I came across some clips of a Yamaguchi-Ha Karate-Do Goju Ryu school and was wondering what the "Ha" meant. I'm not the best at Japanese by any means, but does it mean "from"?
http://jisho.org/kanji/details/派 http://jisho.org/words?jap=派&eng=&dict=edict&romaji=on using the kanji for "hayashi-ha ****ou-ryuu kai" (林派糸東流会)
Yep, line, or branch, or a particular group. Another usage of it is "sect", referring to particular religious groups.