白虎
Byakko
Reading: びゃっこ
White tiger
JapaneseKarate
Meaning
Kata of the Meibuken series of Meibukan Goju-ryu, named by Meitoku Yagi after one of the four celestial guardians of Chinese tradition, the White Tiger of the West.
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