I've been trying to find a dictionary of martial arts related terminology (japanese to english) online and am having no luck. Does anyone know where I could find one online in PDF format? Thanks in advance for any info.

These are 2 websites I've found which might be of help:

http://dict.regex.info/cgi-bin/j-e/dict - A Japanese to English dictionary

http://kihon.com/dojo/glossary.html - This has an A to Z glossary of Japanese words from Budo Taijutsu but I'm guessing most will relate to all Japanese arts


Hope this helps :asian:

freedict.com has a decent japanese-english and vice versa dictionary as well as a list of other languages. So far as the names for martial arts moves and theories go I think there is a definate edge of interperatation that goes along with it so I am not sure how well that will do you.

I've been trying to find a dictionary of martial arts related terminology (japanese to english) online and am having no luck. Does anyone know where I could find one online in PDF format? Thanks in advance for any info.

A friend of mine wrote one several years ago.
do a google search for tuttle books + alex kask

If I remember it comes with a casstte tape too.

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