Glossary
Kempo Terms
Abisetaoshi 浴せ倒し - bathing force down (body slam)
Aikugi 合釘 - double pointed nail
Akkikudaki 悪鬼摧き - "demon crushing"
Amanogawa 天の川 - "river of heaven"
Ashi Garami 足絡み - leg entanglement
Ashisabaki 足捌き - footwork
Ayumite 歩み手 - footwork sparring
Ayumite-no-Kata 歩み手の型 - Kata of stepping techniques
Bogu 防具 - Kempo practice armour
Byobudaoshi 屏風倒し - folding screen throw
Chokuto 直刀 - straight sword
Choshi 調子 - rhythm
Chowazue 調和杖 - cane
Chudan-no-Kamae 中段の構え - middle level stance
Dagekite 打撃手 - hit-strike technique
Daihahen 大波返 - "big wave turning over"
Daito/Bokuto 大刀/木刀 - sword/wooden sword
Erijime 襟締め - collar constriction
Futatsu-Hitotsu 二つ一つ - two-in-one
Gaisoku 剴足 (or 刈足) - reaping leg
Ganken 岩拳 - rock fist
Goryu-no-Kamae 合流の構え - confluence stance
Hadakajime 裸絞め - naked choke
Hajoken 破城拳 - ram fist
Hakai-no-Sen 破壊の先 - completion timing (not lit. trans.)
Happo-no-Kamae 八方の構え - eight directions stance
Hebi/Orochi 蛇 - snake
Heiken 平拳 - flat fist
Hijitetsu 肘鉄 - "iron elbow"
Hikidashi 引き出し - drawing out
Hikihazushi Omote 引き外し表 - standard drawing evasion
Hikihazushi Ura 引き外し裏 - reverse drawing evasion
Hikiko 秘鬼鬨 (裏: 婢鬼鬨) - "Hidden Demon's War Cry"
Hikiotoshi 引き落とし - drawing drop
Hishiken/Hishite 菱拳/菱手 - Diamond fist
Hitosashiori 人差し指折り - snapping the index finger
Ho-ho 砲法 - cannon method/explosive method
Hyoshi 拍子 - timing
Hyou 豹 - leopard
Inesuzume 稲雀 - rice sparrow
Inoshishi 猪 - wild boar
Jigeiko 地稽古 - free practice
Kabuse Okoshi 被せ起し - "uncover the head" [not literal]
(Shachi-no-)Kaiteimoguri (鯱の)海底潜り - "Shachi's dive to the ocean floor"
Kai-Te 回手 - Revolving Technique
Kai-Te Ura 回手裏 - Revolving Technique (Ura version)
Kakeken 鶴拳 - crane fist
Kakushi 隠し - small weapons
Kamakiri/Tourou 蟷螂 - mantis
Kamae 構え - stance, posture or structure
Kakutojutsu 格闘術 - Fighing Art - alternative name for Kempo
Karada-no-kakudo 体の角度 - lit. "angle of the body"
Kashikone 歌詞惶根 - "Song of the Venerable Root"
Kata 型 - forms
Katakujiki 肩挫き - wrenching the shoulder
Kata Ha Jime 片羽絞め - single wing choke
Kata Mawari 肩廻[or 回]り - go around the shoulder
Kawasemi 川蝉 - kingfisher
Keizoku-no-Sen 係属の先 - (during the) pendency (of an action)
Kihon 基本 - basics
Kirin 麒麟 - "Chilin" (named after a mythological creature)
Kirukoto 切る事 - cutting/"cut a thing"
Kishute 奇襲手 - surprise attack techique
Kitsunedori 狐捕り - "trapping the fox"
Kobo 小棒 - small stick
Koho Taiten 後方体転 - Backward rotation
Konboken 棍棒拳 - cudgel fist
Konjun-no-Kata 渾敦の型 - shadowboxing
Kotehineri 籠手捻り - wrenching the wrist
Kotenage 籠手投げ - wrist throw
Kubinage 首投げ - neck throw
Kubiwanage 首輪投げ - necklace throw
Kudaki 砕き - crushing
Kujiki 挫き - wrenching
Kuma 熊 - bear
Kumoyomi 雲読 - "Cloud-Reader" (or 供物読 - "Votive-Reader")
Kunisazuchi 国狭土 - "Land-Confiner of Earth" or "Land Confined Earth"
Kunitokotachi 国常立 - "Land-Perpetual-Standing"
Kusuriyubiori 薬指折り - "snapping the medicine finger"
Ma-ai 間合い - distance
Makiotoshi 巻き落とし - winding drop
Makuragatana 枕刀 - pillow sword
Mouju 猛獣 - animals strategies
Moto-no-Kamae 元の構え - origin stance
Muchi 鞭 - whip
Nadaredome 雪崩止め - "stop a landslide"
Nagare-ho 流れ法 - flowing method
Nagete 投げ手 - Throws
Naginata 薙刀 - halberd
Nami 波 - lit. "wave" - name of a group of techniques
Nekomi 寝込み - "Attack while sleeping"
Okami 狼 - wolf
