Additional terms:
AIKIDO -
Japanese martial art founded in 1942 by Moriei Ueshiba, meaning 'way of
harmony'.
CHUAN-FA - (Ch'uan-Fa) Chinese meaning 'fist way'.
(Also a branch of the Kajukenbo system which was headed by Sifu
Bill Owens and Sifu Leonard Endrizzi and now is under Professor
Al Dela Cruz).
CHI - Chinese meaning 'life force' or 'internal energy'.
DO - Japanese, meaning 'the way' or 'the path'.
DOJO - Japanese, literally meaning 'place to study The
Way' - Gym, studio, or place to train in martial arts.
GI - Japanese, a traditional martial arts uniform.
GUNG FU - Chinese, meaning 'skill gained through hard work
over time', or shortened to 'skill'. (Southern pronunciation)
JUDO - Japanese sport founded by Prof. Jigoro Kano in 1882
or 1884, meaning 'gentile way', or 'the way of harmony', based on
Jujitsu.
JUJITSU - Japanese fighting systems roughly translated as
'yielding martial art', or 'pliable method or technique'.
KAJUKENBO - Chinese/Hawaiian martial art formed in Hawaii
between 1949 and 1951, made up of; Karate, Judo, Jujitsu, Kenpo and
Northern and Southern Sil Lum Kung Fu. Founded by Siju. Adriano
D. Emperado.
KARATE - Japanese term for unarmed fighting systems,
meaning 'empty hand'. An older translation is 'Chinese hand'.
KEMPO - Okinawan fighting system, meaning 'fist way', or
'fist law'.
KENPO - Old spelling of Kempo, now commonly used. (Also
the original style and first branch in the Kajukenbo system. Headed by Sijo
Emperado)
KI - Japanese meaning 'life force' or 'internal energy'.
KUNG FU - Chinese, meaning 'skill gained through hard work
over time', or shortened to 'skill'.(Northern pronunciation)
POCKETS - A ready position with the arms, where the hands
are fisted and held at or above the waist, palm up.
RANDORI - Japanese, meaning 'free practice' or 'open
sparing' in Judo.
SENSEI - Japanese , meaning 'teacher' or 'instructor'.
SIFU - Chinese, meaning 'teacher' or 'instructor'.
SI HING - Chinese, meaning your senior (peer), your older
brother.
SI DAI - Chinese, meaning your junior (peer), your younger
brother.
SI BAK - Chinese, meaning instructor's senior (peer).
SI SOOK - Chinese, meaning instructor's junior (peer).
SI GUNG - Chinese, meaning 'teacher of teachers', Your
teacher's teacher, 'Grandfather'.
SIL LUM - Chinese, meaning 'young forest'. A style in Kung
Fu.
TAE KWON DO - Korean fighting system, emphasizing high
kicking techniques. Meaning 'the way of punching and kicking'.
TAI CHI - Chinese method for centering and balancing the
body and the chi, meaning 'grand ultimate' or 'supreme ultimate'.
TAI CHI CHUAN - Chinese, meaning 'grand ultimate fist'.
TANG SOO DO - Korean fighting system. Can be translated as "Art of the Chinese hand"
TORI - Japanese, meaning person who performs the technique
when practicing with a partner, the defender.
TUM PAI - Branch of Kajukenbo, meaning 'central way',
based on Tai Chi application, headed by the late Professor Jon
Loren.
UKE - Japanese, meaning person who receives technique when
practicing with a partner, the attacker, 'the bad guy'.
WUN HOP KUEN DO - Branch of the Kajukenbo system, meaning
'Combination Fist Art'. Wun Hop Kuen Do is Professor Al
Dacascos' expression of the combining of the arts and is headed by Professor
Al Dacascos.
WU SHU - Chinese, meaning 'martial art'.
YIN/YANG - symbolized concept of opposition and constant
change within balance.