Tuttle Dictionary Martial Arts Korea, China & Japan. Daniel Kogan

treatise on Bai He and Luohan Quan technique, strategy, philosophy, vital point striking, and herbal medicine.

      buchae (K) [Common Usage] fan

      buchae sul (K) [Kuk Sool] fan technique

      Bucheo Nim (K) [Common Usage] the Buddha (with the honorific suffix "nim" appended)

      budo (J) [Common Usage] (lit. Martial Ways) martial arts for personal or spiritual cultivation rather than for purely combative purposes; sometimes written as bu no michi

      budoka (J) [Common Usage] a person studying martial arts or ways

      budokan (J) [Common Usage] martial ways hall

      budo seishin (J) [Common Usage] martial spirit

      bu fu cong (M) [Common Usage] see waih bui

      bugei (J) [Common Usage] a term used to refer to classical Japanese martial arts

      Bugeikan (O) [Style] a school of karate and kobudo founded by Higa Seitoku

      bugeisha (J) [Common Usage] martial arts exponent

      bu gong ping (M) [Common Usage] unjust, unfair

      bunt chou chahm seh (C) [Huhng Ga] (lit. Spreading the Grass to Find the Snake) a redirecting movement that brings an opponent inward before striking

      buhtji (C) [Common Usage] heel of the foot

      bui buhn (C) [Common Usage] to betray; betrayal

      bujin (J) [Common Usage] warrior

      bu-jutsu (J) [Common Usage] martial arts; the characters for this word are read wushu in Chinese

      Bu-jutsu Taihaku Seiden (J) [Common Usage] a sixteenth-century manual containing many of the martial teachings of its time

      buk (K) [Common Usage] drum

      bukchae (K) [Common Usage] drumstick

      bukchae sul (K) [Common Usage] drumstick technique

      buke (J) [Common Usage] warrior family; the military caste of Japan

      Buke Sho Hatto (J) [Bushido] (lit. Rules of the Warrior Families) a list of articles and rules of behavior, compiled in 1615 by Tokugawa Ieyasu, that stresses the importance of a balance between literary and martial pursuits for warriors

      Buk Han (K) [Common Usage] South Korean name for North Korea

      buki (J) [Common Usage] weapons

      Buk Joseon (K) [Common Usage] North Korean name for North Korea

      bul anjeong ha da (K) [Common Usage] to be unsteady

      bul gul eui euiji (K) [Taekwondo] indomitable will

      Bulgyo (K) [Common Usage] Buddhism

      Bulgyo Musul (K) [Style] Buddhist Martial Skill

      Bulmudo (K) [Style] Buddhist Martial Way

      Bunbu Ryodo (J) [Bushido] (lit. Literary and Martial, Both Paths [are the same]) a phrase stressing the importance of both the literary and martial arts as part of the education of a bushi

      bunkai (J) [Karate] analysis, or interpretation, of kata; the true meanings behind the moves in karate kata

      Bun Lihn (C) [Chyu Ga] (lit. Half Lotus) the fourth form taught in this southern style

      buri gonggyeok (K) [Taekwondo] sudden attack

      buri hwal (K) [Kung Do] unstrung bow

      buryoku (O) [Common Usage] see chii kara

      busabeom (K) [Common Usage] assistant instructor

      bushi (J) [Common Usage] samurai, warrior

      Bushi Matsumura (O) [Master] see Matsumura Sokon

      bushido (J) [Common Usage] (lit. Way of the Warrior) the union of martial traditions and strategy with the moral codes of the warrior class, especially as influenced by Neo-Confucian thought

      bushi no nasake (J) [Bushido] (lit. Compassion of the Warrior) according to Bushido, the skills, power, and strength acquired from practice of the martial arts should ultimately be used to protect the weak and to enlighten the ignorant

      busu da (K) [Common Usage] to break

      but fuh jaak yahm (C) [Common Usage] irresponsible

      but jaba chagi (K) [Taekwondo] grasping kick

      but jaba makgi (K) [Taekwondo] grasping block

      Butokuden (J) [Common Usage] (lit. Hall of Martial Virtue) established in the 1890s in Kyoto and the site of the Budo Senmon Gakko, this was a government-sponsored training school for martial arts teachers in the pre-WW II period

      Butokukai (J) [Common Usage] see Dai Nippon Butokukai

      butsukari geiko (J) [Sumo] an exercise in which a rikishi pushes another wrestler across and out of the ring; it is used as a means to build both stamina and fighting spirit

      bu yi (M) [Common Usage] see bat yih

      bu zhong xin (M) [Common Usage] disloyal

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      cai (M) [Common Usage] see choi

      cai (M) [Common Usage] 1 pull down; a movement used in taijiquan that has the power to shock and disrupt the balance and concentration 2 to guess, to speculate 3 vegetables

      cai dao (M) [Weapon] a metal cleaver that is used in some Chinese styles

      Cai Jia (M) [Style] see Choy Ga

      Cai Li Fo (M) [Style] see Choy Leih Faht

      cai pan yuan (M) [Common Usage] judge

      cai se (M) [Common Usage] color

      Cai Yu Ming (M) [Master] see Choy Yuhk Mihng

      can jia (M) [Common Usage] to participate (in a competition, demonstration, etc.)

      can sai zhe (M) [Common Usage] contestants, participants

      Cao Lian Fang (M) [Master] a prominent master of xingyiquan

      cao yue (M) [Common Usage] protocol

      Cao Zhong Sheng (M) [Master] a prominent master of baguazhang

      cha (M, J) [Common Usage] tea

      cha (M) [Weapon] pitchfork, trident

      chaai (C) [Common Usage] to tread upon

      chaam choi je (C) [Common Usage] contestant, participant

      chaam ga (C) [Common Usage] to participate

      chaan (C) [Weapon] shovel

      chaang geuk (C) [Common Usage] side kick

      chaang sau (C) [Wihng Cheun] spade hand

      chaap cheuih (C) [Common Usage] straight forward thrusting punch using the leopard fist

      chaap jeung (C) [Common Usage] insert palm

      Chaap Yat Ji Heung (C) [Choy Leih Faht] (lit. Insert One Stick Of Incense Form) a hand form

      cha balggi (K) [Tae Kyon] stomping kick

      cha bapki (K) [Taekwondo] stomping kick

      cha busugi (K) [Taekwondo] breaking kick, destroying kick

      cha cha (C) [Common Usage] cymbal, used in lion dance performances

      cha chi huang (M) [Medicine] a plant used in Chinese herbal medicine to help reduce swelling

      cha chui (M) [Common Usage] a double-handed striking technique that uses two fists thrusting forward on a downward angle

      cha da (K) [Common Usage] to kick

      chado (J) [Common Usage] see cha no yu

      cha dolligi (K) [Ssi Rum] turning-and-sideways-kicking technique

      chaejjik (K) [Common Usage] whip

      chaejjik jil ha da (K) [Common