Wado Ryu Karate Quiz No.1



1. Who founded the karate style of Wado Ryu ?
     Jigaro Kano Kenwa Mabuni Gichin Funakoshi Hironori Ohtsuka


2. What is the Literal Meaning of karate ?
     Fighting Style Empty Hand High Kicking Japanese Fighting


3. 'Punch' in Japanese is ?
     Tzuki Uchi Keri Uke


4. Hironori Ohtsuka passed away in ?
     1980 1982 1984 1986


5. Which of the below means fore fist ?
     Ippon ken Seiken Nukite Uraken


6. What does Sanbon Kumite mean ?
     One step sparring    Two step sparring
     Three step sparring Four step sparring



7. Hidari in English is ?
     Left Right About Face Turn


8. Wado Ryu translates as ?
     Empty Hand Way of Peace/ Harmony Pine Forest Way to enlightenment


9. What is the English translation for Pinan ?
     Peaceful mind                   Flying swallow
     Battle in a Narrow place Fighting to the east



10. Basic one-step sparring in Japanese is ?
      Jiyu Ippon Sandan Kumite Ippon Kumite Kihon Ippon


11. What is Soto Uke ?
      Inner block Outer block Lower block Head block


12. Hironori Ohtsuka was also a master of ?

      Judo Tenshin Koryu Bo-Jitsu
      Shindo Yoshin Ryu Jujitsu Kobayashi Shorin Ryu


13. Karate takes it's most distant origin from ?
      India Japan China Okinawa


14. Who developed the Pinan Katas ?
      Hironori Ohtsuka Kenwa Mabuni Gichin Funakoshi Anko Itosu


15. In English Teisho means ?
      Spear hand Palm heel Hammer Fist Knife hand


16. Karate originally meant 'Chinese Hand' ?
      True False


17. In English Dojo means ?
      Place of the way Karate hall Club/ association Wooden floor


18. Who was Hironori Ohtsuka's first Karate Instructor ?
      Tatsuo Suzuki Gichin Funakoshi Mas Oyama Kenwa Mabuni


19. Haito means hook punch ?
      True False


20. How many kata's has Wado Ryu ?
      14 15 16 17


21. Shingi O Omanji means ?
      A student must have loyalty to his instructor Stick to the rules
      Teachers and students are not all one            Be serious in your efforts



22. How many Sanbon Kumite are there in the Wado Ryu system ?
      6 8 10 12


23. Which of the below is the longest Kata ?
      Pinan Sandan KuShanku Rohai Chinto


24. Birth place of Professor Tatsuo Suzuki ?
      Kyoto Nagasaki Osaka Yokohama



     


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Last Updated 28th March 1999 by Mark Thomas