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Drawing the sword, unsheathing
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Entry in front of uke at the beginning of a technique.
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At the beginning of class we say "Onegai shimasu" (pronounced: onney-guy she-muss) as a polite mutual welcome. It literally means "I kindly ask you".
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Generic term for the basic techniques that end with an immobilisation pin (also called katame-waza)
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Attack by a number of ukes at the same time. Very often, the attack is ryokata-dori, and the most common technique is kokyu-nage.
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Standing bow. The back remains straight and in line with the neck so that the body is only bent at the hips.
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Uke grabs both shoulders of tori, more specifically the fabric of the jacket at the front of the shoulders.
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Uke grabs both of tori's wrists.
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"Third form" or "wrist-turning pin": tori leads uke by gripping the edge of the inwardly twisted hand (sword cutting movement)
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