Commands issued at the start of the session

• Seiretsu = line up
• Chakuza = sit down
• Shisei o tadashite = straighten up
• Mokuso = meditation
• Yame = stop
• Shomen ni: rei = bow to the shomen
• Sensei ni: rei = bow to the sensei
• Otagai ni: rei = bow to each other
• Men o tsuke = put on men

Commands issued at the end of the session

• Seiretsu = line up
• Chakuza = sit down
• Men o tore = take off men
• Shisei o tadashite = straighten up
• Mokuso = meditation
• Yame = stop
• Sensei ni: rei = bow to the sensei
• Shomen ni: rei = bow to the shomen
• Otagai ni: rei = bow to each other

Component parts of the shinai

• Take = bamboo
• Tsuba = guard
• Tsubadome = guard stopper
• Tsukagawa = hilt leather cover
• Sakigawa = tip leather cap
• Sakigomu = tip rubber piece (inside tip)
• Chigiri = square metal piece (inside hilt)
• Nakayui = leather strap
• Tsuru = string

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Regions of the shinai, bokuto or katana

• monouchi = best cutting region of the sword (approx top quarter of whole sword)
• kensen = pointed tip of the sword
• tsuka = hilt
• tsuka-gashira = bottom of hilt
• jinbu = cutting edge

Numbers

1. ichi
2. ni
3. san
4. shi (yon)
5. go
6. roku
7. shichi (nana)
8. hachi
9. kyuu (ku)
10. juu

Suburi

(not an exhaustive list)

1. jo-ge suburi
2. zenshin-kotai men suburi
3. sa-yu men suburi
4. zenshin-kotai-sa-yu men suburi
5. men-uchi ni-kyo-do suburi
6. sonkyo suburi
7. kote-men suburi
8. katate suburi
9. haya suburi