Q 01/05

What is the long, curved sword carried by Japan's samurai called?

A) Katana

B) Wakizashi

C) Tantō

D) Naginata

Answer · why

A) Katana

The katana was worn edge-up through the belt, paired with a shorter sword as the mark of a samurai, until an 1876 edict barred almost everyone from ca...

Q 02/05

Which future UFC champion became the first American woman to win an Olympic judo medal, with bronze in 2008?

A) Ronda Rousey

B) Holly Holm

C) Miesha Tate

D) Amanda Nunes

Answer · why

A) Ronda Rousey

Ronda Rousey began judo at 11 under her mother, the first American to win a world judo title; she then carried judo's armbar into MMA, ending fight af...

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

'Tae' means foot or kick, 'kwon' fist and 'do' the way; Choi Hong-hi pushed the name in 1955, swapping 'su' (hand) for 'kwon' in the rival label Tae S...

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

Imi Lichtenfeld, who defended Jewish neighbourhoods in Bratislava in the 1930s, emigrated to Palestine and developed Krav Maga for the Israel Defense ...

Q 05/05

What is the loose jacket-and-trousers uniform worn for karate and judo called?

A) Gi

B) Kimono

C) Dobok

D) Hakama

Answer · why

A) Gi

The gi, short for keikogi, began as judo's uniform; Okinawans practised karate in everyday clothes until the 1920s, when its teachers copied the judo ...