KIN RYU JUDO CLUB

JUDO Vocabulary / Refereeing Terminology

 

 

General JUDO Vocabulary

 

DOJO

- TRAINING HALL TACHI-WAZA - STANDING WORK

JUDOKA

- JUDO PLAYER NE-WAZA - GROUND WORK

JUDOGI

- JUDO SUIT NAGE-WAZA - STANDING TECHNIQUES

REI

- BOW KATAME-WAZA - GROUND TECHNIQUES

TATAMI

- JUDO MATS SHIME-WAZA -CHOKING or STRANGLING TECHNIQUES

RANDORI

-FREE PRACTISE KANSETSU-WAZA - LOCKING TECHNIQUES

KATA

- PRE-ARRANGED FORMS TE-WAZA - HAND TECHNIQUES

SHIAI

- CONTEST KOSHI-WAZA - HIP TECHNIQUES
SENSEI - INSTRUCTOR or TEACHER ASHI-WAZA - LEG or FOOT TECHNIQUES
O - MAJOR or BIG MA-SUTEMI-WAZA - REAR SACRIFICE TECHNIQUES
KO - MINOR or SMALL YOKO-SUTEMI-WAZA - SIDE SACRIFICE TECHNIQUES
SOTO - OUTER or OUTSIDE KIAI - SHOUT FROM THE STOMACH
UCHI - INNER or INSIDE JOSEKI - SEAT OF HONOUR
GARI - REAPING GOKYO - DAN GRADE SYLLABUS (+KATA)
HARAI/BARAI - SWEEPING MON - GATEWAY (JUNIOR GRADE)
GAKE - HOOK KYU - STUDENT (SENIOR GRADE)
GOSHI/KOSHI - HIP DAN - DEGREE or LEVEL (INSTRUCTOR GRADE)
TAI - BODY ICHI - ONE or FIRST
OTOSHI - DROP NI - TWO or SECOND
TE - HAND SAN - THREE or THIRD
GURUMA - WHEEL YON - FOUR or FOURTH
KATA - SHOULDER or CROSS GO - FIVE or FIFTH
GATAME - HOLD or CRUSH HIKITE - PULLING ARM or HAND
KESA - SCARF JIGOTAI - DEFENSIVE CROUCH
IPPON - SINGLE ARM TAI-SABAKI - BODY MOVEMENTS
MOROTE - DOUBLE ARM MA-AI - SPACING
SEONAGE - SHOULDER THROW KUZUSHI - UNBALANCING THE OPPONENT
SEO-OTOSHI - SHOULDER DROP TSUKURI - FITTING OF THE BODIES
ASHI - LEG or FOOT KAKE - THE THROWING ACTION
TSURI - LIFTING KIYOSHI - METHOD OF KNEELING ON ONE KNEE AND ONE LEG IN KATA
KOMI - DRAWING AYUMI ASHI - NORMAL WALKING
DE - ADVANCED TSUGI-ASHI - WALKING WITH A TRAILING FOOT
YOKO - SIDE SUKUI - SCOOPING
KAMI - UPPER RENRAKU-WAZA - COMBINATION TECHNIQUES
SHIHO - FOUR QUARTERS RENZOKU-WAZA - CONTINUATION TECHNIQUES
YAMA - MOUNTAIN KAESHI-WAZA - COUNTER THROWS
ARASHI - STORM HON-SHIZENTAI - BASIC STANCE
MATA - THIGH HIDARI - LEFT
JIME - CHOKE MIGI - RIGHT
KUZURE - BROKEN UKEMI - BREAKFALL
UDE - ARM MAE - FRONT
GARAMI - ENTANGLEMENT ZA-REI - KNEELING BOW
HIZA - KNEE KENKA-YOTSU - GRIP FIGHTING
MAKI-KOMI - WINDING GAESHI/KAESHI - COUNTER or REVERSAL
SASAE - PROPPING HARA - CENTRE or STOMACH
SODE - DOUBLE SLEEVE WAKARE - SEPERATION
USHIRO - REVERSE UKE - RECEIVER OF TECHNIQUE
UTSURI - CHANGING TORI - PERFORMER OF TECHNIQUE
TOMOE - STOMACH or WHIRLING URA - REAR
TANI - VALLEY HANE - SPRING
JUJI - CROSS (resembling a ....) HIKIKOMI - BACKWARDS FALL
WAKI - ARMPIT RYO-TE - DOUBLE HAND
OKURI - SLIDING HISHIGI - TAKING
ERI - COLLAR RITSU-REI - STANDING BOW
SANGAKU - TRIANGULAR KATA-HA - SINGLE WING
TATE - LENGTHWISE HADAKA - NAKED
NAMI - REGULAR OBI - BELT
GYAKU - OPPOSITE SEIZA - FORMAL KNEELING POSITION
TSUKKOMI - THRUSTING OMOTE - FRONT
SUMI - CORNER MUNE - CHEST
TSURITE - LIFTING HAND TOKUI-WAZA - FAVOURITE TECHNIQUE
MAE-MAWARI-UKEMI - ROLLING BREAKFALL UKI - FLOATING

 

Refereeing Terminology

 

HAJIME 

- BEGIN

SOREMADE

- THAT IS ALL

IPPON

- FULL POINT

WAZA-ARI

- NEAR POINT

WAZA-ARI-AWASETE-IPPON 

- NEAR POINT, TWO ARE EQUAL TO A FULL POINT

YUKO

- NEAR WAZA-ARI

KOKA

- NEAR YUKO

OSAEKOMI

- HOLDING

TOKETA

- HOLDING BROKEN

MATTE

- STOP

SONOMAMA

- DO NOT MOVE

YOSHI

- CARRY ON

HIKIWAKE

- DRAW

HANTEI

- REQUEST FOR JUDGES DECISION

YUSEI-GACHI

- MAJORITY WIN

SOGO-GACHI

- COMPOUND WIN

FUSEN GACHI

- WIN BY WITHDRAWAL
HANSOKU - DISQUALIFICATION
SHIDO - NOTE

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