Terminology - Karate Philosophy

This is the second post in a series of posts on karate terms which covers all direction and body part words in Japanese that you will probably ever need in your karate training. Content Direction words in JapaneseVideo to help pronounce direction words in JapaneseBody part words in JapaneseVideo to help pronounce body part words in Japanese Direction words in Japanese Some of those words will help you remember the names of techniques in Japanese easier. For example, 'mae' means front and 'geri' means kick so 'mae geri' means front kick; 'ushiro' means back so 'ushiro geri' means back kick. Some other words like migi, hidari, naka or hantai may be less commonly used in some Western dojos but some dojos do. If your your instructor doesn't use them, they still can be useful if you ever have the chance to train in Japan. JapaneseEnglishMaeFrontUshiroBackHidariLeftMigiRightSotoOutsideYokoSideNakaInsideMannakaMiddleAidaBetweenShitaUnderUeOnHantaiReverse or change (direction) Video to help pronounce direction words in Japanese Below is a video to help you with learning some of those direction words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xTPwL0OHbI Body part words in Japanese Although you probably don't need to memorize all of these if you are in a Western dojo, here are 60 Japanese body part words if you would like a bit of brain challenge.[1] JapaneseEnglishkaoFacekamiHairkami no keHairatamaHeadmimiEarmimitabuEarlobehoo/hohoCheekhoppetaCheekhitaiForeheadodekoForeheadmayuEyebrowmeEyemabutaEyelidsmatsugeEyelasheshanaNosebikouNostrilkuchiMouthkuchibiruLipshaTeethhagukiGum / Tooth RidgeshitaTongueagoChin / JawkaradaBodykubiNecknodoThroatkataShoulderudeArmwaki no shitaArmpithijiElbowteHandtekubiWristkobushiFistyubiFingeroya yubiThumbhitosashi yubiIndex Fingernaka yubiMiddle Fingerkusuri yubiRing Fingerko yubiLittle FingertsumeFingernail / ToenailmuneBreast / ChestonakaStomachharaStomachhesoBelly ButtonkoshiWaist / HipsfutomomoThighfukurahagiCalfhizaKneehizagashiraKneecapashiFoot / LegashikubiAnklekakatoHeeltsumasakiToe / TiptoesenakaBack (of Body)oshiriButtockshadaSkinhoneBonekinnikuMusclehaiLung (organ)shinzouHeart (organiStomach (organ) Video to help pronounce body part words in Japanese Below is a video to help you with learning those body part words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6rRutC8TA8