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Each training session will usually begin and end
with a short ceremony to show respect for your instructor, the dojo and
your fellow students. There will be some variation between dojos and instructors,
but it will go something like this:
Head student announces:
Shugo (shoo-go) - Line up
Ki O Tsuke (key-oht-skay) - Attention (Lit: Gather your ki)
Seiza (say-zah) - Kneel (This is known as Zarei (Za-ray) kneeling bow)
How to kneel
Mokuso (mok-so) - close eyes/meditate
Mokuso Yame (mok-so yah-may) - Open eyes
Shomen Ni (or Shin-zen Ni)(sho-men nee) - Face forward (towards shrine)
Rei (ray) - Bow
Head student announces:
Sensei Ni Rei
Everybody announces:
Onegaishimasu (on-e-guy-shim-ass) - please teach me or please show me
Head student announces:
Shugo (shoo-go) - Line up
Ki O Tsuke (key-oht-skay) - Attention (Lit Gather your ki)
Seiza (say-zah) - Kneel
Mokuso (mok-so) - close eyes/meditate
Mokuso Yame (mok-so yah-may) - Open eyes
Shomen Ni (or Shin-ze Ni)(sho-men nee) - Face forward (towards shrine)
Rei (ray) - Bow
Head student announces:
Sensei Ni Rei
Everybody announces:
Arigato Gozaimashita (ary-gato-goz-aye-mass)- Thank you very much
Head student announces:
Otogai Ni Rei (Turn toward the person to your left starting from the highest
grade)
Everybody announces:
Arigato Gozaimashita - Thank you very much
Head student announces:
Shomen (sho-men) Face forward
Kiritsu (Kir-it-zu) Stand How to stand
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From Musubi Dachi (Formal attention
stance) draw the left foot to the rear |
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Kneel down on the left knee, the knee
should be placed next to the heel of the right foot, keeping the toes
of the left foot bent |
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Now kneel down with the right knee
parallel to the left, the knees should be two fists apart |
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Place the big toe of the right foot
on the big toe of the left foot and sit naturally |
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Release all tension from the body,
keep the back straight, close the mouth lightly, look forwards and
place the hands toward the tops of the thighs |
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Slide the hands down the thighs to
the floor, the hands should be pointing in slightly with the tips
of the index fingers slightly apart |
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Lean forwards naturally, the hands
and forearms touch the floor lightly. When bowing try not to lift
the buttocks from the heels |
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All the above should be done in one
breath |
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After the bow, return to the natural
position beginning with the head looking at your partner if one is
present |
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To stand, first raise your bottom and
bend the toes. Raise the right knee first and stand returning to Musubi
Dachi. |
Above instructions sourced from Traditional Karate-do
Vol-1, Higaonna Sensei
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