KAISO	Founder.
KAITENNAGE	Rotary throw, or ‘Wheel Throw’ - technique where the attacker is thrown forward with pressure applied on the head or neck while his/her arm is raised over the head.
KAMAE	Combative ready position; stance.
KAMI	Deity; divine being. Can be translated as ''god'' but not in the Judeo-Christian sense.
KAMPAI	Cheers! ‘‘Bottoms up!’’
KATA	Form; series of prearranged movements performed individually or in a group; specially designed to teach basic movements.
KATA	Shoulder
KATADORI	Shoulder grab; a basic attacking method in Aikido.
KATANA	Steel sword
KATATEDORI	One hand grab.
KEIKO	Practice; training.
KEIKOGI	Training uniform; usually made of cotton.
KEN	Wooden Sword (see BOKKEN).
KENJUTSU	Combative sword arts or technique.
KEN NO KAMAE	Ready stance for Aiki no Ken practice in Buki Waza. Ken no Kamae is a natural position in which the back leg is allowed to relax and bend slightly while the hips are turned 45°.
KIMONO	Japanese robe.
KIBISHI	Strict. Iwama Ryu is known for its strict approach to teaching in order to ensure that basic technique is studied correctly with emphasis on every small aspect of a technique.
KI	Spirit; mind; heart; energy.
KI NO NAGARE	KI, or energy flow; refers to a more advanced application of techniques while in motion as contrasted to basic or KIHON WAZA.
KI NO MUSUBI	Joining, or tying together of KI; commonly used in Aikido to refer to blending one’s energy with that of UKE.
KIAI	Combative shout, or yell, designed to disturb the attacker. This powerful, forceful expulsion of air from the lungs by means of a shout helps tighten all the muscles of the body in countering an attack.
KIHON WAZA	Basic technique.
KOHAI	Younger person / student.
KOKYU	Breath. Often used in Aikido with a meaning similar to that of KI. To be understood as a deeper, more cosmological aspect of respiration.
KOKYU-HO	Way or method of breathing. The term refers in Aikido to a seated exercise (SUWARI WAZA) performed at the end of class where one partner, whose wrists are being held, attempts to unbalance the other; designed to develop KOKYU and proper method of blending. Also developed with MOROTEDORI.
KOKYUNAGE	Breath throw; a cover-all term used to refer to a series of blending techniques with no common mechanical similarities, or for unusual techniques not better defined.
KOSHI	Hips.
KOSHINAGE	Hip throw.
KOTE	Wrist
KOTEGAESHI	Wrist throw or twist. In Aikido a pressure is applied outwardly against the back of the wrist.
KUBI	The neck.
KUBI SHIME	Choke by attacking from behind.
KUDEN	Oral teaching. Saito Sensei uses this word to refer to particular points O-Sensei stressed during his classes.
KYU	Grade; all grades below SHODAN, or first degree black belt.
KUDAN	Ninth degree black belt.
MAAI	Sparring distances; the proper spacing before opponents assume co-operative engagement.
MAE	In front of, before.
MEN	Head, front.
MENUCHI	Head strike.
MENKYO KAIDEN	Certificate of advanced proficiency.
MIGI	Right (Opposite of left).
MISOGI	Purification, absolution; also a meditative practice.
MOKU ROKU	Catalogue or list; transmission scroll in Martial Arts.
MOROTEDORI	Two-handed grab.
MUNE	Chest, breast.
MUNADORI	Chest hold; the attacker seizes the lapel of the defender.
MUSUBI	Knot, tie; concept of a link between attacker and defender in order to execute a technique smoothly.