A
Age: Verb-to lift(up)
Age Uchi: to strike upwards
Aruki: Verb-aruku (to walk)
Asagasumi: the chin
Ashi, Soku: leg, foot
Ashi Barai: sweeping of (or with) the leg
Atama: the head
B
Barai-Harai: to sweep
Biken: Sword, secret weapons (Bi=hidden or secret)
Bo: long staff (six Shaku, 6 feet)
Bo Shuriken: Thrown weapon, Dirk, Knife
Boshi Ken: Thumb fist
Budo: Way of War (way of maintaining peace) Middle of the calf (Kyusho)
Budo Taijutsu: Unarmed and armed fighting techniques. Name Given to our discipline from1995 to 2010.
Bujin: Warrior, God of War
Bujinkan: Home of the God of War, Chinese nickname of Takamatsu Sensei. (Wu Sen)
Butsumetsu: Kyusho, side of torso, floating ribs
C
Chigyo: 11th dan
Chi No Kata: Earth form
Chi Ryaku No Maki: Scroll, Principles of Earth (Kicks, Throws, Controls)
Chigoko-Jigoku: Hell
Chigoku Otoshi: Throw or drop into Hell
Chudan: mid-level, middle, 2nd level
Chudan Uke: Middle block, counter at mid-level
Chuden: 2nd level
Chuden no Kata: 2nd level techniques
Churyaku: 2nd level principle
D
Dai Gogyo: the five Chinese elements (earth, water, wood, metal, fire)
Daijodan: Sword- sword posture with the blade over the head
Daikomyosai: End of the year celebration. Bujinkan New year, Beginning of new theme for the year.
Daisho: the two swords
Daisho Sabaki Gata: Fighting techniques with two swords
Daken Taijutsu: Striking techniques
Dan: level or grade
Densho: Scroll of paper on which the techniques of a school are written down
Dewa Mata: see you later
Do: Stomach, abdomen, sides, way or path
Do Itashi Mashite: 1) Please, 2) Be my guest
Do Jime: Strangulation, pressure on Do
Do Uchi: Hit to Do
Dojo: training hall
Doko Desu Ka: Where is (are)…?
Dokko: Kyusho point on the lower jawbone
Dokko no Kamae: posture with the fist on the side of the head, angry tiger posture
Domo Arigato: Thank You
Domo Arigato Gozaimashita: Thank a lot
Dori – Tori: Verb: Toru- take, grasp
Dozo: Please
E
En: Yen, Currency
Eki: Train Station
Erebeta: elevator
F
Fu: Air, Wind, see kaze
Fugyo: 14th dan
Fu Iri: Place a weapon between ukes arm and body locking elbow and throwing down or away
Fu no Kata: Wind form
Fudo Ken: Stable fist strike
Fudoza no Kamae: Cross-legged posture, one leg under the bottom
Fukiya: Blowpipe
G
Gaeshi – Kaeshi: Counter
Gakusei: student
Gaman: to endure
Gankotsu: Chin
Ganmen: the face
Ganseki Nage: Throw a big rock, technique of the Kihon Happo
Garami: maintain, curled up
Gata – Kata: form, shoulder, number/figure 1
Gatame – Katame: to control, maintain
Gedan: low level
Gedan no Kamae: Weapon, stance, weapon pointing down
Gedan Uke: low block, counter in a low position
Geiko – Keiko: Training, exercise
Geri – Keri: Kick
Geri Gaeshi: To counter a (with a) kick
Geri Kudaki: To break a kick (with a) kick
Geryaku: 3rd level principles
Gi: real name of the Kimono (traditional suit)
Gikan Ryu Koppojutsu:Truth Loyalty and Justice School. one of the nine schools that comprise the Bujinkan fighting sytems
Giri – Kiri: Verb, Kiru: cut
Go-Ho no Kata: sequencing of the five forms, directions
Godan: 5th dan, Shidoshi
Gogo: Afternoon, p.m.
Gogyo: The five Japanese elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Void or emptiness. Chi, Sui, Ka, Fu, Ku
Goja Dori: = Musha Dori, outdo a stronger person
Gokuraku: Heaven
Gokuraku Otoshi: to bring to Heaven
Gokuro Sama Deshita: Thank You (said by the teacher at the end of the class)
Gokyu: 5th kyu
Gomen Nasai: excuse me, beg your pardon, I am sorry
Gorin: Vital points around the belly button, the 5 elements
Gorin Kudaki: to break the five elements
Goshi – Koshi: Hip
Goshitan Ken: To hit with the five fingers together using the tips of the fingers.
