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Page 4 of 27
- Cha is tea.
- Chadai is a mat usage fee paid when vising a dojo. Normally, it is paid to a senior student discretely before class begins.
- Chado means the way of tea. It is a term that is used to describe the practice of the tea ceremony.
- Chakuchi ashi means replacement foot. It is a method of stepping where one foot takes the place of the other foot. One example of this occurs in the karate kata Empi.
- Cha no yu is the formal tea ceremony. It was refined into an art form during the later half of the Fifteenth Century C.E. by the samurai and court nobles.
- Chasengami was a style of top knot hair style worn by the samurai. It is named after its resemblence to a tea wisk.
- Chi means earth.
- Chi is the blood.
- Chiburui means the ritualized shaking of a sword to remove any blood or organ left on the sword after cutting an opponent. It is symbolic and for kata only. It is done before wiping off the sword before returning it to the scabbard. This prevents introducing blood into the scabbard which would become sticky. A sticky sheath would slow down the drawing of the sword and would cause the sword to rust.
- Chidori ashi is the cross over step. There are two variations. Mae chidori ashi means the cross over step occurs in front of the base leg. Ura chidori ashi means the cross over step occurs behind the base leg.
- Chigaimasu means different. Frequently used in the context of 'that is different, not the way you were shown'.
- Chiga riki was a ninja weapon combining a staff with a chain hidden in the staff. The chain would entangle the opponent. The staff would batter the opponent.
- Chikai means nearly or close.
- Chikama is a fighting distance that is close enough to strike without needing to step to bridge the gap to the opponent.
- Chikama geri means close kick.
- Chikara is a general term for strength, power, force, or energy. It has no special connotations.
- Chikara ishi are old fashioned stone weights used to develop strength.
- Chikara no daishikata means the extension of power.
- Chikara o dasu means to extend power.
- Chikujo jutsu is the art of building and attacking fortifications. Fortifications varied according to the geography. Some castles were built on plains, some on cliffs, and others were built on islands. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. In attempting to assult a fortification, weaknesses need to be discovered and exploited. Early, Yamato period, fortifications were fortified houses or temporary stockades. By the Muromachi period, the present form of castles had evolved as a permanent structure. The majority of designs were successful in being impregnable. Most castles did not fall from direct assult. Rather, castles mostly fell due to starvation or betrayal.
- Chimon means geography.
- Chinjufu is a rank term meaning general of the northern pacification command. A large part of the history of Japan is the settlement of civilized Japanese in the barbarian northern areas not yet controlled by the central government. Ashikaga Takauji is an example of the type of individual who held this position. He held this title during the period 1333 through 1336 C.E., the Kemmu Restoration.
- Chin kon ki shin means calming the spirit.
- Chinkuchi means the "body forces the air out of the lungs for a brief spurt just as you would do in a fight." by Ian Johnston
- Chi no kokyu means the breath of heaven.
- Chinte, means unusual hand. It is an Okinawan karate form.
- Chinto is an Okinawan karate routine.
- Chinzei is the medieval term for the island of Kyushu.
- Chisai means small.
- Chishi is a old fashioned stone dumbbell used in Okinawa for weight lifting. The weight was on one end of the handle, not on both ends as is done with modern dumbbells.
- Cho was a unit of length equal to approximately 120 yards or 109 meters.
- Cho was a unit of land measure equaling about 2.94 acres until 1594 C.E. After that date it was reduced to about 2.45 acres.
- Cho ho means espionage.
- Chokkaku, means at right angles.
- Chokkatsuchi is a term meaning a lord's personal territory owned as his personal property as opposed to the clan's property.
- Chokko means facing directly forward or straight ahead.
- Chokokushi is an engraver. Japanese swords sometimes have the sword smith's name engraved on the tang.
- Chokuritsu means erect or upright.
- Chokuritsu fudo dachi means upright attention stance.
- Chokusen, means a straight line.
- Chokusen no irimi, means entering on a straight line or a direct entry.
- Chokuto was a straight sword used early in Japanese history.
- Choku zuki means straight punch.
- Chonin was a class term containing artisans and merchants. It ranked below peasants and above the outcasts in the social scale.
- Chonmage is the name of the top knot hair style worn by the warrior class. It was normal for the topknot to have one or more hairpins in it. Several kata have movements removing a hairpin to use as a weapons.
- Chosen is a term for Korea.
- Choshi means rhythm.
- Cho shin means flexible mind.
- Cho suko means flexible body.
- Chototsu, is the atemi striking point located between the eyes.
- Chotto means just a minute, please.
- Chu, means middle.
- Chu means loyalty.
- Chubu means central Okinawa or central Japan. The central Japan usage includes the provinces of Hida, Omi, Owari, Kai, Shinano, and Mino.
- Chudan, means middle section or middle level. This normally is the part of the torso between the waist or hips up to the shoulders.
- Chudan no kamae, means middle level stance. With a sword, the tip of the sword would be aimed at the opponent's throat.
- Chudan shuto uchi, means middle level knife hand strike. It is a requirement for Koyamakan Hachikyu.
- Chudan shuto uke, means middle level knife hand block. It is a requirement for Koyamakan Hachikyu.
- Chudan soto uke, means middle level outside block. It is a requirement for Koyamakan Hachikyu.
- Chudan tsuki, means a middle level thrust.
- Chudan uchi uke, means middle level inside block. It is a requirement for Koyamakan Hachikyu.
- Chudan zuki, means a punch toward the middle section of the opponent's body.
- Chuden means middle scroll. It is used to mean the midlevel teachings of a style.
- Chugari means rolling. It is used to mean forward somersault.
- Chugen is a term that was sometimes used to describe the foot soldiers known as ashigaru.
- Chugoku means middle country. It is a Japanese term for China, the Middle Kingdom. It is also used to mean the western region of Honshu island including the provinces of Tajima, Harima, Mimasaka, Bizen, Bitchu, Hoki, Izuma, Bingo, Iwami, Aki, Suo, and Nagato.
- Chugoshi is a kneeling position with one leg up on the foot and the other knee and ball of that foot on the ground.
- Chui means attention as a warning about doing something wrong. In kendo, the first chui is without penalty. Later chui are considered penalties. In Kodokan Judo matches, chui is the second level of penalty.
- Chujo Ryu was a martial art school of sword fighting, kenjutsu. It was created by Chujo Nagahide about 1400 C.E.
- Chuken is the third contestant in a kendo team match.
- Chukyu, means middle class. It is based on a set of skills involving locks and body controls. It is the class between lower class and major middle class.
- Chukyu dai , means major middle class. It is the rank just before Jokyu.
- Chunin was a mid level ninja agent who served as an supervisor of field agents.
- Chuo means the center or middle.
- Chusei is a scholarly term for the Japanese medieval period between the late Heian period and the Momoyama period.
- Chusen means the centerline. In the martial arts, the centerline of the body is a line drawn down the body from the nose to the belly button.
- Chusen is a kendo winner chosen by draw by the judges or referees officials.
- Chusen gachi is a kendo winner by draw.
- Chushin means one's center, core, or heart.
- Chushin dori means grabbing the center. It is used to mean seizing control of the opponent's centerline while maintaining control of one's own centerline.
- Chusoku means the ball of the foot.
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