ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head> <title>Rising Stars Aikido Club All Things Japanese</title> <link href="rs_page_display.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="favicon.ico" /> </head> <body > <table> <tr><td valign="top"> <div class="homemenutop">&nbsp; </div> <div id="starmenu"> <div> <div class="menuitem0"><a href="index.html" title="Click here to go to the Rising Stars Home Page">Home</a></div> <div class="menuitem1"><a href="rs_parents.html" title="Click here to go to the Parent's Page">Parents' Page</a></div> <div class="menuitem2"><a href="rs_japanese.html" title="Click here to go to the All things Japanese Page">All things Japanese</a></div> <div class="menuitem3"><a href="rs_aikistars.html" title="Click here to go to the Aiki Stars Page">Aiki Stars</a></div> <div class="menuitem4"><a href="rs_aikilinks.html" title="Click here to go to the Aiki Links Page">Aiki Links</a></div> <div class="menuitem5"><a href="rs_starsinaction.html" title="Click here to go to the Stars in Action Page">Stars in Action</a></div> <div class="menuitem6"><a href="rs_senseisays.html" title="Click here to go to the Sensei Says Page">Sensei Says</a></div> <div class="menuitem7"><a href="rs_contactus.html" title="Click here to go to the Contact Us Page">Contact Us</a></div> <div> <img src="images/rs_purplesmall_nl.jpg" title="" alt="Image of Aiki Star KOH" /><em> "Hi, I'm <b>KOH</b>.<br /> My name means <b>PIETY</b>"</em> </div> </div> </div> </td><td> <!-- top menu --> <div class="homemenutop"> <p><a href="http://www.risingsunaikido.org.uk" title="Link to the Rising Sun Aikido website">RISING SUN AIKIDO</a> | <a href="rs_contactus.html" title="Contact Us">CONTACT US</a></p> </div> <div id="starcontent"> <img src="images/rslogo.jpg" style="float:right;" alt="Rising Sun Logo"><img src="images/rsaikido.jpg" style="float:none;" alt="Rising Sun Aikido Logo"/> <h1>All Things Japanese</h1><hr class="headinghr" /> <!-- Page Content Starts Here --> <h2>Counting in Japanese</h2> <div class="imageleft" > <img src="images/rs_flag.jpg" alt="Image of Japanese flag" title="Japanese flag" /> </div> <table style="margin-left:20px;"> <tr><td>ICHI</td><td>-</td><td>1</td></tr> <tr><td>NI</td><td>-</td><td>2</td></tr> <tr><td>SAN</td><td>-</td><td>3</td></tr> <tr><td>SHI</td><td>-</td><td>4</td></tr> <tr><td>GO</td><td>-</td><td>5</td></tr> <tr><td>ROKU</td><td>-</td><td>6</td></tr> <tr><td>SHICHI</td><td>-</td><td>7</td></tr> <tr><td>HACHI</td><td>-</td><td>8</td></tr> <tr><td>KYU</td><td>-</td><td>9</td></tr> <tr><td>JYU</td><td>-</td><td>10</td></tr> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <h2>Some useful words to remember</h2> <table style="margin-left:20px;"> <tr><td>AIKIDO</td><td>-</td><td>Means the way of respect & doing your best</td></tr> <tr><td>GI</td><td>-</td><td>White suit we wear</td></tr> <tr><td>HAKAMA</td><td>-</td><td>Black trousers that instructors wear</td></tr> <tr><td>YAMI</td><td>-</td><td>Stop sit down & be quiet</td></tr> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr /> <h2>The 'Dojo' - Where we learn Aikido</h2> <center> <div class="imageright" style="float:none;"> <img src="images/rs_dojo.jpg" alt="Image of dojo" title="Dojo" /> </div> </center> <p>When you first come into the <strong>DOJO</strong> you must bow towards the <strong>KAMIZA</strong>, (you also do this when leaving). </p> <p>Once you are ready you then kneel on the <strong>TATAMI</strong> facing the <strong>KAMIZA</strong> waiting for the <strong>SENSEI</strong>.</p> <p>Once everyone is kneeling and ready the <strong>SENSEI</strong> claps their hands and everyone bows towards the <strong>KAMIZA</strong>. As you bow you say <strong>KONNICHIWA</strong> (hello).</p> <p>The <strong>SENSEI</strong> will turn and bow to the students as you bow you say <strong>ONEGAISHIMASU</strong> (please teach).</p> <p>When the session has ended we bow to <strong>SENSEI</strong> and say <strong>DOMO ARIGATO GOZAIMASU</strong> (thank you very much). We then all bow to picture of <strong>O SENSEI</strong> and say <strong>DOMO ARIGATO GOZIAMASU</strong>. <p>When we bow in Aikido it is to show respect to the teacher and to other Aikidoka s.</p> <p>Remember to bow to your partner before & after each technique.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <!-- Page Content Ends Here --> </div> <!-- bottom menu --> <div class="homemenubottom"> <p><a href="http://www.rsingsunaikido.org.uk" title="Navigate to the Rising Sun Aikido website" > <img src="images/rs_logo.jpg" alt="Rising Sun Aikido Logo" /></a> <a href="http://www.child-safe.org.uk" title="Navigate to the Child Safe website" > <img src="images/cs_logo.jpg" alt="Child Safe Logo" /></a>&nbsp; </p> </div> </div> </td></tr></table> </body> </html>