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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. Where should the execution of the feint start from?

2. What does Lee claim is a denial of one's being?

3. Which Jeet Kune Do technique moves the body with a blow, thereby nullifying its value?

4. What does Lee teach is the state one must preserve when the fighting stance is assumed?

5. What attack occurs in the same line as the original action when the opponent retreats without a parry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Lee died before a full and detailed explanation of attacks could be provided. Do you think the editors completed Chapter 7 successfully, or might there be important details missing?

6. Lee describes the speed of a simple attack as both "smooth and explosive." How might it be possible to achieve this state?

7. What does Lee mean by the term, "milling on the retreat?"

8. What type of pressure does Lee imply is used in envelopment?

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

10. What techniques are described in Chapter 7 that help fighters prepare for effective attacks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why is strength from weight training alone inadequate? How does Lee propose one develop physical strength? How does one develop spiritual strength?

Essay Topic 3

Lee embraces the Zen concept of enlightenment. What does it mean to be enlightened? How can achieving this state help a fighter?

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