1. Acknowledgements.................................................................7
2. Introduction.............................................................................9
3. Introduction to the language....................................................11
3.1. Kanji and the Japanese term BuDo
3.2. The origin of Kanji
3.3. Japanese Calligraphy: Origins & Methods of ShoDo
3.4. Kanji origins of some major Japanese martial arts
3.5. Kanji Empty, Zen and the Martial Arts
3.6. Kana charts and Syllables
Hiragana
Katakana
Osu an example of kanji & kana together with a full translation
3.7. Combining kanji & kana: Osu as an example translation
3.8. Japanese words used in chapter 3
4. Basic Language Structure........................................................27
4.1. Some basic grammar
4.2. Formal versus Informal Japanese
4.3. Japanese words used in chapter 4
4.4. Some more Budo sentences andĦħ particles
4.5. Dialog build up - part 1
4.6. Japanese words used in chapter 4
5. Meeting a Japanese Sensei & talking about karate....................41
5.1. Saying "Hello"
5.2. Asking someone's name
5.3. How are you
5.4. Talking about the Dojo
6. Counting and Numbers...........................................................51
6.1. Counting
6.2. Times
6.3. Angles
6.4. Counting objects
6.5. Counting people
6.6. Days, weeks, months, years
6.7. Days of the week and going places
6.8. Counting months
7. Talking more about Training......................................................71
7.1. More general training sentences
7.2. Stances
7.3. Some other short training related phrases
8. Body Parts, Injuries.................................................................87
8.1. Sentences for body parts & injuries
9. Terms & Signals for Refereeing.................................................95
9.1. A commentary on refereeing
9.2. A commentary on tournaments
9.3. Judge and referee calls and signals
10. Some final philosphical terms and kanji.......................................111
11. Supporting Editors.....................................................................141
12. Bibliography..............................................................................143
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