Gozen: Morning, a.m.
Guchi – Kuchi: Mouth
Gusari – Kusari: chain
Gyaku: 1) twisting, 2) opposite, 3) reversed
Gyaku Jime: Crossed strangulation, thumbs outside
Gyaku Nage: reverse throw
Gyaku Otoshi: to throw down in reverse
Gyokko Ryu Koshijutsu: Jeweled Tiger school. One of the nine schools comprising the Bujinkan Fighting sytems
Gyokushin Ryu Ninjutsu: One of the little-known schools of the nine in the Bujinkan fighting systems
H
Habaki: Shoe, clamp of the blade for waterproofing
Hachidan: 8th dan
Hachikyu: 8th kyu
Hachimaki: Scarf, headband
Hai: yes
Hachimonji no Kamae: Ichimonji like posture, back arm vertically folded behind the head, fingers stretched out, Togakure Ryu posture
Haibu Yori: grab from behind
Hajime: start
Hajimemashite: Pleased to meet you
Hajutsu Kyu Ho: The nine escaping forms
Han: Half
Hanbo: 3ft, 90 cm stick (Han: half=half bo)Hane Goshi Nage: Hip throw, lifting ukes hip
Hanza: Posture with a knee to the ground
Happa hen; strike with the palm
Happo: Eight directions (hachi+ho)Happo Biken: Sword: the eight basic forms
Happo Ken: strike with the wheel of the hand
Happo Keri: Kicks in all directions
Harai Goshi: hip throw colliding
Haru: Spring
Hasso no Kamae: stance with the sword vertically held along the face
Heito no Kamae: Bo: stance with the bo vertically held behind the back
Heuto: superior level, 4th level
Henka: variation
Hi: Fire element
Hiken Ju Roppo: the 16 natural weapons (Hi=hidden, Ju+Roku Ho, roppo= 10+6
Hicho no Kamae: Ichimonji posture with one leg lifted, Leaping bird posture
Hidari: left
Hiji: elbow
Hijizume: Tip of the elbow joint
Hiken – Biken Jutsu: sword techniques, Mostly from Kukishinden Ryu
Hira Ichimonji no Kamae: Hichimonji no Kamae posture with horizontal arms and one leg lifted
Hira: Large, Big, Flat posture
Hira no Kamae: Natural Posture, other name for shizen no Kamae
Hiza: knee
Ho Ko Jutsu: Hotizontal walks and races
Hodoki: Untie, Unpack, Evading
Hoko no Kamae: stance with arms in front of the face forming a trident, encircling, bear posture
Hon: fundamental, root, basic
Hon Gyaku: first twist of the wrist
Hon Jime: strangulation with the thumbs to the inside arms crossed
Hoshi: articulation, 1) armpit. 2) elbow
Hosshu Kihon Kata Go-Ho ou
Hosshu Kihon no Kata: Omote Gyaku, Omote Henka< Ura Gyaku, Musha Dori, Moso Dori ( Ganseki Nage) The five twisting forms
Hyaku: 100, hundred
Hyo Jo Ho Ko: races and walks on slippery ground
I
Iai: To draw the sword
Ichi: figure 1 (horizontal line in Japanese)
Ichimonji: Basic posture with horizontal front arm, in a number one shape
Iie: No
Ikimasho: Lets go (said by the teacher after the first bow)
Ikkyu: first kyu
Ikaru: price
Ikaru Desu Ka: How much does it cost?
