And The Answer Is

[tshadowchaser]

questions for July 9

1. Starred in 'Throne of Blood"

2. helped introduce Aikido outside Japan and founded the KI Society

3. European Judo champion from Germany in 1963, 1968, 1970

4. Korean for "Bow to the Flag"

 

[Buka]

1. Mifune?

2. I don't know

3. Klaus

4. I don't dare try to spell it. ..kukida hy kyongeny (that was bad)
I should know that, but I can't remember.

 

[tshadowchaser]

answers:
1. Toshiro Mifune
2. Koichi Tohei
3. Klaus Glahn
4. Kuk Gi Bay Ray

 

[tshadowchaser]

Questions for the 10th

1. Tae Kwon do hung named for the person who invented the Korean alphabet

2. Fencing term to describe the fencing strip

3. who wrote "Power Training In Karate and Kung Fu"

4. Japanese sword hand strike

 

[Buka]

tshadowchaser,

I've enjoyed your thread so much, the least I can do is a "once a month" backatcha. I don't have your knowledge, and my memory isn't what it used to be, but I love your thread. So here goes, for you and any other crazy person that reads it.
I'll answer the "real thread" later on. The only times I don't is because I forget to. (Duh) So, until next month...

1. Jim Concevic was the first Martial Arts related death in the United States. From what? Or who? Or where? Or anything to do with it.

2. What was Bruce Lee's birth name?

3. Best Martial Arts movie of all time.

4. First professional Karate Champion in American history. (won prize money)

 

[Buka]

1. I don't know.

2. don't know

3. Ron Marchini

4. A hand strike, or a strike with a sword to the opponents hand? Either way, I don't know.

 

[tshadowchaser]

I will answer Buka's questions the best I can:

1. Jim Concevic died as a result of the DOJO war back in about 1967 or 70. He was a student of John Keehan and a member of the Black Dragon Fighting society. Not sure but believe he died of knife wounds delivered by members of the Green Dragon Society.

2. lee jun fan ( my spelling may be off)

3. This is a hard one as I like many of the old Shaw brother films and those put out by Golden Harvest. Actualy like a few of the Segal films also.

4. Can't remember his name but I know the purse was exceptionally small

 

[tshadowchaser]

Questions for the 10th

1. Tae Kwon do hung named for the person who invented the Korean alphabet

2. Fencing term to describe the fencing strip

3. who wrote "Power Training In Karate and Kung Fu"

4. Japanese sword hand strike

Answers:
1. Se-Jong
2. Piste
3.Marchini and Fong
4. Shuto

 

[tshadowchaser]

Questions for the 11th

1. who was considered the biggest man in Pro wrestling

2. Name of first European karate club ( this may be debated)

3. what weights where in the welterweight division of the PKA

4. Okinawan kata meaning "Lull in the Storm"





AND to BUKA: thanks you for your questions I had to think hard for a couple of them

 

[Buka]

I will answer Buka's questions the best I can:

1. Jim Concevic died as a result of the DOJO war back in about 1967 or 70. He was a student of John Keehan and a member of the Black Dragon Fighting society. Not sure but believe he died of knife wounds delivered by members of the Green Dragon Society.

2. lee jun fan ( my spelling may be off)

3. This is a hard one as I like many of the old Shaw brother films and those put out by Golden Harvest. Actualy like a few of the Segal films also.

4. Can't remember his name but I know the purse was exceptionally small

Give that man a ceegar!

1. Yes, the dojo wars. How nuts is that? Most reports state a knife, but a Chicago cop told me it was from an arrow to the neck.
2. Lee Jun-fan
3. There is no wrong answer.
4. Jim Harrison's Karate tourney in 1968. Joe Lewis won the prize money. One dollar.

 

[Buka]

1. I'd guess Andre the Giant. But when I was a kid Haystacks Calhoun was a big name in wrestling. At 600 pounds he had a hundred pounds on Andre.

2. I don't know.

3. Around 155 I think. I don't think they even had welterweight for the first year.

4. I can see that Kata in my mind, but I'll be damned if I can remember. (Never did it myself, but judged Kata in tourneys for 25 years.)

 

[donald1]

1???
2???
3???
4 i know this!! It's requirement for brown belt in my class, seiunchin kata
I practice this kata and do it well

 

[tshadowchaser]

answers:

1. Andre the Giant ( I remember Haystaks also but Andre is considered the biggest)
2. The French Academy of Martial Arts
3. 140-148 lbs
4. Seiunchi(n)

 

[tshadowchaser]

Questions for July 12

1. Who wrote "Canon of Judo"

2. 18th century Japanese lord whose suicide led to the hara-kir of the 47 Ronin

3. in what city where the "All-American Karate Championships" held in 1961

4. name the five elements of internal kung fu

 

[donald1]

1???
2???
3???
4 I'm pretty sure each finger represented a element and the organs too but can never remember which or what) fire, wood, steel, water, and earth

 

[Buka]

1 Don't know

2. I don't remember.

3. Hmm. Honolulu maybe, L.A, New York. (I'm gonna hate myself for not remembering this)

4. Water, Earth, Fire, Wood...metal?

 

[tshadowchaser]

Answers:

1. Kyuzo Mifune
2. Ako No Kami ( I thought people might get this one)
3. Los Angeles
4. metal, wood, water, earth, fire

 

[tshadowchaser]

questions for the 13th of July.

1. Okinawan kata meaning "18 cupfuls"

2. Father of American Bando

3. Played the villian in "Shogun's Ninja"

4. Sonny Chiba created what martial arts school for stuntmen

 

[Buka]

1. Not a clue.

2. Don't know

3. Don't know.

4. J.A.C.

 

[tshadowchaser]

answers:

1. Seipai
2. Dr. Maugn Gyi
3. Sonny Chiba
4. Japanese Action Club