Some more things you wanted to know about the martial arts but were to afraid to ask.....
1) Japan comprises 4 main islands, which is the largest?
a) Honshu
b) Tissue
c) Hor-shoo
d) Blessu
2) Which Akira Kurasawa film was Clint Eastwood's 'A Fistfull of Dollars' based on?
a) The Seven Samurai
b) Hidden Fortress
c) Sanjuro
d) Yojimbo!
3) Which UK company specialises in Hong Kong & Asia Media DVD film releases?
a) Kung Fu Films
b) Chop Sock Movies
c) Hong Kong Legends
d) Martial Arts Legnds
4) The Japanese call their country Nihon or Nippon - what does it mean?
a) land of the rising sun
b) sun rising
c) home of the sun
d) origin of the sun
5) Is Samurai Jack the best 'martial arts cartoon on the planet?
a) Yes!
a) Of course!
a) You bet!
a) Definately!
6) You gain a black belt at eighteen, how old would you be when you gained your 10th dan using the traditional grading system?
a) 71
b) 34
c) 42
d) 62
7) We refer to belts earned in the martial arts as 'grades' in japanese they're referred to as kyu. What kyu grade would one an IAJJ green belts be?
a) 1st kyu
b) 9th kyu
c) 3rd kyu
d) 4th kyu
8) Which of his four major fim realeses was written and directed by Bruce Lee?
a) Enter the Dragon
b) Way of the Dragon
c) Fist of Fury
d) Game of Death
9) On which of the 4 main Japanes islands is the capital Tokyo situated?
a) Hokkaido
b) Kyushu
c) Honshu
d) Shikoku
10) Who is credited as being the world's authority on Sport Jujitsu and founder of the IASJA?
a) Ernie Boggs
b) Gary Turner
c) Melton Mowbry
d) Jack Bower
11) n 1994 Brian Woodward and David Norman attempted to see how many judo throws they could execute in a ten hour stint - how many did they acheive?
a) 20,000
b) 984
c) 33,681
d) 28,572
12) What does Bruce Lee's martial arts concept Jeet Kun Do mean?
a) The way of the intercepting fist
b) Strike swift, strike hard
c) Strike of the dragon
d) Interception good, get hit bad
13) Shotokan Karate, founded by Gichin Funakoshi, is probably the most well known of all the karate styles what does Shotokan Karate mean?
a) Shoto's hall of the way of the empty hand
b) Empty hand fighting school
c) Shoto's school of the fighting arts
d) Empty hand make light work
14) One man from the past battles the crimes of the present - who was the 19th century jujitsu practising adventurer, come detective, frozen by his arch enemy and later revived during the middle decades of the 20th century?
a) Adam Adamant
b) Sherlock Holmes
c) Philias Fogg
d) Bram Stoker
15) Yasuhiro Yamashita, Japan's most successfull Judo player to date retired undefeated, how many wins did he acheive?
a) 185
b) 203
c) 124
d) 600
16) Which of these famous fictional detectives was adept in a form of jujitsu created by William Barton-Wright?
a) Sexton Blake
b) Hercule Peroit
c) Sam Spade
d) Sherlock Holmes
17) What was the name of the Buddist monk legend attributes with the creation of Shaolin Kung-fu?
a) Bodhidharma
b) Bodminmoor
c) Bodiarmor
d) Bodislam
18) The cult 70's Japanese show 'Monkey' was based on a 16th century Chinese quest story, 'Hsi Yu Chi' what does Hsi Yu Chi mean?
a) Journey to the West
b) The Magnificent Seven
c) The Wanderers
d) Monkey - the untold stroy
19) Who is the ex-bouncer and author of 'Watch My Back'?
a) Ian Fleming
b) Enid Blyton
c) Geoff Thompson
d) Steven Turnbull
20) Who is the current president of the WCJJO?
a) Roger Whittaker
b) Colin Whittaker
c) Derek Whittaker
d) Kevin Whittaker
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