Glossary

• "big tree" position
  like hugging a tree, a circular position
• ashibumi
  first coordination in shichido
• dozukuri
  second coordination in shichido
• hanare
  seventh and final coordination in shichido
• hiki tori
  fifth coordination in shichido
• kai
  sixth coordination in shichido
• kake
  glove
• monomi
  the head turns to gaze at the target
• sendai
  Kanjuro Shibata XX --- 29 December 1921 - 21 October 2013
• shichido
  seven coordinations
• tenouchi
  the left hand is positioned for shooting on the yumi's grip; also the web of the hand between the thumb and index finger
• torikake
  the proper grip of the kake hand on the tsuru for shooting
• tsuru
  bow string
• tsuru-michi
  groove at the base of the kake thumb
• uchi okoshi
  fourth coordination in shichido
• ya
  arrow
• yo i
  first prelude to shichido
• yumi
  bow
• yumi gamai
  third coordination in shichido
• yumidaoshi
  yumi down; ends shichido as the last movement in hanare and is a prelude to shichido