, meaning roughly "lower level", is one of the three heights commonly referred to in

Japanese martial arts Japanese martial arts refers to the variety of martial arts native to the country of Japan. At least three Japanese terms (''budō'', ''bujutsu'', and ''bugei'') are used interchangeably with the English phrase Japanese martial arts. The usage ...

. It refers specifically to the lower part of the body, from the belt on the '' karategi'' and below.

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