Inazuma: Points on the sides of the belly button (spleen and liver)
Itai: Pain, this hurts, I am in pain
Itami Jime: Strangulation, pressure with pain
Itami Nage: to throw with pain
J
Jakkin: Vital points located on the biceps
Jidai: ancient times, past
Jigen: Dimension, space and time
Jigoku: Hell
Jime Shime: Pressure, to press, strangle
Jin: Man, Mankind, Diety (the two kanji are different)
Jin Ryaku No Maki: Principles of Mankind (fusion between Heaven and Earth principles)
Jinchu: point located at the root of the nose
Jodan: First level, basic level, high, superficial, High level
Jodan Kiri: Sword- cut coming from above
Jodan Uke: High block, counter at upper level
Joryaku: basic principles
Judan: 10th dan
Jugodan: 15th dan
Juji: Number 10 (drawn as a cross in Japanese)
Juji Dori: Cross grab
Jujiro: salt cellar
Jumonji no Kamae: stance arms crossed on the chest (number 10 shape)
Juppo Sessho: To negotiate in all directions
Jutaijutsu: Group of soft, flowing techniques with the body
Jutsu: 1) war skill 2) art
K
Ka: Fire (see Hi)
Kagyo: 13th dan
Ka no Kata: Fire form
Kaeshi – Gaeshi: To counter
Kage: Shadow
Kagete: hand in the shadow
Kage no Itto: Sword; way of horizontally drawing the sword in the back
Kagi: Hook,to hook, ton wind around, key
Kaiten (Kaeru): to dive, type of roll
Kakato: heel
Kakato Geri: tp kick with the heel
Kake – Gake: 1) fasten 2) to break 3) to run 4) the precipice
Kaku: Point on the knee
Kakushi: hidden, invisible, that cannot be seen
Kakushi Geri: hidden, invisible kick
Kamae: mental and physical stance, posture, attitude
Kappi: Ura Shuto while jumping backwards
Kasumi: 1) fog 2) temple
Kasumi no Kamae: Sword; Jumonji posture, sword is held horizontal in front of the body
Kasumi Uchi: Bo; strike to the temple
Kata – Gata: 1) one(figure), 2) form 3) shoulder
Kata Maki: Shoulder winding
Katame – Gatame: Control, to immobilize< to maintain
Katamune Dori: One handed grab to the chest
Katana: Japanese sword
Katate: one handed
Katate Buri: Eight shape twirl with a weapon, one handed
Katate Nage: to throw with one hand
Katsu Gatame:
control or immobilize using the kyusho or pain
Kaze:wind, cold (med)
Keiko – Geiko: training, exercise
Keikogi: training Gi (not kimono, cf. Gi)
Ken: 1) weapon 2) strike 3) sword
Ken Kudaki: (Hajutsu Kyu Ho) break a (with a) punch
Ken Tai Ichi Jo: simultaneous strike, 1) body+mind 2) body+weapon
Kenpo: ancient name of karate, way of the weapons or the fists
Keri – Geri: Kick
Keri Kaeshi: counter, block a (with a) kick
Keri Kudaki: Break a (with a) kick
Keri Sukui: Scooping kick
Kesa: lapel
Kesa Giri: to cut diagonally along the lapel
Kiai: Ki (energy) + ai (union) = scream to get the energy out
Kihon: Basic form, sequence, technique
Kihon Happo: the 8 basic forms (goho no kata + sanpo no kata)
Kikaku Ken: to strike with the head (forehead) demon horns
Kimon: chest
Kin: Gold (metal)
KinTeki: Golden bells, testicles
Kiri – Giri: cut
Kiri no Hito Ha: Pawlawnia leaf
Kiritsu: stand, stand up
Kissaki: tip of the sword blade
Kiten Ken: Striking with the hands edge (=shuto)
Ko: small
Ko Goroshi: to crush the little finger (hajutsu kyu ho)
Kodachi: (Ko + Tachi) small sword (30 to 50 cm)
Kodomo: child
Koe: Groin
Koho, Ushiro: behind, back
Kojiri: end of the saya (scabbard)
Kokotsu: Tibia
Koku: space, empty
Konbanwa: Good evening
Kongo Ken: Fist strike (other name for Fudo Ken)
Konnichiwa: hello (during the day)
Konpi: Omote Shuto while jumping backwards
Koppo: art of breaking the bones. The backbone
Koppo Ken: strike with the thumb joint (hand in shikan ken shape)
Koppojutsu:
Techniques to break the bones/ system mixing the soft and hard forms with the kyojitsu
Koki: point on the top of the feet (see Toki) Jo Jutsu
Kosei: point on the testicles
Kosei no Kamae: double block posture, at the level of the forehead and stomach
Koshi – Goshi: the hip
Koshi Kudaki: to break the hip
Koshi Nage: hip throw
Koshi Ori: to break the hip
Kosshi Jutsu: striking techniques on the painful points, or the muscle points of attachment
Koshi Kihon Sanpo no Kata or Kyoshi Kihon no Kata: 1) part of the kihon happo from the basic stances ( ichimonji, jumonji, hicho no kamae)
Kote: wrist
Koto Ryu Koppojutsu: Tiger knocking down school, one of the nine schools of the Bujinkan fighting systems.
