Complete Weapons Test Questions and Answers

1. How long is a Yawara?
2. How long is a Billy Club?
3. How long is a Baton?
4. How long is a Tan-Jo?
5. How long is a Jo?
6. How long is a Bo?
7. What is the Okinawan term for a 6 ft Bo?
8. What distance should you place your grip on the Bo?
9. What is the Okinawan word for Bo?
10. What are the 6 types of Bo?
11. What is the Japanese name for the end of the Bo?
12. What is the Japanese name for the center of the Bo?
13. What was the original use of the Bo?
14. What is the measurement of the Bo in the center?
15. What is the measurement of the Bo at its tapered end?
16. What is the Japanese and Okinawan name of a 4 ft staff?
17. What is the Okinawan name of a 9 ft Bo?
18. Name 3 other weapons in the Bo Category.
19. How should one store the Bo?
20. What it the difference between basic and advance movements with the Bo?

1. 6 to 8 inches.
2. 9 to 16 inches.
3. 16 to 29 inches.
4. 30 to 40 inches.
5. 41 to 50 inches.
6. 51 inches a
7. Roku Shaku Bo
8. Divide the weapon into 3 parts by the separation of your grip on the Bo.
9. Kon.
10. Round, Tapered, Bamboo, Four Sided, Six Sided and Eight Sided (octagonal).
11. Kontei.
12. Chukon-Bu
13. To transport food a water over distances.
14. 1 ¼ inches.
15. ¾ of an inch.
16. Jo and Yon Shaku Bo.
17. Kyu Shaku Bo.
18. Yari (spear), Naginata (Long Sword) and Kai (oar).
19. Completely vertical to the earth or laying down horizontally with complete support.
20. There are no hand changes in basic. There is in advance.

Sai Test Questions

1. What is the tip of sai called Japanese?
2. What is the shaft of the sai called Japanese?
3. What are the wing tips of the sai called Japanese?
4. What is the wing called Japanese?
5. What is the hilt of the sai called in Japanese?
6. What is the pommel of the sai called in Japanese?
7. For Okinawa, where would metal instruments be introduced from?
8. Why?
9. Who were probably the first to bring the sai to Okinawa?
10. Of the sai of the past how was the metal shaped?
11. What was the hilt made out of?
12. To prevent slipping, what should the hilt be wrapped with?
13. How do you determine the proper length of you sai?
14. Name 2 ways to attack with the sai.
15. What is it called when the blades of the sai are out in Japanese?
16. What is it called when the blades of the sai are in, in Japanese?
17. What are the major techniques working with the sai?
18. What are the wings used for?
19. What do you need to be efficient with the sai?
20. Why did the Okinawans sometime carry 3 sai?

Sai Test Answers

1. Saki.
2. Monouchi.
3. Tsume.
4. Yoku.
5. Tsuka.
6. Tsuka-gashira.
7. China.
8. In Okinawa, metals are very scarce.
9. Chinese priests.
10. Flat.
11. Split Bamboo.
12. Thick cord or thin leather thongs.
13. Place your index finger on the hilt and index finger should reach the pommel. The shaft should extend one to three inches beyond your elbow.
14. Striking and Thrusting.
15. Honte-Mochi.
16. Gyaku-Mochi.
17. Blocks.
18. Hooking and stabbing.
19. Strong, limber wrists.
20. One sai can be thrown at your opponent and the 3rd was used as a replacement.

Nunchaku Test Questions

1.  What is the Japanese name of the top of the nunchaku?
2.  What is the Japanese name of the left rod of the nunchaku?
3.  What is the Japanese name of the right rod of the nunchaku?
4.  What is the Japanese name of the bottom of the nunchaku?
5.  What is the nunchaku believed to be derived from?
6.  How much force can a nunchaku deliver per square inch?
7.  How many lbs of pressure can a human bone break under?
8.  Today, what is the most popular material nunchaku are made of?
9.  What type of material can nunchaku be made of to increase heaviness?
10.  What Kamae Dachi (ready stance) is the best to use to defend from the left or right?
11.  What Kamae Dachi (ready stance) is best used to defend against the front?
12.  What Kamae Dachi (ready stance) is best used mainly for defense?
13.  What is the most mobile Kamae Dachi (ready stance)?
14.  What is the Japanese word for “two handed”?
15.  Name 4 things the nunchaku can use to inflict pain?
16.  What did the Okinawan people use to connect the rods together in the past?
17.  What is the Chinese version of the nunchaku called?
18.  What is the Japanese name of the 3 sectional nunchaku?
19.  If the cord/chain of a nunchaku is to long, what will happen to the swing?
20.  If the cord/chain of the nunchaku is too short?

Nunchaku Test Answers

1. Konto
2. Sakon
3. Ukon
4. Kontei
5. Horse Bridal and to flail grain.
6. 1400lbs per square inch.
7. 8 lbs
8. Oak
9. Ebony or Iron Wood
10. Shiko Kamae Dachi (Sumo Stance)
11. Zenkutsu Kamae Dachi (Frontal Stance)
12. Kokutsu Kamae Dachi (Back Stance)
13. Neko Ashi Dachi Kamae (Cat Stance)
14. Morote
15. Thrusting, striking, blocking and pinching.
16. Horse tail and a vine called “Kanda”.
17. Shao-tse-kun
18. San-Chin-Kun
19. It will become irregular.
20. Will result in too much friction and break.

