- hachi 八・はち
- eight
- hai はい
- yes
- hajime 始め・はじめ
- begin
- hakama 袴・はかま
- traditional wide pants, used in Aikido
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- hakujin 白刃・はくじん
- drawn sword; naked blade
- handachi 半立ち・はんだち
- half standing
- hanmi 半身・はんみ
- half body
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- hanmi gamae 半身構え・はんみがまえ
- angled guard position
- hanmi handachi 半身半立ち・はんみはんだち
- sitting versus standing
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- hantai 反対・はんたい
- opposed; opposite
- hanten ukemi 半転受け身・はんてんうけみ
- half-rolling; absorbing the fall without rolling all the way over
- happo 八方・はっぽう
- eight directions; cf. shiho
- hara 腹・はら
- 2 inches below the naval; energy source
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- harai/barai 払い・はらい
- sweep away, parry
- harakiri 腹切り・はらきり
- cut belly, ritual suicide, also called seppuku
- hassogaeshi 八相（八双）返し・はっそうがえし
- jo-staff technique
- hasso gamae 八相（八双）構え・はっそうがまえ
- guard with weapon at shoulder level; It is an offensive stance, named for one’s ability to respond to a situation in any direction.
- henkawaza 変化技・へんかわざ
- changing techniques, variations on basic techniques, also shifting from one technique to another
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- hidari 左・ひだり
- left (right: migi)
- hiji 肘・ひじ
- elbow
- hijidori 肘取り・ひじどり
- grip on elbow
- hijikime-osae 肘決め押え・ひじきめおさえ
- pinning technique, sometimes called rokkyo
- hiki 引き・ひき
- pull
- hineri 捻り・ひねり
- twist
- hiragana 平仮名・ひらがな
- Japanese phonetic writing, compare katakana
- hiza 膝・ひざ
- knee
- hiza no sara 膝の皿・ひざのさら
- knee cap, also called shitsugai
- ho 法・ほう
- method
- ho 方・ほう
- direction, side
- hombu 本部・ほんぶ
- head quarters
- Hombu dojo 本部道場
- head dojo, used for Aikido’s head dojo in Tokyo
