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    Karate Vocabulary: A Martial Arts Handbook of 300 Essential Japanese Terms
    Karate Vocabulary: A Martial Arts Handbook of 300 Essential Japanese Terms
    Karate Vocabulary: A Martial Arts Handbook of 300 Essential Japanese Terms
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    Karate Vocabulary: A Martial Arts Handbook of 300 Essential Japanese Terms

    By Clay Boutwell and Yumi Boutwell

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    Do you have a passion for the martial arts and would like a deeper understanding of the terms and names used? If so, this book is for you.
    We have gathered common martial art terms and names that come from Japanese.
    Will it help you with your forms or give extra power to your kick? No, not at all. Will it help with pronunciation and understanding of the language you hear in the dojo? Absolutely.
    - Covers 300 essential words and phrases
    - Understand the meaning behind common words like dojo or even karate.
    - Includes a FREE download of MP3s of the Japanese for each word.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKotoba Inc
    Release dateApr 19, 2022
    ISBN1547020423
    Karate Vocabulary: A Martial Arts Handbook of 300 Essential Japanese Terms

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      Karate Vocabulary - Clay Boutwell

      Interested in Japanese?

      KARATE VOCABULARY

      A Martial Arts Handbook of 300 Essential Japanese Terms

      Includes FREE MP3s of ALL the Japanese

      Clay & Yumi Boutwell

      Copyright © 2017-2022 Kotoba Books

      www.MakotoPlus.com

      www.TheJapanShop.com

      www.TheJapanesePage.com

      All rights reserved.

      ISBN: 1547020423

      ISBN-13: 978-1547020423

      INTRODUCTION

      Do you have a passion for the martial arts? Would you like a deeper understanding of the Japanese terms and names? If so, this book is for you.

      First, let me be clear. Yumi and I do not pretend to be karate experts. We do, however, have a passion for the Japanese language and many martial art disciplines use terms, commands, and names from Japanese. This book is intended to help martial artists in that regard.

      Will it help you with your forms or give extra power to your kick? No, not at all. Will it help with pronuciation and understanding of the language you hear in the dōjō? Absolutely.

      Take dōjō for example. You may wonder why there are lines above the o. That’s because, in Japanese, some vowels are enlongated. You may also see dōjō written as doujou. So, you shouldn’t say, dojo like two quick jabs, but rather do-jo-, lingering somewhat after each vowel.

      The characters (called kanji in Japanese) for dōjō look like this:

      道場

      Let’s break that down:

      道 dō—meaning way or path or even teachings

      場 jō—meaning place

      That’s

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