View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only student of Azato?
(a) Kata.
(b) Meiji.
(c) Gichin.
(d) Ryuku.

2. What did thieves try to steal from Gichin?
(a) Tea and food.
(b) Karate clothes.
(c) Money and tobacco.
(d) Snakes.

3. What did karate forbid doing/having?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Hugging.
(d) Kissing.

4. The island of Okinawa experienced what that regularly devastated it?
(a) Hail storms.
(b) Volcanic eruptions.
(c) Typhoons.
(d) Thunderstorms.

5. The goal of karate and all the martial arts was what?
(a) Emptiness.
(b) Love.
(c) Speed.
(d) Winning.

6. Karate was linked to what religious tradition?
(a) Buddhist.
(b) Taoist.
(c) Hindu.
(d) Christian.

7. Matsumura entered a shop of an engraver located where?
(a) London.
(b) Okinawa.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Naha.

8. What did thieves take from Gichin's house?
(a) Cakes.
(b) Karate clothes.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Money.

9. Within how many years did karate men from Okinawa introduce and teach the art?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

10. Who was one of Gichin's trainers?
(a) Kiyuna.
(b) Shuri.
(c) Meiji.
(d) Confucius.

11. Where in Okinawa was Gichin born?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Yamakawa.
(c) Cho.
(d) Shuri.

12. When Gichin participated in hand wrestling, how many bouts did he enter?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

13. When did the Meiji Restoration begin?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1868.

14. Karate became a part of what education in schools and colleges in Japan?
(a) Military training.
(b) Life sciences.
(c) Physical education.
(d) Humanities.

15. Why was Matsumura pale and dejected when he entered the engraver's shop?
(a) His dog died.
(b) He lost a lover.
(c) He lost a client.
(d) He is feeling sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Azato met the famous Okinawan swordsman called what?

2. On their way back from the viewing party to what city/town did Gichin and Itosu's group find themselves under attack?

3. Why did Gichin sway a lantern to and fro as he is walking on the road with his son?

4. Who viewed a demonstration in 1921 in Shuri Castle?

5. Who started the Okinawa Association for Spirit of the Martial Arts?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 305 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample