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Karate Terminology

This section is devoted to phrases and expressions that are used in the karate dojo.  This is not a Japanese / English glossary of terminology, it is here to give students (and potential students) a better understanding of the origins and meanings of some of the familiar phrases and icons we see within the karate world.

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TORA NO MAKI - The Shotokan Tiger

OSSU! - The universal karate acknowledgement

ZANSHIN - The state of continuing alertness

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World Shotokan Karate-do Federation - Australia
PO Box 978
Morley Western Australia  6943

Phone: 0413 993 934
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