
Bushi no nasake means the gentleness of warriors.The warrior caste’s code of ethics and philiosophy. It is the name of the warrior caste in feudal times in Japan. It includes military tactics and is sometimes used to mean tactics. It is used as generic term for various martial arts. Bugeisha means an individual who practices the martial arts.Budoka means a person practicing the martial arts.The martial therefore being the way of avoiding or preventing violent conflict. Together, the two parts have the connotation of ‘stopping the halbred.’ The concept attached to the character is that the military stops discord and creates civil order. The second part is of a classical Chinese weapon like a halberd. The first having the meaning of stopping something. The character used for ‘bu’ is made of two parts. It is a Chinese character used in Japanese. It is said to have been named for the famous swordsman Bokuden Tsukahara. Bo kodachi is a wooden small companion sword to the larger katana.Bogu is a generic term used to mean kendo equipment.It is used as a weapon in karate and in various Japanese weapon styles.

He was one of the seven deities of good luck.

Ashi sabaki means foot shifting or footwork.In kendo, it is a violation of the sport rules rating a penalty of hansoku. Ashi kake is a kendo contest term meaning the tripping or sweeping of an opponent off of their feet.

Ashi gata means the form or position of the feet.It is also used to mean a summer camp held during the hotest part of the summer. Arigato gozaimasu means thank you for what you are doing.Arigato gozaimashita means thank you for what you have done.Anza is an informal sitting position with the legs crossed in front and the body resting on the buttocks.It is sometimes used to mean a training partner partner or opponent. Aite means uniting hand or joining hand.Aikuchi means a dagger with out a guard, tsuba.Ai means to join, to fit together, meeting or harmony.Agura is an informal cross legged sitting position.Age kote is a kendo term used for when the kendo gloves, the kote, finish a strike while remaining above the lower abdomen.Age means to lift or raise up, to elevate.
