| Bokken - wooden sword (also: bokuto, kidachi) |
| Bokuto - wooden sword (also: bokken, kidachi) |
| Chudan - middle level |
| Dai Nihon Kendo Remmei - All Japan Kendo Federation |
| Do - the way |
| Dojo - training hall, literally "place of the way" |
| Domo arigato gozaimashita - thank you (polite form) |
| Gedan - lower level |
| Gyakute - reverse hand |
| Hajime - begin |
| Hakama - split skirt-like pants |
| Honte - main hand |
| Ichikotae - change places |
| Jo - white oak stick of 128 cm. |
| Jodan - upper level |
| Jodo - the way of the stick |
| Jojutusu - the art, or techniques, of the stick |
| Jutsu - the art |
| Kamae - stance |
| Kata - forms consisting of a prearranged sequence of movements |
| Kata - shoulders |
| Keiko gi - practice outfit |
| Kendo gi - quilted top worn in Jodo, often indigo blue |
| Kidachi - wooden sword (also: bokken, bokuto) |
| Kihon - basics |
| Kodachi - short sword |
| Kohai - junior |
| Koshi - hip |
| Kyodai - equal |
| Maware migi - turn around (to the right) |
| Miyamoto Musashi |
| Mokuso - meditation |
| Moto e - return to original position |
| Muso Gonosuke - founder of Shindo Muso Ryu |
| Naore - return sword |
| Obi - belt |
| Omote - outside, surface |
| Onegai shimasu - please (polite form) |
| Oodachi - long sword |
| Rei - bow |
| Ryu - school |
| Seiretsu - line up |
| Seiza - formal sitting (on the knees) |
| Sempai - senior |
| Sensei - teacher |
| Shindo Muso Ryu Jodo |
| Shinto - the way of the Gods |
| Shinto Ryu - sword school associated with Jodo |
| Suigetsu - reflection of moon, another word for "solar plexus" |
| Suki - an opening or opportunity |
| Te - hand |
| Tsue - walking stick or "jo", in compound words it is often "zue" |
| Tsuki - thrust |
| Tsune no kamae - ordinary stance |
| Uchi - strike |
| Yame - stop |
| Yoi - ready |
| Zanshin - literally "remaining heart" |
