tachi 太刀 ( たち ) - long sword usually worn slung blade-down from the belt

taiden 体伝 ( たいでん ) - body transmission; teachings passed on by direct training methods

taihenjutsu 体変術 ( たいへんじゅつ ) - methods of rolling, leaping and hitting the ground; lit: body-changing skills

taijutsu 体術 ( たいじゅつ ) - general term for unarmed combat

taisabaki 体捌 ( たいさばき ) - general term for body movement

takagi yoshin ryuu 高木陽心流 ( たかぎようしんりゅう ) - juutaijutsu tradition studied in the Bujinkan

tameshigiri 試し斬り ( ためしぎり ) - test cutting with a sword using any type of target

tanren 鍛錬 ( たんれん ) - body forging exercises

tantou 短刀 ( たんとう ) - knife; dagger

taryuu shiai 他流試合 ( たりゅうしあい ) - a contest between people of two different martial traditions

tatehiza 立て膝 ( たてひざ ) - seated kneeling posture with one leg up

tehodoki 手解き ( てほどき ) - technique for escaping from a hand or writs grab

tekagi 手鉤 ( たかぎ ) - hand claws used to aid in climbing; shukou

teki 敵 ( てき ) - enemy

tekken 鉄拳 ( てっけん ) - knuckle duster weapon carried in the hand

tekkou 手甲 ( てっこう ) - armored covering for the back of the hand and wrist

tengu 天狗 ( てんぐ ) - long nosed crow-like, mythical goblin, said to teach secret martial arts

tenouchi 手の内 ( てのうち ) - class of weapons that are carried in the hand; lit. "inside the hand"

tensho 篆書 ( てんしょ ) - characters typically used for seals

tentou uchi ( ) - strike to top of head

teppan 鉄盤 ( てっぱん ) - small iron plates used in combat; either thrown or hand-held

tessen 鉄扇 ( てっせん ) - iron fan

tetsubishi 鉄菱 ( てつびし ) - caltrops

tetsubou 鉄棒 ( てつぼう ) - spiked or studded two-handed war club used in feudal Japan

tetsutsubute 鉄礫 ( てつつぶて ) - octagonal, round or square piece of iron, sometimes with sharpened edges, used as a thrown weapon

togakure ryuu 戸隠流 ( とがくれりゅう ) - ninjutsu tradition studied in the Bujinkan; lit.

tokonoma 床の間 ( とこのま ) - decorative alcove in a traditional Japanese style room

toppa 突破 ( とっぱ ) - another term for ninja

tori 取り ( とり ) - one who executes a technique

torimono sandougu 取りもの三道具 ( とりものさんどうぐ ) - three types of pole weapons used by the samurai class and their retainers to restrain criminals from a distance

torinawajutsu (捕縄術 ( とりなわじゅつ ) - methods of binding with a rope

torite 捕手 ( とりて ) - a generic term for unarmed combat

toujutsu 刀術 ( とうじゅつ ) - techniques of the sword

tousuijutsu 踏水術 ( とうすいじゅつ ) - swimming skills

tsuba 鍔 ( つば ) - sword guard

tsubute 礫 ( つぶて ) - small throwing stones

tsuka 柄 ( つか ) - sword handle

tsuki 突き ( つき ) - punch; thrust with weapon

tsukubou 突棒 ( つくぼう ) - pole weapon used to control or capture people at a distance; "push pole"

tsunagi no ito 繋糸 ( つなぎのいと ) - cords connecting the kusazuri to the dou on a yoroi

tsurugi 剣 ( つるぎ ) - sword; often straight