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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. The straight rear thrust to body is a _____ used as a counter or after a preliminary feint.

2. What is the fragment of time within a cadence that is most suitable for effective action?

3. Which move does Lee say is effective as a counterblow, like a loose, snappy punch?

4. Lee states that the on-guard position enables _____ and favorable _____ at the same time.

5. Perceptual, mental, initiation and performance are types of _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Jeet Kune Do a simple martial art?

2. What benefit does Lee say a fighter has in taking a low-line position?

3. Why might Lee recommend imagining simple moves to counter an attacking opponent?

4. What do you imagine a "poker body" might look and feel like?

5. Why are the weapons of Jeet Kune Do parts of the body, rather than actual objects?

6. Why do Lee and the editor devote so much detail to the on-guard position and proper posture?

7. Why does Lee suggest a wooden doll has no ego?

8. How does Lee describe muscle tension working like a brake?

9. When is reaction time longer?

10. How might exercises that imitate moves used in the event be beneficial, as Lee claims?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What can one learn from practicing a martial art where one is attacking and being attacked? How is this different from getting in a fight at school or on the street?

Essay Topic 2

Lee identifies six diseases that are proposed as desires. He says they are attachments.

Part 1) Why does Lee consider attachments diseases?

Part 2) Which of the diseases he describes do you feel is most prevalent today?

Part 3) What might Lee suggest to diffuse the problem you have described?

Essay Topic 3

How do students of Jeet Kune Do show compassion for each other during combat? How do these students show compassion to themselves? How do they show compassion to the world?

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