Ku: emptiness, void, space
Kugyo: 15th dan
Ku no Kata: emptiness form
Kubi: neck
Kuchi – Guchi: Mouth
Kudaki: break
Kudasai: please (in a sentence)
Kuden: direct teaching from the teacher to the student, 2nd level of understanding
Kukishinden Ryu Happo Hikenjutsu: Nine demons' school, one of the nine schools of the Bujinkan fighting system
Kukyu: 9th kyu
Kuma: bear
Kumi Uchi: two handed grab (judo like)
Kumo: cloud
Kumogakure Ryu Ninpo: Hiding in the clouds school: one of the nine bujinkan fighting systems
Kunai: multiple purpose blunt knife
Kuri Gaeshi: to bring a weapon behind the back and let it out over the shoulder, Kage no Itto
Kurigata: Bridge, chevelat for the way of the Sageo on the Saya
Kuro: black
Kurobushi: point on the ankle (see Ryuge) Jo Jutsu
Kuruma – Guruma: 1) wheel 2) car
Kusari – Gusari: chain
Kusari Fundo: chain with weights
Kusarigama: Scythe with a ballasted chain
Kyahan: gaiter, leg wrap worn to keep pants legs together
Kyo: lie, fient
Kyojitsu: to feint, to pretend, make believe that
Kyojitsu Tenkan Ho: to alternate truth and lies (physically and psychologically)
Kyoketsu Shoge: 2 bladed knives, one is curved one is straight + 1 chain or rope typically made of womens hair attached to a metal ring. Can be translated as to run through the mountains unhindered cutting down your enemies.
Kyu: 1) figure 9, 2) degree, level
Kyudan: 9th dan
Kyusho: vital point
M
Maai: Distance
Mae, Zenpo: before, In front
Maki: scroll, roll, to wrap; parchment
Makura: pillow
Man: ten thousand, 10,000
Manriki Gusari: chain having the power of 10,000 men
Matsu: Pine tree (Taka-Matsu)
Mawari Dori: capture while turning
Men: face
Menbu: forehead
Menkyo: 1) authorization, 2) license, 3) degree
Metsubushi: 1) blinding powder ( Togakure Ryu) 2) by an extent, to hide the sight of the opponent
Migi: right (direction)
Mimi: ear
Mizu: water on the ground
Mizu Tori: water bird
Mo Ichido Onegai Shimasu: Once more, please
Mokuso: concentration, meditation
Mokuso Yame: stop concentrating
Moguri Kata: to go down on the legs or go under
Mukozune: point underneath the knee (see Kaku) Jo Jutsu
Mu On Ho: silent walks and races
Mu To Dori: unarmed defense against armed attacks
Mukyu: beginner, no rank
Mune: chest
Munen Muso no Kamae: hanbo posture without idea, intention
Murasame: point on Adams apple
Musha Dori: twisting technique, grab the warrior
Muso Dori: Twisting technique, grab without intention
Mute: without the hands (Mu=without, indicate the lack)
N
Nagare: 1) fluidity 2) go to the ground 3) point on the forearm, radial nerve
Nage: to throw
Nage Kaeshi: counter throw
Naginata: long spear made of a bo and a sword blade
Nanadan: 7th dan
Nanakyu: 7th kyu
Naname: diagonal
Natsu: summer
Ni: number two (2 horizontal strokes superimposed)
Nidan: 2nd dan
Nikyu: 2nd kyu
Ni Jigen no Sekai: bi-dimensional world
Ninjoka: human being, friendly
O
O: grand, large, big, wide
O Genki Desuka: How are you?
O Gyaku: Wide twisting (arm, shoulder)
O Hayo Gozaimasu: Good Morning>
O Soto Gake, Gari: wide outer leg sweep
O Soto Nage: Wide outer throw
Obi: belt
Okuden: superior level, 5th level
Okuden no Kata: Superior level techniques
O Kuni Wa: What country are you from?
Omote: 1) outside, 2) in front of, 3) over
O Namae Wa: Whats you name?