Omotari 面足 - "Surface-Addition" or "Mask-Addition"
Ori 折り - snapping
O-ten 横転 - sideways rotation/barrel rotation
Otonobe 大殿辺 - "Great Lord of the Shore"
Oyayubikudaki 親指摧き - lit. "crushing the parent finger"
Oyayubiori 親指折り - lit. "snapping the parent finger"
Rakuyo 落葉 - "fallen leaves"
Renraku-no-Te 連絡の手 - sequence sparring
Rokushakubo 六尺棒 - staff
Ryujinage 龍神投げ - lit. "Dragon King Throw"
Samatage 妨げ - Hindering
Sankaku Garami 三角絡み - three corner entanglement
Sankouchou 三光鳥 - three lights bird
Saru 猿 - monkey
Sashi 刺し - sting
Sasori 蠍 - scorpion
Sengen 先源 - "Source of a Stream"
Shachi 鯱 - killer whale
Shiho-no-kamae 四方の構え - four directions stance
Shikai 枝潰 - "tear out a branch"
Shin Kakutojutsu 新格闘術 - New Fighting Art - (modernised/sporting Kakutojutsu - see Kakutojutsu)
Shitatenage 下手投げ - under arm throw
Shizenken 自然拳 - natural fist
Shizumi 沈み - crouch/sink
Shoto 小刀 - small sword
Shudatte 手脱手 - grappling
Shuetsu 手鉞 - hand axe
Shuto 手刀 - hand blade
Shutsume 手爪 - hand claw
Sozo-no-Sen 創造の先 - creation timing/forestalment
Sukuinage 掬い投げ - scooping throw
Sumiotoshi 隅落とし - corner drop
Suriashi 摺足 - sliding feet
Taigen-no-Kami/Taigen Sonjin 大元の神/大元尊神 - Taigen Sonjin (Kunitokotachi, Torrent)
Taishokuten 大食天 - "Great Devourer of Heaven"
Taka 鷹 - hawk
Tanto 短刀 - knife
Te 手 - technique or method (lit. "hand")
Tegaeshi 手返し - exchange hands
Tessen 鉄扇 - iron/steel war fan
Tora 虎 - tiger
Tobyonage 投錨投げ - anchor throw
(Shinju-no-)Toridashi (真珠)の取り出し - "harvest a pearl"
Toukei 闘鶏 - fighting cock
Tsubame 燕 - swallow
Tsubamegaeshi 燕返し - "turning swallow"
Tsuchide 槌手 - hammer hand
Tsukitaoshi 突き倒し - thrusting overthrow
Tsukiyomi 月読 - "Moon-Reader"
Tsunagi 繋ぎ - joining
Tsuppari 突っ張り - support/prop
Tsuru 鶴 - crane
Ude Garami 腕絡み - arm entanglement
Ude Gatame 腕固め - arm pin
Uwatenage 上手投げ - over arm throw
Wani 鰐 - crocodile
Warihazushi Omote 割り外し表 - standard splitting evasion
Warihazushi Ura 割り外し裏 - reverse splitting evasion
Washi 鷲 - eagle
Yajirite 鏃 - arrow head technique
Yamaneko 山猫 - mountain cat
Yari 槍手 - spear
Yokoguruma 横車 - "side wheel" - twisting throw (uses Warihazushi Ura)
Yubiori 指折り - finger snapping
Zenan 全安 - "Complete Repose"
Zenpo Taiten 前方体転 - Forward rotation
Choy Li Fut Kung Fu Terms
Bak Sing 北勝 - The name of our style of Choy Lee Fut. It means "Northern Victory"
Been Choi 捶 - Level strike
Biun 鞭 - Whipping action/strike
Charp Choi - Driving hammer (a.k.a. driving leopard fist punch)
Chum Kiu 沉橋 - Sinking deflection (a.k.a. "Sinking Bridge")
Ding - Thrusting elbow or palm
Duk Choy - Rising back fist/forearm strike
Gar - Upward deflection
Hok - Crane - one of the Choy Lee Fut Five Animals
Hok Yik 鹤翼 - Crane wing technique
Hu - Tiger - one of the Choy Lee Fut Five Animals
Jong 撞 - Windmill technique
Jow 爪 - Claw
Jop Sou 手 - Palm up inward deflection
Kiu 橋 - Deflection (a.k.a. "bridge"). Note that Bak Sing Choy Lee Fut has a slightly different conception of "bridge" compared to some other southern Chinese martial arts. Though the same word is used, the meaning is a bit different. In the Bak Sing sense, Kiu can be taken to mean "destabilizing deflection" - it is not a bridge in the classical sense. The principle of destabilizing deflections was one of Master Tam Sam's innovations when he created the Bak Sing style.
