Martial arts bring together vocabulary from Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and English, covering uniforms, grading systems, weapons and protective gear. This glossary collects that vocabulary from A to Z in one place, with a short, plain explanation for each term and a link to the full entry where relevant.
Use it whenever you come across an unfamiliar word on this site, in class, or on a product listing elsewhere, such as obi, tameshigiri or pearl weave. Each entry also links back to the overview page or guide where that term is discussed in more practical depth, so the glossary works well both as a quick lookup while reading and as a starting point for exploring a topic further on your own.
