| A | B |
|---|
| Shotokan | House of Shoto or Pine Sea |
| gekiha | destruction / advanced kyu katas |
| gekisai | destroy/ attack and smash/ basic kyu katas |
| Goju Ryu | Karate style/ means hard soft |
| hakutsuru no mai | dance of a white crane/ 10th hookyu kata |
| hookyu kata | unified/ basic kata |
| kihon kata | basic kata/ sanchin/ tenshu/ naifanchi |
| kiso kumite | systematized pre-arranged sparring |
| koryu kata | ancient or classical kata |
| kumite renshu | sparring exercises |
| kururunfa | come stay the waves |
| matsubayahsi-ryu | pine forest style founded by Nagamine Shoshin |
| Naha-te | early form of karate that became Goju Ryu |
| naifanchi | lateral movement katas |
| saifa | smash and tear or final breaking point koryu kata |
| sanchin | three battles |
| sanseiru | 36 hands or techniques a koryu kata |
| seipai | 18 hands a koryu kata |
| seisan | 13 hands a koryu |
| seyunchin | calm in the eye of the storm a koryu kata |
| shisochin | fighting four monks a koryu kata |
| Sho-Rei-Shobu-Kan | School of Shihan John Roseberry |
| Sho Rei Kan | School of Goju Ryu started by Toguchi |
| shorin-ryu | small forest style |
| suparinpei | 108 hands a koryu kata |
| Tomari-te | one of three original Okinawan karate styles |
