Written Exam for Karate Questions and Answers
1)What is Prince Daruma's first name in Japanese and in Chinese. - Answer- Taishi-Ta-
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2)What is Grand Master Konishi's first name - Answer- Yasuhiro
3)Name in order the first 5 countries where kempo-karate started spreading. - Answer- India, China, Korea, Okinawa, and Japan
4)Name, in order Grand Master Trais Sensei's life line-up, to the time in Okinawa in 1900 - Answer- Tung Gee Hsiang, Choki Motobu, Ankoh Itosu, Sokon Matsumuna
5)The greatest result of Lao Tzu's work was the recording of... - Answer- Tao-Te-Ching
6)What was Master Choki's nickname - Answer- Saru-aji (Monkey King)
7)Define Ri - Answer- To Transcend - excel to surpass all, go beyond human knowledge.
8)What was the name of Prince Daruma's first system of Kempo-Karate. - Answer- Shorinji-Ryu
9)What is the definition of Tao? - Answer- The Way
10)What is the definition of Kenpo or Kempo? - Answer- Fist Law
11)What are the five major basic principles taught in Karate. - Answer- Breathing, blocks, punches, strikes, and kicks
12)Name the first five animal fists. - Answer- Crane, dragon, tiger, leapord, snake
13)What country improved and revised the karate we know today? - Answer- Okinawa
14)What four elements are required and involved in Tamiswara? - Answer- Concentration, Breathing, Timing, and Kai
15)In one word, what does one who practices Siaka Tandan obtain? - Answer- Power
16)Who was Master Trias's Judo Teacher? - Answer- Jajui Yamada 17)The eternal, the nameless, the source, and the substance of all things known is... - Answer- Tao
18)What grade does Master Trias hold in Judo? - Answer- 5th Dan (Godan)
19)What grade does Master Trias hold in USKA? - Answer- Kudan
20)What grade does Master Trias hold in Okinawa, Japan, Korea, Japan, and Yawara? - Answer- Kudan, Kudan, Yodan, Judan, Shodan
21) Give the full name of Master Trias's second sensei in Singapore. - Answer- Hoy Yuan Ping
22) What is the name of the Trias Seal - Answer- Kondo no sho ryu
23) What do the three points in the triangle in the Trias seal signify? - Answer- Body (physical) heart (mental) Soul (spirit)
24) What does Ko-Sho-Ren mean? - Answer- Old Pine Tree School
25) What is the first name of Matsumura - Answer- Sokon
26) Who was Shang Tsuo Hsiang? - Answer- Father of Tung Gee Hsing
27) Name 12 personal weapons - Answer- Knees, wrists, elbows, ball of foot, head, fingers, forearms, edge of hand, heel of foot, knuckles, fist, heel of hand
28) Name 12 fatal parts in human anatomy. - Answer- Top of head, temples, nasal bone, larynx, solar plexus, stomach, lower stomach, groin, top of spine, kidneys, tailbone, bottom of foot.
29) In oriental terminology, game the five major blocks used in Shuri Ryu - Answer- Haishu, Nagashi, Gedan, Chudan, Jodan
30) Name 2 meridians. Are they Yin or Yang? - Answer- Heart (yin) Stomach (yang)
31) What is meant by Gim Ku Shu Kata? - Answer- Hand Sword Form
32) Name three Karate Grand Masters living today over age of 86 - Answer- Hokan Soken, Yasuhiro Konishi, Makoto Gima
33)What is Juji Kumite - Answer- Free Sparring
34)What uke block is used in the majority of Ippon Kumite Katas? - Answer- Jodan Uke