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B  Ba-Fa (Chinese) The 8 therapeutic principles of the traditional Chinese medicine. The Ba-fa are predefined techniques of treatment which are used in several methods like meditation, body exercises...).    Badik A Malayan dagger shaped like a butterfly whose straight blade bears one sharp edge.    Bajutsu Japanese art of horsemanship. Also known as jobajutsu.    Bal Foot.    Balisong A knife produced in the Phillipines. Also known as a "butterfly knife."    Bandesh An ancient form of Indian fighting who principle tenant is to defeat an armed enemy without killing him.    Bando A Burmese method of armed and unarmed combat composed of karate-like striking a kicking, judo-like throws, stick fighting, swordplay, and knife and spear fighting.    Banjang A West Javanese style of gulat.    Banshay A Burmese martial art, influenced by both Chinese and Indian sources, which embrases the use of such weapons as the sword, staff and spear.    Barai To sweep, to block    Basho Grand sumo tournaments scheduled six times each year in Japan.    Baston A wooden or rattan stick or cane of varying lengths used in the Filipino martial arts.    Bastonero Students and practitioners of anis de mano.    Beladau A Sumatran curved dagger with a convex cutting edge.    Bersilat A Malaysian martial art embracing both empty-hand and weapons techniques.    Binot An ancient Indian form of weaponless fighting the employed wrestling techniques against both armed and unarmed assailants.    Bisento A spear-like weapon with a blade resembling a scimitar affixed to its end. This weapon is extremely heavy, and was used to cut through armor and/or to cut down a horse in combat. The bisento was primarily used by the ninja of feudal Japan.    Bo A wooden staff approximately six feet long. It is one of the five weapons systematized by the early Okinawan developers of te (hand), and originated with the poles used by farm people to balance heavy loads across the shoulders.    Bogu Protective equipment of nonmetallic materials used in several styles of Japanese karate, primarily for competitive sparring.    Bojutsu An armed defense system centering around the use of the bo. It was developed from Japanese lance and spear techniques.    Bokken A wooden sword used by the Japanese feudal warrior as a practice weapon. The bokken went on to become an effective battlefield weapon.    Bong See "bo."    Break-Fall A technique that lessens the impact of a fall.    Bu "Military" or "warrior." A concept denoting the entire military dimension of feudal Japan.    Buddhism A religious doctrine, one branch of which - the Chan school, or Zen - is closely connected to the practice of the martial arts.    Budo "Military way" or "way of fighting." A generic term encompassing all of the Japanese martial arts, which are largely 20th century offspring stemming from concepts that can first be positively identified about the mid-18th century.    Budo Gi Budo uniform    Budo Ka One who practises Budo    Budoka Any follower of the budo doctrine belonging to such arts as aikido, judo, kendo and karate.    Bugei A generic term encompassing older Japanese martial arts which applies specifically to those principles used by the samurai, or bushi, whose occupation was called bugei.    Bujin A name for the martial arts expert. Translated as "military person" or "warrior person."    Bujutsu "Military arts." A collective term for all the Japanese arts practiced by the samurai.    Buke Samurai. Translated as "person or military class."    Bunkai "Analysis." The detailed study of martial arts techniques.    Bushi "Military person," "warrior," or "samurai." A term for the Japanese warrior which was changed to samurai in the 15th century.    Bushido A strict code of ethical behavior followed by the samurai. Bushido was formulated during the Tokugawa Era (1603 - 1868) of Japan. The premise of the code was to advise a samurai how to conduct himself in battle and how to find a meaningful place in a peacetime society.