Chapter 1: Background

Question 1

In the _____ century, China was approaching her zenith as the most _____ nation on earth.

Answer 1

sixth

powerful

Question 2

Traveling out of _____ in approximately A.D. _____, an obscure Buddhist monk named Bodhidharma crossed the Chinese frontier.

Answer 2

India

525

Question 3

In most of East Asia today, Bodhidharma is revered as the spiritual father of _____ Buddhism and the founder to a weaponless fighting art that was the _____ of modern-day karate.

Answer 3

Zen

precursor

Question 4

It is commonly held that karate developed either in _____ proper, or on _____ during the time it was a rather formidable island kingdom.

Answer 4

Japan

Okinawa

Question 5

However, karate-like arts existed in various parts of _____ long _____ they were known in either Japan or Okinawa.

Answer 5

Asia

before

Question 6

In the present-day Japanese language the ideographs for karate mean “_____ _____” and are pronounced ( _____ ) with equal emphasis on each syllable.

Answer 6

empty hand

kah-rah-tay

Question 7

Other terms used in Chinese and Japanese to describe certain fighting systems that existed on Okinawa and that had marked similarities to modern karate are _____, _____, and the _____.

Answer 7

kempo
tode
te

Question 8

The term “kempo” means “_____ _____ _____ _____” or “_____ _____ _____ _____.”

Answer 8

law of the fist

way of the fist

Question 9

The term “kempo” is read _____ _____ in Mandarin and _____ _____ in Cantonese.

Answer 9

ch’uan fa

ken fat

Question 10

Kempo is a _____ form of self defense and self development very similar to _____.

Answer 10

Chinese

karate

Question 11

The first character, to, of tode is the symbol for _____, the name of the great Chinese dynasty that flourished between A.D. _____-_____ and influenced Japan in many ways.

Answer 11

T’ang
618
906

Question 12

The first character, to, of tode was also read as _____ and was used an an adjective meaning “_____.”

Answer 12

kara

China

Question 13

The same ideograph that are pronounced “karate” can also be pronounced “_____”

Answer 13

tode

Question 14

Te simply means “_____.” However, as early as _____ this term was used on Okinawa to describe a fighting style that bears a strong resemblance to modern karate.

Answer 14

hand

1629

Question 15

In year _____ karate was included in the physical education curriculum of _____ intermediate schools.

Answer 15

1905

Okinawa’s

Question 16

The ideographs _____ _____ were standard on Okinawa at this time.

Answer 16

唐手

Question 17

In year _____ an Okinawa karate master named Chomo _____ broke from this traditional way of writing karate and used the other kara ideograph for his book, Karate Soshu Hen.

Answer 17

1906

Hanagi

Question 18

Hanagi’s book is the _____ written record in which _____ is represented by a _____ written character.

Answer 18

first
kara
different

Question 19

In October, _____, five Okinawan karate masters, including Hanagi, convened in Naha and decided that the kara ideograph __, meaning _____, was best suited for the writing of the word.

Answer 19

1936
空
empty

Question 20

The kara 空 ideograph was deemed best suited for the writing of kara, both because this ideograph was closely associated with _____ philosophy and because in dispensing with the to 唐 ideograph, they would erase any association with _____.

Answer 20

Buddhist

China

Question 21

By year ____ the __ __ form of writing karate became _____ and has remained unchanged to the present day.8

Answer 21

1937
空手
standardized

Question 22

Besides the Okinawan and Chinese prototypes previously described, how many fighting systems may have contributed to modern day karate?

Answer 22

Five

Question 23

One fighting system that may have contributed to modern-day karate is _____ barehanded fighting as depicted in _____ wall murals;

Answer 23

Egyptian

pyramid

Question 24

Another fighting system that may have contributed to modern-day karate is _____ gladiatorial combat.

Answer 24

Roman

Question 25

Another fighting system that may have contributed to modern-day karate is Japanese _____ wrestling.

Answer 25

sumo

Question 26

Another fighting system that may have contributed to modern-day karate is _____ and _____ foot fighting.

Answer 26

Indian

Persian

Question 27

Another fighting system that may have contributed to modern-day karate is a genus of weaponless fighting found in Thailand, ____, ____, ____, and ____.

Answer 27

Malaysia
Cambodia
Laos
Vietnam