REQUIRED FOR NIKYU (BROWN BELT) AND ABOVE
QUESTIONS |
ANSWERS |
1. What are the five Master ranks (from sixth to tenth degree? | 1. Rokudan, Nanadan, Hachidan, Kyudan and Jyudan |
2. What are the three Master titles? | 2. Renshi (for Rokudan), Kyoshi (for Nanadan and Hachidan) and Hanshi (for Kyudan and Jyudan) |
3. What are the names and ranks of Sensei Kenney's teachers? | 3. Sensei Shigeru Takamiyagi (Hanshi Jyudan (10th)) and Toshio Higa (Hanshi Jyudan (10th)) |
4. Who are Sensei Kenney's American Masters? | 4. Senseis Robert Dus (Kyoshi Nanadan) and Lisken V.P. Dus (Kyoshi Nanadan) |
5. What is the name and rank of Sensei Robert and Sensei Lisken V.P. Dus' teacher? | 5. Master Shintoku Takara (Hanshi Jyudan -10th degree Black belt) |
6. Where is Sensei Takamiyagi's dojo? | 6. Chatan-Cho, Okinawa |
7. What does "Cho" mean in Japanese? | 7. City or Town |
8. What is the headquarters of the OkiKuKai in Okinawa called? | 8. The Kenshukai |
9. What are the three main / original kata? | 9. Sanchin, Seisan, Sanseiryu |
10. What five kata did Kanei Uechi create (the "bridging kata")? | 10. Kanshiwa, Kanshu, Seichin, Seiryu, and Kanchin |