Q 01/05

Karate was born in the Ryukyu Kingdom, now part of which country?

A) China

B) Korea

C) Japan

D) Thailand

Answer · why

C) Japan

It developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom, today's Okinawa prefecture, from indigenous Ryukyuan fighting arts shaped by Chinese ones.

Q 02/05

Who is widely considered the founder of Judo?

A) Jigoro Kano

B) Morihei Ueshiba

C) Gichin Funakoshi

D) Bruce Lee

Answer · why

A) Jigoro Kano

Jigoro Kano created Judo in 1882, developing it from traditional jujutsu to emphasize physical and mental education, distinguishing it with an emphasi...

Q 03/05

In Taekwondo, what does the term 'Tae' refer to?

A) Hand or Fist

B) Spirit or Mind

C) Art or Way

D) Foot or Kick

Answer · why

D) Foot or Kick

'Kwon' means to strike with the hand and 'do' is the art or way, so the name reads roughly as 'the way of foot and fist'.

Q 04/05

Krav Maga was originally developed for the armed forces of which country?

A) Turkey

B) Israel

C) Russia

D) Greece

Answer · why

B) Israel

Its creator, Imi Lichtenfeld, honed his street-fighting skills defending Jewish neighbourhoods in Bratislava in the 1930s before emigrating and teachi...

Q 05/05

What piece of clothing is typically worn in many traditional Japanese martial arts like Karate and Judo?

A) Gi

B) Kimono

C) Dobok

D) Hakama

Answer · why

A) Gi

The design was settled by 1920, when Kano's judo students were photographed wearing the modern version; one historian suspects it was modelled on the ...