Bokken Test Questions

1. What is the Japanese name of the sword scabbard?
2. What is the Japanese name of the blunt tip end of the handle?
3. What is the Japanese name of the sword guard?
4. What is the Japanese name of the back of the Bokken?
5. What is the Japanese name of the sharp edge of the sword (rounded on a Bokken)?
6. What is the Japanese name of the point of the sword?
7. When were the earliest swords to exist in Japan?
8. What were they referred as?
9. When were the Bokken first recognized for training and fighting?
10. What is the Japanese name of the Kendo Armor?
11. What is the Japanese name of the head armor?
12. What is the Japanese name of the chest plate?
13. What is the Japanese name of the protective gloves?
14. What is the Japanese name of the pleated skirt used in Kendo?
15. Traditionally, what is the purpose of the Hakama?
16. What 5 virtues do the Hakama pleats represent?
17. Translate “Kendo”
18. Translate “Kenjustu”
19. Translate “Iaido”
20. Translate “Iaijutsu”

Bokken Test Answers

1.  The Saya
2.  The Kashira
3.  The Tsuba
4.  The Mune
5.  The Ha
6.  The Kissaki
7.  2nd century BC
8.  Ken or Tsurugi
9.  400 AD
10.  Kendo Bogu
11.  The Men
12.  The Do
13.  The Kote
14.  The Hakama
15.  The Hakama hides the feet
16.  Jin (benevolence), Gi (justice), Rei (manners), Chi (wisdom), Shin (faithfulness, trustfulness)
17.  The way of the sword
18.  Loosely, the art of the application of the sword for war.
19.  The art of drawing and attacking with the sword.
20.  The art of killing on the draw.

Tonfa Test Questions

1. What was the Tonfa originally used for?
2. What does the word “Tonfa” or “Tuifa” translates to?
3. What is the length of a standard Tonfa?
4. How far should the handle be placed from the top of the main body?
5. Continued practice of the Tonfa can develop what?
6. In empty hand training, what does Tonfa help develop?
7. What are the most popular materials to make Tonfa with?
8. Determining proper length, how far should the main body extend past the elbow?
9. What should the Tonfa be cleaned with?
10. What does the grip of a Tonfa resemble?
11. How should the Tonfa be held?
12. To be effective with the Tonfa, what should the practitioner develop?
13. When swinging the Tonfa it is critical to remember what?
14. How wide should your stance be when practicing the Tonfa?
15. To have effective form working with the Tonfa, what must you study?
16. What is the Tonfa considered?
17. What are the sides and ends of the Tonfa used for?
18. What agencies throughout the US use Tonfa as an aid?
19. What does this agency call a Tonfa?
20. To develop proficiency in the use of the Tonfa, what must one do?

Tonfa Test Answers

1. Originally a bean or rice grinder handle.
2. Handle.
3. 15 to 20 inches.
4. Around 6 inches.
5. Balance, coordination and upper body strength.
6. It is essential for achieving blocking and striking power.
7. Oak and Cherry wood.
8. Around one half inch.
9. Olive or Vegetable Oil.
10. A karate punch.
11. Loosely but firmly.
12. Strength in their wrist.
13. Maintain minimal bending of the elbow to keep from striking yourself.
14. Armpit width.
15. Empty handed training.
16. An advanced training aid for karate.
17. The sides of the Tonfa were used for blocking, and the ends for direct punches
18. Local Police
19. PR 24
20. Practice!

Kama Test Questions

1. In Japanese, what is the edge of the blade called?
2. In Japanese, what is the handle called?
3. In Japanese, what is the name of the “normal grip”?
4. In Japanese, what is the name of the “reverse grip”?
5. In Japanese, what is the name of the “special grip’?
6. What where the original Kama used for?
7. The Kama was used as a fighting blade, often attaching a chain to the base for greater reach. What was this weapon called?
8. Which direction should the blade always be facing?
9. In close range combat what can the sickle be used for?
10. When should the blade be touched?
11. How should you treat your wooden weapon?
12. When should you begin use of actual bladed Kama?
13. What is the Kama used for today?
14. What do the Kama forms include most of?
15. What does this improve?
16. In chambering the blade the closed blade to the hip, how should the Kama be positioned?
17. When the Kama is in the closed position, maintain contact between the forearm and the handle of the totte of the Kama. What else should be maintained?
18. What should you do after executing a block or a punch?
19. When performing any of your free forms what should you utilize?
20. When training with the Kama or any bladed weapon, what should you begin with?

Kama Test Answers

1. The Ha
2. Totte
3. Honte mochi (open blade)
4. Gyakute mochi (closed blade)
5. Tokushu mochi
6. For cutting sugar, rice and grass.
7. A Kusarigama.
8. Forward or cutting position to opponent.
9. To trap an opponent’s weapon, or for striking.
10. Never! Only when servicing the weapon
11. As if they were live blades.
12. The Kama are as sharp as a razor and are exceedingly dangerous weapons that should be practiced by those who have mastered its techniques and with many years of practice.
13. Kata competition and demonstrations. It is still used as a farming tool today in Okinawa.
14. Circular Movements.
15. Blocking and countering techniques. Also will strengthen the wrist and forearm.
16. Away from the body at a forty-five degree angle facing forward.
17. At all time, maintain awareness of the angle and direction of the blade.
18. Close the blade showing the end of that movement.
19. Free exercise, manipulation, body conditioning and various defensive techniques should be utilized and interjected into the Kata.
20. Meditation to prepare the student mentally and physically to become one with the weapon.