Onegai Shimasu: Please
Oni: Demon
Oni Kudaki: twisting technique, break the Demons horns, Demon crusher
Ori: Verb Oru; to break
Osae Komi: control, immobilize
Osaeru: to hold, to retain
Oshu: strike with the palm of the open hand
Otonashi no Kamae: posture with hanbo horizontal in the back
Otosu, Otoshi: to push in, to drop
Oya Goroshi: to squash the thumb (Hajatsu Kyu Ho) killing the king
Oyasumi Nasai: Good night
R
Rakka: fallin pedal
Rei, Reiho: Bow, Bowing
Rin: navel
Rokkyu: 6th kyu
Rokudan: 6th dan
Ryaku: principle
Ryokan: Hotel, Inn
Ryomune Dori: double chest grab (lapel)
Ryote: with two hands
Ryote Nage: two handed throws
Ryu: 1) system, 2) dragon, 3) school
Ryu Sui Iki: Sutemi techniques (use of the unbalance)
Ryumon: point located over the Kimon
S
Sabaki: solve, action
Sabaki Gata: side stepping and dodging techniques
Sageo: rope tied to the Saya (scabbard)
Sai: point located on the middle of the thigh (in or our)
Samui: cold, freshness
Sandan: 3rd dan
San Jigen no Sekai: tri dimensional world
Sankaku: triangle
Sankaku Jime: triangular strangulation from behind
Sankyu: 3rd kyu
Sanmyaku: 1) mountain range, 2) 300
Sanpo no Kata: 1st group of the Kihon Happo (the three postures)
Sanshin: instant movement without thinking
Sanshin Keri: reflex kick
Sanshin no Kata: Dynamic execution of the Gogyo
Sanshitan Ken: strike or grab with three fingers
Satani: point on the thigh between Sai and Koe
Saya: Scabbard (sword or any weapon sheath)
Sayonara: Goodbye
Sayu: from both sides
Seigan: ichimonji posture, hand on the hip
Sieza: traditional kneeling posture
Sekai: World
Sen: thousand, 1,000
Sensei: 1) teacher, 2) the one who is in front
Seoi: to carry on the back or the shoulders
Seoi Nage: Throw over the back
Sah Da Somi: point under the ear
Sha Ha Ashi: use of the legs to destabilize
Shaken: Throwing stars of the Togakure Ryu School
Shako Ken: fist strike with fingers in a claw shape
Shaku: measure unit, about 30cm
Shi Ho (ten Chi) Tobi: High, low jumping all directions (shi=4, ho=direction)
Shidoshi: Master instructor (from the 5th dan)
Shidoshi-ho: Beginner instructor (from shodan to yondan)
Shihan: 1) title given to the high ranked of the school, 2) title given to a teacher owning a dojo
Shika tabi: outdoor tabi
Shikan Ken: strike with the phalanx, hand folded
Shiki: the 6th element, consciousness, knowledge
Shikin Haramitsu Dai Ko Myo: Each experience bears new knowledge
Shime-Jime: to press, apply pressure, strangle
Shime waza: strangulation and pressing techniques
Shinai: sword made of bamboo
Shinden: 3rd level of comprehension, natural movement, beyond thinking
Shinden Fudo Ryu Dakentaijutsu & Jutaijutsu: Immovable Heart School, one of the nine Bujinkan fighting systems
Shin Kokyu Sanaden: physical, energetic and breathing warming up
Shiro: white
Shishin Ken: strike with one finger (shishin+needle)
Shitan Ken: strike or grab with 3 or 4 fingers
Shito Ken: strike with the thumb pushed by the fist (= boshi ken)
Shizen: natural
Shizen Gyo Un Ryu Sui: beautiful and natural movement, i.e., letting our body react in a natural manner
Shizen Ken: Natural strike; teeth, nails, smells, ect…
Shizen no Kamae: upright natural posture, hands alongside the body
Shodan: 1st dan
Shoden: first level, basic level
Shoden no Kata: basic techniques from the first level
Shomen Giri: sword cut aimed at the head from dai jodan or from above
Shoshin Go Kei Gogyo no Kata: Gogyo form with a partner
Shoshin no Kamae: ichimonji henka with a lower front arm, slightly bent as if shaking hands. rear hand is at hip level.
