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This dictionary is a collection of terms and definitions of various styles, phrases and concepts of the martial arts. We wish to make this the most authoritative dictionary on the web. So, if you see a term that is not present, please send the term with an acurate definition to webmaster@elite-fighters.com

Click on a letter of the alphabet to begin:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

O: "Big" or "great."

Obi: Belt. Odachi: See "tachi."

O goshi: Major hip throw.

O guruma: Major wheel throw.

Ohten: Barrel roll.

Ohten gatame: Barrel roll arm-bar.

Oi tsuki: Forward lunge punch (same side hand and leg).

Okinawa te: Okinawan hand.

Okuri: Sliding.

Okuri ashi barai: Foot sweep.

Okuri eri jime: Sliding collar choke.

Okuri (ashi) harai: Sliding foot sweep.

Omote: "Front" or "obvious."

Oni ken: Extended knuckle fist.

Orei: "Respect" or "etiquitte." A expression of formal greeting in karate.

Orun: Right.

Osae komi: Hold-down.

Osae komi waza: Hold-down techniques.

O sensei: "Great teacher." The honorific prefix "o" attached the word sensei indicates respect and acknowledgement of the chief instructor of a system. Most commonly associated with Uyeshiba Morihei, founder of modern day Aikido.

Osoto gari: Major outer reaping throw.

Osoto guruma: Major outer wheel throw.

Otoshi: Drop.

Ou: (ow) a hooking technique

Ouchi gari: Major inner reaping throw.

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