STUDY QUESTIONS

WHITE TO GOLD

1.    What does Sensei mean?                              Honorable teacher

2.    Who is your Sensei?                                     Mark K. Myers

3.    What is a karateka?                                      Honorable student

4.    What does karate mean?                               Empty hands

5.    What style of karate do you study?                Isshin-ryu, Krav Maga & Escrima

GOLD TO ORANGE

6.    What does Isshin-ryu mean?                          Whole-hearted way/One-heart method

7.    Where does Isshin-ryu come from?                Okinawa

8.    What do you call your uniform?                      Gi    (belt-Obi)

9.    Who is Sensei Myers' Isshin-ryu instructor?    AJ Advincula

10.  What 2 styles make up Isshin-ryu?                  Shorin-ryu & Goju-ryu

ORANGE TO BLUE

11.  What does Shorin-ryu mean?                          Shaolin way

12.  What does Goju-ryu mean?                            Hard-soft way

13.  What do you call the patch  you wear on your chest?  Isshin-ryu Megami

14.  What is the shape of the patch?                       Correct Isshin-ryu fist

15.  What does the golden edge mean?                  Pureness of Isshin-ryu

BLUE TO LIGHT GREEN

16.  What does the top hand in a fist mean?             Defend yourself only when forced to

17.  What does the bottom hand open mean?          Peace & friendship

18.  Why is the woman half dragon?                        Represents the hard and soft of Isshin-ryu

19.  What does the 3 stars in the sky mean?            Master Shimabuku's teachers

20.  What does the dragon in the sky represent?      Master Tatsuo Shimabuku

LIGHT GREEN TO DARK GREEN

21.  What does the sky being gray & the water being turbulent represent?  To remain calm during troubled times

22.  Why do you bow in the martial arts?                 Oriental sign of respect

23.  What is a kiai?                                                  Loud shout or yell (increase power & surprises opponent)

24.  What does kata mean?                                      Form or dance

25.  What does bunkai mean?                                  Explanation

DARK GREEN TO PURPLE

26.  What was Shimabuku's Japanese given name?    Shinkichi Shimabuku

27.  When was Isshin-ryu formerly introduced to the world?  January 15/16 1956

28.  What year did Tatsuo start teaching karate?        1947

29.  How many empty-handed kata are there?            8

30.  How many weapons kata are there?                    7

PURPLE TO 2ND PURPLE

31.  When is Tatsuo Shimabuku's birthday?                September 19, 1908

32.  When is the date of Tatsuo's death?                     May 30, 1975

33.  When is AJ Advincula's birthday?                        January 25, 1938

34.  Where does Shorin-ryu originate?                        Shuri village/Shuri te/Shorin-ryu

35.  Where does Goju-ryu originate?                          Naha village/Nahe te/Goju-ryu

2ND PURPLE TO 3B BROWN

36.  What weapons are learned in Isshin-ryu?              Bo, Sai, Tuifa, Kama

37.  What other weapons are taught at this dojo?         Nunchaku, Escrima, Tekko

38.  Who were Shimabuku's Shorin-ryu teachers?        Choki Motobu & Chotoku Kyan

39.  Who was Shimabuku's Goju-ryu teacher?             Chojun Myagi

40.  What does kobudo mean?                                    Weapon

41.  Who was Shimabuku's kobudo instructor?            Tara Shinken

42.  What does Seisan mean?                                      13

43.  What do you learn in Seisan kata?                         Maneuverability, Mobility & Firepower

44.  What style does Seisan come from?                      Shorin-ryu

45.  What does Seiunchin mean?                                  Grab, pull & destroy/ Grab & attack

46.  What do you learn in Seiunchin kata?                    Deep low stances for fighting larger opponents/ Combination of full speed & breathing/Reinforced blocks and punches

47.  What style does Seiunchin come from?                  Goju-ryu

48.  What does Tokumine No Kun mean?                    Bo of Tokumine

49.  What do we learn in Naihanchi kata?                     Body torque & rotation/Principle of power/ blocks & strikes to the front, side and 45/Avoid the sweep

50.  What style does Naihanchi come from?                 Shorin-ryu

51.  What is the first sai kata you learn?                        Kyan No Sai