Movements I
Rotate.
What is kotai?
What is subari?
Your teacher.
What is sensei?
A shinai is primarily composed of this.
What is bamboo?
To bow or bow forward.
Sliding footwork.
What is suri-ashi?
Fast subari
What is haya-subari?
The 4 movement directions.
What is mae, ato, hidari, migi?
Training pants.
What is hakama?
The front of the dojo.
What is shomen?
The stomp.
What is fumikomi?
Strike to the side of the head or temple.
What is sayu-men subari?
The Japanese way to count to 10.
What is ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, shichi, hachi, kyu, jyu?
The armour that kendoka wear.
What is bogu?
Line up, done after warmup.
What is seiretsu
Gripping, the “flick” at the end of a strike.
What is te-no-uchi?
The 4 valid strikes/targets.
What is men, kote, do, tsuki?
What is spirit, sword, body as one?
A traditional Japanese hand towel made from cotton, used to wrap around the head to provide additional padding and sweat absorption.
What is tenugui?
The squat done at the beginning of the match.
What is sonkyo?
Blade at the side, blade at the waist, drawing blade.
What is sageto, taito, nukito?
The 5 basic kamae.
What is chuudan, jodan, gedan, hasso, waki
Bringing your back foot back to kamae quickly.
What is hikitsuke?
BONUS QUESTION WORTH 1000 POINTS
Show an image.
What is
1 Kensen - the tip of the shinai
2 Sakigawa - the cap of the shinai
3 Nakayui - thin strip of leather tied around the shinai about one third down from the tip
4 Tsuru - the string which holds the shinai together
5 Tsuba - circular guard on the shinai
6 tsubadome - the typically rubber part that holds the tsuba up, the hand guard stopper
7 Tsuka - shinai handle
Vocabulary to opening ceremony.
What is seiretsu, chakuza, ki-o-tsuke, mokusou, mokusou yame, shomen ni rei, sensei ni rei/Senpai ni rei, otagai ni rei?