ai-chudan	both players in chudan-no-kamae		kodachi	short sword
ashi-sabaki	footwork		kote	gloves; forearm; strike target
ayumi-ashi	walking step		maai	fighting distance between two opponents
bokken	wooden sword		men	headgear, mask; strike target
bokuto	wooden sword		men-buton	cloth part of men
chigawa	loop on either side of the do		men-gane	grill part of men
chudan-no-kamae	middle guard position		metsuke	point of observation
daimyo	japanese feudal lord		migi	right
datotsu	strike or thrust		nidan-waza	two-stage technique
debana-waza	technique to execute a cut as your opponent is about to cut		noto	re-sheathing the sword
do	chest protector; a cut to the body		oji-waza	counter-attacking technique
gedan-no-kamae	lower guard position		okuri-ashi	sliding step with leading foot
hakama	traditional skirt-like trousers worn for kendo		sage-to	holding the shinai at the left side of the body
hasaki	cutting edge		seiza	kneeling position
hasso-no-kamae	guard position with shinai held vertically at one's right side		sensei	instructor
hidari	left		shiai	match
hiki-waza	stepping-back technique		shikake-waza	technique to initiate a strike
hiraki-ashi	sideways step		shinai	bamboo sword
hirauchi	strike with the flat of the shinai		shomen	centre men
honshitsu	essence		sonkyo	knee-bent squat
irimi	fundamental short-sword guard position: action of stepping into your opponents maai		suburi	shinai swinging practice
issoku itto no	distance at which one can attack in one step		suki	opening for attack; unguarded points
jigeiko	free practice		suriage-waza	rising-slide deflection technique
jodan-no-kamae	upper guard position		suri-ashi	sliding step
kaeshi-waza	reflex deflection technique		tachi	long sword
kakarigeiko	all-out attack practice		taiatari	body check
kamae	guard position		tare	waist protector
katana	sword		tenouchi	balanced strength of hands at moment of cut or thrust
katsugi-waza	"shouldering the sword" technique		tenugui	traditional head towel wore under men
keiko	practice		tsuba	sword guard
keiko-gi	traditional jacket worn for kendo		tsubzeriai	close-contact fencing with the shinai’s crossed in a vertical position
kendogu	armour		tsugi-ashi	short step
kenjutsu	the art of the sword		tsuka	sword hilt
kesen	point of the sword or shinai		tsuka-gashira	top of the sword hilt
ki	spirit; mental energy		tsuki-dare	throat protector on the men
kiai	projection of fighting spirit into a voice or cry		tsuru	central cord of the shinai
kiguari	bearing, pride, dignity		uchi	strike
kihaku	spirit		uchiotoshi-waza	technique in which you strike your opponent's shinai in his attack and counterattack immediately
kirikaeshi	continuous strikes to right and left men alternately		waza	techniques
kisei	spirit, vigour		waki-gamae	guard position with the shinai at one's side to conceal the it's length.
kobushi	fist		zanshin	positive follow-through of strike; mental alertness against an opponents attack.