Kam 擒 - Standing Palm (strike/deflection)
Kau Da 扣打 - One of the three original Bak Sing forms
Kup - Downward knuckle strike
Kwa Choi 掛 - Sweeping back fist/forearm strike. (lit. Hanging Hammer)
Kwun Kiu - Rotating deflection/rotating "bridge"
Leen Wan Charp Choi - Consecutive Driving Hammer.
Lok Choi - Hooking with foreknuckles
Lung 龍 - Dragon - one of the Choy Lee Fut Five Animals
Na - Shooting deflection
Paau 豹 - Leopard - one of the Choy Lee Fut Five Animals
Pao Choi 拋 - Rising punch/uppercut/undercut
Peet - Downward deflection/knife hand/forearm
Ping Kuen 平拳 - One of the three original Bak Sing forms. (Lit. "Level Fist" or "Flat Fist")
Saat Sou 摋手 - Scattering Hand (a.k.a. "Throw Sticks")
Sau Choi 掃 - Sweeping Hammer
Se 蛇- Snake - one of the Choy Lee Fut Five Animals
Sup Jee Kuen 十字拳 - One of the three original Bak Sing forms. (lit. Cross-Shaped, or Cross-Character Fist)
Ton Kiu - Upper palm deflection
Yong Kiu - Palm up deflection
Taiji Quan Terms
Fansong - Relaxing, releasing
Zhensi Jin - Silk reeling, use of spiralling energy to generate power
Dantian - Core of the body, generates all movement
Taiji - Symbol of yin and yang, translates as ‘the supreme ultimate’
Jing - essence
Qin’na - locks
Tuishou - pushing hands, Taiji sparring
Fajing - expressing power, explosive power
Zhan Zhuang - Pole standing, meditation, practice of physical posture and energy dynamics
Opening Movement
Fish Tails
Short Ward Off Right
Short Ward Off Left
Big Ward Off Right
Grasp The Sparrow’s Tail
Roll Back
Press
Lazy Rolls the Sleeves
Push
Cut Across
Single Whip
Raise Hands
Shoulder Stroke
White Crane Spreads Wings
Strum the Lute
Brush Knee and Twist Step
Brush Knee
Swing the Fist
Step Up
Parry and Punch
Gathering the Waves
Take The Tiger to the Mountain
Cross Hands
Swoop Down to Ward Off Right
Step Around to Fist Under Elbow
Step Back and Repulse Monkey
Shoulder Stroke
Needle At Sea Bottom
Fan Through Back
Turn and Chop with Fist
Swing the Fist
Step Up to Lion Rolls the Ball
Cloud Hands
High Pat on Horse
White Snake Spits out Tongue
Separate Right Leg
Separate Left Leg
Turn and Kick with Heel
Swoop Down to Big Ward Off Right
Old Man Ties his Beard
Part Wild Horse's Mane
Jade Girl Works the Shuttles
Slanted Flying
Snake Creeps down
Golden Cock Stands On Left Leg
Golden Cock Stands On Right Leg
Five Darts Enter the Cave
Seven Stars
Ride the Tiger
Lotus Kick
Shoot Tiger