Glossary


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Term Definition

Tai-Sabaki

Fundamental movements and steps which are used for repositioning.

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Taninzu-Gake

Defense against more than two attackers with free choice of technique

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Tanto

Wooden knife

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Tanto-Dori

Attacking unarmed tori with a knife

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Te

Hand

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Tenchi-Nage

"Heaven-and-earth throw", where tori moves one hand up and the other one down in order to throw uke.

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Tenkan

Tenkan is a passing movement, turning the body on one foot by 180 degrees.

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Tobi-Ukemi

Free fall or high fall, i.e. rolling or falling without ground contact

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Tori

Tori is the partner which successfully completes the technique ("defender").

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Torifune

"Rowing exercise"; exercise to build up breath power by swinging the arms from the hips to the front and pulling them back with a focussed movement; usually accompanied with the ki-ai sounds "hey-ho" and "hey-sa".

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Further Information

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