MARTIAL ARTS DICTIONARY
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うち
uchi
Glossary by Category: Okinawa Karate Dō/Commands
Lit. Inside.
うちでし
Uchi Deshi
Glossary Category: Budō/Ranks & Titles , Shinjinbukan/Philosophy
Lit. Private pupil, apprentice or disciple. In traditional Martial Arts and in the Shinjinbukan School there is a diference between a seito (student) and a deshi (disciple). Furthermore, an uchi deshi is a close disciple who lives and trains in the Dōjō.
See Sensei, seito, Deshi
ウチナー
Uchinā (alt. Uchinaa, Uchina)
Glossary Category: Uchinā/Locations
Lit. Open sea straw rope or cord. The name of the main Okinawa island.
See Uchināguchi , Uchinānchū
うちに
uchi ni
Glossary by Category: Okinawa Karate Dō/Commands
Lit. To the inside. In Okinawan Karate it is used to describe the outward direction of a technique.
うちうけ
uchi uke
Glossary Category: Okinawa Karate Dō/Techniques
Lit. Inside reception or inside block. The path of movement goes from the outside to the inside of the body.
ウチナーグチ
Uchināguchi (alt. Uchinaaguchi, Uchinaguchi)
Glossary Category: Uchinā/Basics
Lit. Open sea straw rope or cord. The name of the Okinawan indigenous language, also called Okinawa Hōgen. There are several types of dialects within the Ryūkyū Islands: Shuri-Naha dialect, Nakijin dialect, Amami dialect and Miyako dialect.
See Uchinānchū , Uchinā
ウチナーンチュ
Uchinānchū (alt. Uchinaanchuu, Uchinanchu)
Glossary Category: Uchinā/Basics
Lit. Okinawan person. The people of Okinawa call themselves Uchinanchū.
See Uchināguchi , Uchinā
うで
ude
Glossary Category: Okinawa Karate Dō/Anatomy
Lit. Arm.
Lit. Oar, scull, paddle. A form of bojutsu developed by Okinawan fishermen and later incorporated into Okinawan Kobudo.
うけ
uke
Glossary Category: Okinawa Karate Dō/Techniques
Lit. Receive, holder, defense, reputation or agreement. The word uke is often mistranslated as a block. According to Onaga Sensei, there are no blocks in Okinawan Karate. Some uke may look like a block, because they are just an exercise. In a real life application, uke is a combination of hand strike and movement. There are different types of uke:
age uke , aji uke , aji uki , gedan soto barai , gedan soto uke , gedan uchi barai , soto barai , soto uke , uchi uke
うけかた
uke kata
Glossary Category: Okinawa Karate Dō/Techniques , Shinjinbukan/Syllabus
Lit. Receiving form or blocking form. There are many types of uke drills in all Martial Arts. In the Shinjinbukan school, uke kata is a special drill that combines all the types of uke with flowing motion of Ti.
うき
uki
Glossary Category: Okinawa Karate Dō/Techniques
See uke
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うら
ura
Glossary Category: Shinjinbukan/System
Lit. Reverse side, wrong side, back, undersurface, inside, palm.
うらけん
ura ken
Glossary Category: Okinawa Karate Dō/Techniques
Lit. Back Fist (Reverse Punch).
Unsu
Glossary Category: Okinawa Karate Dō/Kata , Shinjinbukan/Syllabus
An ancient Kata from the Shuri Ti tradition, practiced by all Shorin Ryu styles. Unsu is part of the Shinjinbukan curriculum. In Japanese Karate, it is written with the characters: 雲手 (lit. Cloud Hands).
うしろ
ushiro
Glossary by Category: Okinawa Karate Dō/Commands
Lit. Back, behind, rear.
うしろに
ushiro ni
Glossary by Category: Okinawa Karate Dō/Commands
Lit. Move to the rear; look to the rear or an action in a rear direction. It is used as a command during drills to indicate: "move to the rear".
うしろのてん
ushiro no ten
Glossary Category: Shinjinbukan/System
Lit. Rear point. Ushiro no Ten is the rear point of a triangle which is marked by the positions of the feet. The body moves through Ushiro no Ten or rear point as it changes sides or flanks. The center axis of the body is maintained at all times, and the motion is generated from the hip rotation rather than from the feet marking the triangle. The study of Ushiro no Ten is an essential step towards understanding Tenshin. For example, in a Jigotai Stance, in order to change flanks (left and right flank), the feet could pass through ushiro no ten.
See mae no ten , ushiro no ten (photos)
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