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BAAT CHAAM DAO
Chinese
"Eight Direction Slashing Sword / Eight Cutting Knifes"
The term Baat Chaam Dao is used as an alternative name for the weapon known as the Hudie Shuang Dao.

BAAT JAAM DAO
Chinese
"Eight Direction Slashing Sword / Eight Cutting Knifes"
The term Baat Jaam Dao is used as an alternative name for the weapon known as the Hudie Shuang Dao.

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BAGUA
Chinese
"Eight Trigrams”
The Bagua are the eight symbols used within Taoist idealogy to represent the fundamental principles of reality. Each consists of a combination of three broken an unbroken lines. The broken lines represent Yinwhilst the unbroken represent Yang.

BA GUA
Chinese
“Eight Trigrams”
The term Ba Gua is an alternative spelling of Bagua.

BAJUTSU 馬術
Japanese
"Horsemanship"

BANZAI
Japanese
"Ten Thousand Years / Long Life"
Originally the phrase Banzai was used as a rallying shout to ones own side prior to the first exchange of combat during a battle. In later times however it has become synonymous with the "Drinking Charge" and is often mistranslated as "Cheers" or "Bottoms Up".

BART JARM DAO
Chinese
"Eight Direction Slashing Sword / Eight Cutting Knifes"
The term Bart Jarm Dao is used as an alternative name for the weapon known as the Hudie Shuang Dao.

BAT
Thai
"Block"

BAT JUM DAO
Chinese
"Eight Direction Slashing Sword / Eight Cutting Knifes"
The term Bat Jum Dao is used as an alternative name for the weapon known as the Hudie Shuang Dao.

BATTO
Japanese
"Fast sword" or "Lightning Sword"
The rapid unsheathing of a blade in order to engage in combat. Unlike Iai the emphasis is to strike your opponent as you draw the sword; as opposed to after you have already draw the sword.

BATTO DO
Japanese
"The Way Of The Lightning Sword / Way Of The Fast Sword"
The philosophical study into the art of Batto, with an emphasis placed on the perfection of movement as a means to self awareness.

BATTO JUTSU
Japanese
"The Art Of The Lightning Sword / Art Of The Fast Sword"
The combative study into the art of Batto, with an emphasis placed on the perfection of skill forged during actual combat.

BENG
Chinese
"Crush / Crushing"

BIAN GAN
Chinese
"Hard Whip / Iron Rod"
The term Bian Gan is used to describe a traditional heavyweight weapon of Chinese martial arts rarely ever encountered outside of mainland China. Formed from a length of solid steel or iron the Bian Gan takes a great deal of strength and skill to handle during combat, however training with the Bian Gan is used makes for strengthening the fingers, hands, wrists and forearms. The Bian Gan is very heavy for what is a fairly short single handed weapon and has an average weight of around 5.5lbs.

BISENTO 眉尖刀
Japanese
The term Bisento is used to describe a style of polearm based on the Chinese Kwan-Dao and similar in use and function to the Japanese Naginata. The Bisento features a blade that is much more deeply curved and heavier than that of a Naginata, and some accounts claim that the weapon was used as a tool to strengthen the body for use in Naginatajutsu.

BIU TZE
Chinese
"Dart Fingers / Darting Fingers"
The third Wing-Chung form which teaches how a combatant can create or regain a new centreline once it has been lost. This form is characterized by it suse of open hand techniques as opposed to those of a closed fist.

BO
Japanese
"Stick / Stave"
A six foot hardwood staff, abbreviated from the word Rokushakubo.

BODHISATTVA HACHIMAN 八幡大菩薩
Japanese
"The Enlightened God Of Eight Banners"
Bodhisattva Hachiman is the Japanese Buddhist name for the Shinto Deity Hachiman.

BOGU
Japanese
"Kendo Armour"
The term Bogu is used to describe the several individual pieces that makes up a full set of Kendo Yoroi. Those parts being the Do, Kote, Men and Tare.

BOJUTSU
Japanese
"The Art Of The Staff / Science Of The Staff"
The combative study into the art of the Bo, with an emphasis placed on the perfection of skill forged during actual combat.

BOKKEN 木剣
Japanese
"Staff Sword / Wooden Sword"
A training sword shaped from hardwood to the approximate proportions of the sword type being replicated, be it Tanto, Shoto or Daito. Although the term Bokken is the most common term for a wooden sword throughout the world, in Japan the alternative name Bokuto is the norm.

BOKSING
Filipino
"Fist Fighting"
Boksing is a Filipino martial art based in part on Western Boxing. The main difference between Boksing and Boxing is that it still allows strikes made with the elbow as well as a number of Locking and Trapping techniques, much like the early prize-fighting methods of the western world prior to the advent of the Marques of Queensbury Rules.

BOKUTO 木剣
Japanese
"Staff Sword / Wooden Sword"
An alternative name for any design of wooden sword and used throughout Japan in place of the term Bokken.

BU
Chinese
"Step / Stepping"

BU 武
Japanese
"Military / Martial / Warrior"

BUDO 武道
Japanese
"Martial Way / Warrior Way / Path Of The Warrior"

BUDOKA 武道家
Japanese
"Martial Way Practitioner / Practitioner Of The Warrior Way / Practitioner Of The Path Of The Warrior"
A Martial Artist.

BUGEI 武芸
Japanese
"Warrior Virtue"
The term Bugei is used as an umbrella term for all of the the traditional martial arts as practiced by the Bushi.

BUGEI JUHAPPAN
Japanese
"The 18 Warrior Virtues"
The individual combative abilities generally divided into 18 broad categories that all warriors must study in order to become the complete in their knowledge of the arts of war. Some scholars argue that the number 18 is used far to literally and that according to both Chinese and Japanese belief the number 18 is used to represent completeness. The individual arts within the Bugei Juhappan changed and evolved over time as new weapons became more popular and archaic weaponry became obsolete.

BUGEISHA
Japanese
"Warrior Woman"
A female trained within the Martial Arts.

BUJUTSU
Japanese
"The Art Of The Warrior / Science Of The Warrior"
The combative study into the Warrior Arts, with an emphasis placed on the perfection of skills forged during actual combat

BUKI
Japanese
"Weaponry"

BUKI DORI
Japanese
"Unarmed Defence Against Weaponry"

BUKI JUTSU
Japanese
"Weaponry Art"

BUKI WAZA
Japanese
"Weaponry Techniques"

BUNO
Filipino
"Ground Fighting"
Buno is a Filipino martial art in which combatants engage one another whilst crouched low to or even upon the ground. The art was originally practiced by fishermen who used the advantaged of their strong arms to apply devastating grips, chokes and restraints upon their opponents.

BUOK
Thai
"Shin Block"

BUSHI
Japanese
"Warrior Person / Military Person"

BUTTERFLY KNIFE
Chinese
The term Butterfly Knife is a common translation for the Chinese martial arts weapon known as the Hudie Shuang Dao.

BUTTERFLY SWORD
Chinese
The term Butterfly sword is a common translation for the Chinese martial arts weapon known as the Hudie Shuang Dao.