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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. What move does Lee teach that shifts the weight and changes the feet while remaining balanced?

2. What does Lee say is the highest priority as techniques mastered are forgotten to float in totality?

3. What does Lee suggest Jeet Kune Do students should be alert to?

4. What is the rhythm of the single feint?

5. Lee believes that footwork during fighting is preferable to _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does an empty mind help a fighter?

2. Why did Lee include courage as a principle for "distance in attack?"

3. How does rolling minimize the fighter's punch?

4. Why are direct attacks rare in Jeet Kune Do?

5. Why does Lee recommend making economical moves?

6. How does a feint force hesitation while closing the distance?

7. Lee writes, "Effort should be applied to the work to be done as if nothing particular is happening. " Name an example from everyday life and how this principle might work.

8. What might a fight look like where two fighters have different fighting measures?

9. In Chapter 6, Lee says that footwork is better than using arms to avoid kicks or blows. Why does he emphasize footwork?

10. What happens to previous learning while training in Jeet Kune Do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Weapons used in Jeet Kune Do are classified by leg, hand, and elbow techniques, head butt, and miscellaneous groups. Why does Lee consider the body and its actions weapons? How are these weapons different from physical objects that people use in or out of martial arts?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Jeet Kune Do include chokes and foul tactics, such as skin pinching? Do you feel these tactics should be allowed in any martial art or sport? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Choose a sport, not related to any martial art. Explain how the teachings of Jeet Kune Do could be applied to this sport. How would it help athletes physically and mentally?

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