Shoshinsha Desu: I am a beginner
Shoshinsha no KAta: practice of the gogyo in a ‘inner’ form in symbiosis with the five Japanese elements (chi, sui, ka, fu, ku)
Shoten no Jutsu: vertical walk or race
Shu, Te: hand
Shuki Ken: strike with the tip of the elbow
Shuko: 1) steel claws, 2) back of the hand
Shuriken: throwing weapons (throwing stars or other)
Shuto: hand(shu) sword(to); cutting edge
Shuto Ken: strike with the side of the hand
Sobi: back of the calf
Soke: Headmaster of a school
Sokki Ken: strike while lifting the leg, often assimilated knee strike
Soku Gyaku: kick with the tip of the toes
Soku Ho, Yoko: side, from the side
Soku To: edge of the feet
Soku Yaku: kick with the sole, horizontal leg, like a piston
Soku, Ashi: leg
Soto: outside
Stupa: Buddhist temple symbolizing the 5 elements. It's composed of a cube under a sphere, under a pyramid, a hemisphere, and a water drop
Sui: water (in the sky) see, Mizu
Suigyo: 12th dan
Sui no Kata: water form
Suigetsu: lower part of the plexus, water moon
Sumimasen: sorry, please
Sutemi: sacraficial move to voluntarily fall to the ground
Suwari: on the ground, kneeling
Suwari Kata: ground techniques
Suzu: testicles, pubis
T
Tabi: Japanese socks
Tachi: 1) upright, 2) long cavalry sword hung from the belt blade down, usually worn by officials and used on the battlefield
Tachi Nagare: go down straight to the ground, Sutemi
Tai – Dai: 1) body, 2) tall
Taihen: first level of understanding, physical
Tai Hodoki: body release (hajutsu kyu ho)
Tai Jime: strangulation or pressure of the body
Tai Ken: strike with the entire body
Tai Sabaki: side stepping
Taihen: movement, move
Taihenjutsu: set of moves and side-stepping technique
Taijutsu: techniques done with the body
Takamaru: to grow up (Taka-Matsu)
Take: Bamboo
Take Ori: twisting applied to the wrist, break the bamboo
Taki Otoshi: to let fall without accompanying, like a waterfall
Tanden: abdomen
Tanto: knife (max length for the blade: 1 shaku)
Tate no Kamae: bo vertically held in front of the body
Tate: 1) vertical, 2) shield
Te Hodoki: hand freeing (hyajutsu kyu ho)
Te Kubi: Te (hand)+ Kubi (neck)=wrist
Te Makura hand pillow, armlock with outstretched arm
Te, Shu: Hand
Ten Ryaku no Maki: parchment of the principles of Heaven, (moves, rolls, strikes)
Tenchijin no Kamae: bo held vertically on the side (= Hasso)
Tenkan Ho: Pivot
Tento: fontanelle, tip of the skull
Tento Uchi: bo, downwards strike
Tenugi: headband, headscarf
Tetsubishi: 4 spike nails falling with one spike upward, caltrop
Tobi: jump, jumping, to jump or leap
Tobi ni Keri: double jumped kick
Toki Ken: strike with the toes
Toki Uchi: strike or pressure with the toes
Tomoe Nage: Sutemi, Japanese shelf
Tori: from Toru, to take; 1) he who does the technique, 2) grab
Torite Kihon Dori no Kata: controls on the ground in Ura (on the belly) and Omote (on the back)
Torite Kihon Kata Go Ho: = Hosshu Kihon (sequence of 5 twisting techniques of the Kihon Happo )
Tosui no Kamae: sword; Gedan posture with inverted feet
Totoku Hyoshi no Kamae: sword; stance meant to avoid the Shaken
Tsuba: Hilt of the sword, hand guard
Tsuka Gashira: tip of the swords handle
Tsuki: Punch, thrust, jab, stab
Tsuma Ken: strike with the big toe
U
Uchi: 1) inside, 2) against, 3) strike or pressure
Uchi Hoshi: point located on the inside of the Hoshi (joints)
Uchigake: inside sweeping between the legs
Uchimata: throw through the inside of the legs
Ude: arm
Ude Jime: arm pressure, strangulation
Ude Ori: to break the arm
Uke: he who undergoes, to counter
Uke Nagashi: reception, block high, middle, low, inside, outside
Ukemi Otoshi: flat breakfall
Uko: ganglions (sides of the neck)
Ura: 1) inside, 2) under, 3) behind
Ura Gyaku: inside wrist lock
Ushiro, Koho: back, behind
Uzumaki: whirlwind
W
Wakarimasen: I dont understand
Wakarimasu: I understand
Wakazashi: short sword (12 to 19 inches
Waraji: straw sandals with thongs
Waza: technique
Y
Yaku: point in the inside of the leg under the knee
Yame: stop
Yari: spear
Yawara: ancient name of Ju Jutsu
Yonkyu: 4th kyu
Yoko Aruki: sideways cross walk
Yoku, Soku Ho: side
Yondan: 4th dan
Yu Gasumi: point under the ear over the jaw
Yugen: elegance, unrevealed, source of spirit
Yugen no Sekai: World of non-manifested Spirit
Yubi: finger
Yukkuri: slowly, slower
Yume: dream
Z
Za Kamae: sitted stance (fudoza)
Zazen: loyus posture, Zen Meditation
Zenpo: (Zen+Ho)=,front
Zenpo Geri: 1) front kick, 2) flat fall
Zenpo Ukemi: front roll
Zori: sandals
Zu tsuki: head strike