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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mastery of one kata could take how long?

2. Gichin took his wife's ashes by train to where?

3. What did Gichin warn against becoming when learning kata?

4. What offered a karate group of faculty and students that Gichin visited regularly to give instruction?

5. On the way to the last train to Tokyo after a party, who did Gichin encounter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gichin explain that a karate blow can be fatal years later by comparing the body to boards?

2. What was the public bathhouse tale told by Seiji?

3. What was the true meaning of karate?

4. Why did Gichin name his dojo Shoto?

5. Describe the altercation Gichin had with the thief in the rain.

6. Why was Gichin so healthy?

7. What did Gichin teach his students about karate that kept them from forming illegal gangs?

8. What did Gichin learn from his students?

9. How did karate stand out according to Gichin?

10. Why did many women like karate according to Gichin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gichin and Azato were two of the most active individuals in the book in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the spread of karate through Okinawa and modern Japan.

Part 1) What was their relationship? How did they co-exist and how did they interact? What was similar about them and what was different?

Part 2) What were some events that Gichin had a direct influence upon? What were some events that Azato had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which individual offered support to the group? Which one was stronger and why?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Gichin's use of humor in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of humor and explain why the author used them where he did.

Essay Topic 3

Gichin emphasized the importance of training in karate. What was an example of a kata described by Gichin? How long did it take to master a kata? What was necessary for mastery? Who could do it?

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