Well, if you WILL choose traditional kara-te for your first martial arts experience.....
For your reference and amusement, I have included a table of the most commonly used japanese words for the numbers 1-10, as well as a translation table for "sensei-speak".
#1 - Ichi - "Eech!" #2 - Ni - "NEE!" #3 - San - "SUN!!" #4 - Shi - "Shiiiurgh!" #5 - Go - "Go!" #6 - Roku - "ROCK-oo!" (think abs, rock hard abs) #7 - Shichi - "SHITCH!" (sort of like "bitch" and "shit" combined) #8 - Hachi - "HAAARCH!" (this should sound painful and constricted) #9 - Kyu - "KEW!!" (by now you should be panting anyway, so pronunciation is optional.) #10 - Ju - "JEW!!" (Racism is a Japanese national pastime)
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Date: 2004-03-16 01:25 pm (UTC)For your reference and amusement, I have included a table of the most commonly used japanese words for the numbers 1-10, as well as a translation table for "sensei-speak".
#1 - Ichi - "Eech!"
#2 - Ni - "NEE!"
#3 - San - "SUN!!"
#4 - Shi - "Shiiiurgh!"
#5 - Go - "Go!"
#6 - Roku - "ROCK-oo!" (think abs, rock hard abs)
#7 - Shichi - "SHITCH!" (sort of like "bitch" and "shit" combined)
#8 - Hachi - "HAAARCH!" (this should sound painful and constricted)
#9 - Kyu - "KEW!!" (by now you should be panting anyway, so pronunciation is optional.)
#10 - Ju - "JEW!!" (Racism is a Japanese national pastime)
Hope this has been helpful, Lil. *grin*