Japanese Martial Arts
17 entries in the Japanese Martial Arts compendium.
Karate kataKata are structured movement patterns central to karate practice.KiaiA short shout used to startle, intimidate, or express victory.All Japan Iaidō FederationJapan's oldest and largest Iaidō-only specialist organization.BajutsuJapanese military equestrianism, an elite art of the samurai.Bōgutsuki KarateA karate competition format using protective armour.Budokan karateA karate style founded in Malaysia in 1966.Byakuren KaikanFull contact karate founded in 1984 by Sugihara Masayasu.Japanese combat techniquesSamurai combat blended ritual, individual duels, and mass infantry tactics.Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsuA Japanese martial art emphasizing joint locks and aiki principles.GenseiryūA karate style blending Shuri-te with innovative three-dimensional principles.Gōjū-ryūA traditional Okinawan karate style blending hard and soft techniques.HōjutsuJapanese martial art of black powder gunnery.Sosui Ichikawa4th Sōke of Zen Nihon Goju-Ryu Karate-do Renmei.Ikkaku-ryū juttejutsuA jutte school created by the third Shintō Musō-ryū headmaster.Isshin-ryūOkinawan karate blending Shorin-ryū, Gojū-ryū, and kobudō.JūkendōJapanese martial art of bayonet fighting using wooden rifles.JukenpoA Japanese martial art blending soft fist strikes with Aikido.
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