Counting

The warm-up is a vital part of a Jitsu session. Often, the focus appears to be on aerobic exercise - getting your heart pumping to increase the temperature of your joints and therefore reduce the chance of injury. However, it's not just your body that needs to be ready to go when doing Jitsu - your mind is almost as important.

To that end, a lot of Jitsu warm-ups will focus on making you think, not just run aimlessly in circles. A typical example of this is when the Sensei will ask a student to count out the current exercise in a foreign language. It's silly, it's a little fun - but it does make you think!

So, to make your life easier, we've gathered together all the languages we've had used in sessions - from one to ten - so next time Sensei says "In a different language" you can surprise him (or her, sorry Becky!) by picking one that no-one else thought of!

Japanese ICHI NI SAN SHI GO ROKU SHICHI HACHI KYU JUU	French Un Deux Trois Quatre Cinq Six Sept Huit Neuf Dix	Welsh Un Die Tri Pedwar Pump Chwech Saith Oyth Naw Deg
Spanish Uno Dos Tres Cuatro Cinco Seis Siete Ocho Nueve Diez	German Eins Zwei Drei Vier Fünf Sechs Sieben Acht Neun Zehn	Latin Unus Duo Tres Quattuor Quinque Sex Septem Octo Novem Decem
Basque bat Bi Hiru Lau Bost Sei Zazpi Zortzi Bederatzi HamaR	Italian Uno Due Tre Quattro Cinque Sei Sette Otto Nove Dieci	Zulu Ukunye Isibili Kuthanthu Okune Isihlanu Isithupha Isikhombisa Isishiyagalombili Isishiyagalolunye Ishumi