Goju Ryu Karate Quiz - Test your knowledge!

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Karate Quiz

1. What is the meaning of the syllables Goju?

Go = go, Ju = judo
Go = hard, Ju = soft
Goju is a town in Okinawa
Named after Goju Miyagi, founder of the style

2. What is a Chishi?

Stone lever weight
Striking post
Gripping jar
Ceremonial tea pot

3. What is the meaning of the Kata 1, Gekisai Dai Ichi?

Three battles
36 Hands
Attack and Smash One

4. What is the Japanese name of the toughening exercises?

Ude Tanden
Uke Sambon

5. When did Goju-Ryu Karate receive its name?

1880
1920
1930
1940

6. What was the original name of Goju-Ryu Karate?

Shuri-Te
Kara-Te
Naha-Te

7. Where is Okinawa?

It's a port town in mainland China
It's a town in the north of Japan
It's an island between China and Japan

8. Okinawan Karate has been influenced mostly by which martial arts?

Chinese
Japanese
Korean

9. Who is the founder of Goju-Ryu Karate?

Kanryo Higaonna
Chojun Miyagi
Morio Higaonna
Gichin Funakoshi

10. Okinawan substitute weapons have developed because

Real weapons were outlawed
They couldn't afford real weapons
Their wooden weapons were better than real ones

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