| Term | Kanji | Description |
| Taiko Dachi | 対向立ち | Opposite Stance (Shizen Dachi facing the back) |
| Taiku Undo | 体育運動 | Training to improve balance, agility, flexibility, or coordination |
| Taikyoku | 大極 | Kata: Ultimate Goal or Heavenly Goal, several versions exist |
| Taketaba | 竹束 | Bamboo bundle, used for body conditioning |
| Tamakakato Geri | 球踵蹴り | Ball to Heel Kick |
| Tamaki Juei | 玉城寿英 | Naha Te Pioneer and Gojuryu & kobudo prodigy (1905-1997) |
| Tan | 担 | "to Shoulder", similar to a modern barbell |
| Tanbo | 短棒 | Short stick, roughly 2 ft in length or less, Nitanbo (二短棒) |
| Tateken Tsuki | 縦拳突き | Vertical Fist Punch (thrust) |
| Teiage Uke | 低上げ受け | Low Raise Block |
| Teiji Dachi | 丁字立ち | T stance (stand like the kanji 丁) |
| Tekko | 鉄甲 | Iron Armor, knuckle dusters, horse saddle stirrups |
| Tenbinbo | 天秤棒 | Shoulder Pole / Carrying Pole, Ch. Biǎndan (扁擔) |
| Tengu | 天狗 | Heavenly Sentinel, long nosed yokai that taught martial arts to man |
| Tenkan | 天巻 | Kata: Heavenly Scroll (Kojoryu) Ch. Tiānjuàn |
| Tenkan | 転換 | 180 degree pivot behind from the lead foot |
| Tensho | 転掌 | Kata: Rotating Palms, created by Miyagi Chojun from Rokkishu 六機手 |
| Teruya Kishin | 照屋規箴 | One of the founders of Tomari Te (1804-1864) |
| Tessen | 鉄扇 | Iron Fan, or War Fan |
| Tetsugeta | 鉄下駄 | Iron Shoes or Iron Clogs |
| Tetsuhone Undo | 鉄骨運動 | Iron Bone Exercises - Bone Hardening |
| Tetsutaba | 鉄束 | Iron bundle, used for body conditioning |
| Tian Du Yuan Shuai | 田都元帅 | Fujian protection deity, god of music, opera, and martial arts |
| Timbei | 屏蔽 | Shield. Kametimbei (Turtle/亀屏蔽), Ashitimbei (Woven Reeds/葦屏蔽) |
| Toguchi Seikichi | 渡口政吉 | Gojuryu Pioneer, founded Shoreikan (1917-1998) |
| Tokashiki Iken | 渡嘉敷唯賢 | Founder of Gohakukai, karate historian (1940-present) |
| Toma Seiki | 當真正貴 | Shorinryu prodigy, taught many top level instructors (1922-2007) |
| Toma Shian | 當眞嗣安 | Shorinryu Master founder of Seidokan 正道館 (1929-2013) |
| Tori | 取り | The person who executes a throw or technique against an uke |
| Tou | とう | A bundle of bamboo reeds tied at the top and bottom for conditioning |
| Toudi | 唐手 | Older term for karate meaning "China/Tang Hands" |
| Toudi Kenkyukai | 琉球唐手研究会 | Ryukyu Toudi Kenkyukai, 2 sets of karate study groups pre-WW2 |
| Tsuji Pechin | 築親雲上 | Chinese background individuals working for the Ryukyu Government |
| Tsuru Dachi | 鶴立ち | Crane Stance |
| Tuidi | 取手 | Grappling / joint manipulation |
| Tuifa | 柺紡 | Spinning Handle, aka Tonfa/Tunfa/Tonqua Ch. Shuang Guai (雙拐) |
