos after the list that cover many...
Karate Terms in Japanese Part 5 – Training Equipment, Tournament, Rankings and Belts
This is the fifth post in a series of posts on karate terms which covers training equipment, tournament, and rankings. For previous posts in this series, please click the links below: Karate...
This is the fourth post in a series of posts on karate terms which covers all karate technique words in Japanese. This extensive list will probably be sufficient for you to go from a beginner to a...
This is the third and very important post in a series of posts on karate terms that extensively cover names of all stances in Japanese that you will probably ever need in your karate training....