Here are some technical terms in the Okinawan language. I
will be posting more at some point in the future. They are separated into four categories:
1) names of major Karate techniques, 2) names of Okinawan martial arts and
sub-arts, and 3) special qualities which are used in some karate techniques,
and 4) counting.
The Uchinaaguchi pronunciation is in italics and the standard Japanese pronunciation of cognate words [when I know it] is in parentheses.
The Uchinaaguchi pronunciation is in italics and the standard Japanese pronunciation of cognate words [when I know it] is in parentheses.
1) Karate Technique Names:
Punch - chichi [or chikei] (tsuki)
Straight punch – chichidi (tsuki-te)
Clenched fist – tijikun (seiken)
Back-fist - ura tijikun (ura-seiken)
Hammer-fist - uchidi (uchi-te)
[usually called “tettsui-uchi” in Japanese]
Sword hand - tigatana (shuto)
Spear-hand - nuchidi (nukite)
Back-hand uradi (ura-te)
[usually called “kaishu uchi” in
Japanese]
Forearm strike - udi-uchi (ude-uchi)
Pulling-hand - fichidi (hiki-te)
Pulling-hand - fichidi (hiki-te)
Elbow strike - hijigee ati (hiji ate)
Kick – giri (geri)
Front kick - mee giri (mae
geri)
Side kick - yuku-giri (yoko
geri)
Back kick - kushi giri (koshi geri)
Knee kick - chinshi giri
Toe kick - iibi zaachi giri
Naihanchi kick - naifanchi-giri (naihanchi-geri)
Reception [block] - uki (uke)
High reception - wii uki
(ue-uke)
Rising reception - aji uki (age-uke)
Down reception - hicha-uki (shita-uke)
Outside reception - fuka-uki (hoka-uke)
Inside reception - naaka uki (naka
uke), uchi uki (uchi uke)
2) Arts and Sub-Arts: [ti (te) can be translated as “technique” or “method” unless it obviously refers to a physical hand]
Tang [Chinese] techniques - tudi (Tode)
Okinawan techniques Uchinadi (Okinawa-te)
Empty hand - karati (karate)
Palace techniques - udundi (gotende)
Seizing techniques - tuidi (torite)
Vital point techniques - chibudi (tsubo-te)
Energy work - chii-ku (kiko)
Entanglement techniques- karamidi
(karamite)
How the hands are used [kata application/bunkai] tichiki (te-tsuki)
How the hands are used [kata application/bunkai] tichiki (te-tsuki)
Divine techniques - kamidi (kami-te)
[the same kanji also be pronounced “shinshu” in Japanese]
Shuri techniques - suidi (shuri-te)
Tomari techniques tumaidi (tomari-te)
Naha techniques - nafadi (naha-te)
Warrior’s techniques bushi nu ti (bushi no te)
3) Special Qualities
Press - usui (osae)
Heavy-sticky – muchimi (mochimi)
Spongy/springy - muchi (mochi) [springy like cooked rice]
Skeletal application (especially shoulders, pelvis, scapula, and chest) kuchikaki (kotsukake)
Skeletal application (especially shoulders, pelvis, scapula, and chest) kuchikaki (kotsukake)
“Muscles/tendons and bones” - chinkuchi
(kin-kotsu) [an alternate literal translation could be
"musculoskeletal”]
Heavy hands - ti nu umumi (te
no omomi)
Changing hand - findi or finrii
(henshu)
[Proper engagement of the] waist
area - gamaku
Surface / under-surface - umuti /
ura (omote / ura)
Sequential extension of each joint
in the body - gyame
Fast springy movement - chiru nu
chan chan
Alternating tension and relaxation -
chikara nu nijisashi [can also be the alternation between power going out
and power coming back]
4) Counting:
1 - tiichi (hitotsu)
2 - taachi (futatsu)
3 - miichi (mittsu)
4 - yuuchi (yotsu)
5 - ichichi (itsutsu)
6 - muuchi (mutsu)
7 - nanachi (nanatsu)
8 - yaachi ((yatsu)
9 - kukunuchi (kokonotsu)
10 - tuu (tou)
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