Aikido word: Body 身

Pronounced Mi as in Hanmi - 半身 , half body

Also:

• 当身 Atemi - hit to the body
• 受身 Ukemi - accept with the body

Aikido word: Knee Walking 膝行

Knee Walking 膝行 pronounced Shikko. Consists of two Kanji:

• 膝 knee
• 行 action

Aikido word: Founder 開祖

The Founder 開祖, pronounced Kaiso. Consists of two Kanji:

• 開 open/begin start
• 祖 ancestor/patriarch

Seiza 正座

Seiza is written with two Chinese characters. The character pronounced sei- means "proper, right, true," and by itself can be pronounced tadashii, meaning "just right" or "proper." The character -za means "sitting posture," and is written with an ideograph depicting people sitting on a raised platform under a roof.

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