World Of Swords

This Martial Arts Quiz will let you know how smart you are in the martial arts. The questions go over a variety of martial arts, and instructions for finding out your grade are at the end. Write down the answer to each question, and have fun.

Who was the Chinese movie star named 'The Little Dragon?' What was the significant Samurai martial art learned by the founder of Aikido? What was the name of the brothers who built a national chain of Chinese Kenpo Karate studios?

Who was the founder of the Chinese martial art wherein the practitioner spends his time 'walking the circle?' Who was the first American President to take Judo instruction? What was the title of the movie that Bruce Lee didn't finish before his death?

Which Karate system received the official blessing of Master Funakoshi to spread his teachings (it was not Shotokan)? What is the name of the World Taekwondo Headquarters (it is also the home of the World Taekwondo Academy)? Who was the Taekwondo master responsible for the martial arts in 'Billie Jack?'

What is the title of the book penned by the Samurai who killed sixty people and lived the last years of his life in a cave? What martial art trains one in the use of the weapon called a Parang? Who was the first owner of Black Belt magazine?

What length of time did it take Bill 'Superfoot' Wallace to achieve the rank of black belt? Which athlete did Bruce Lee watch the movies of in a mirror to make sure he got the movements of on both the right and the left sides? What was the title of the first book the founder of Chinese Kenpo wrote on the martial arts (listed in wiki)?

Who was the CIA operative who wrote the first book on Shaolin to receive widespread publishing in the United States, and what was the name of the book? What was the name of the first Kung Fu Movie to receive widespread viewing in the United States? What is the name of the Chinese actor to defeat a villain in a Chinese movie made in 1979, and then play that same villain (not as a complete villain) in the American movie 'Kill Bill?'

To find any answers you don't know do a google search. To figure out your score take the number of questions you answered correctly and divide by 18. Don't worry if you didn't score high on this martial arts test, for now you know all the answers and are a smarter person.

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When people do Bruce Lee workouts of some sort they have no idea just how brutal it can be. They go to the films, they read the martial arts books, but they don't know what Bruce Lee was really capable of. They don't have the real data as to physically strong he really was.

You see, it wasn't just that he was a martial arts fanatic, a physical cultist, but that he could actually do superhuman feats of strength. I've listed a few of the things he could do here, and you should consider them seriously when you do your Bruce Lee workouts routine. It's more than just push ups and sit ups, you see, it is going beyond the limits of the body.

First, the sheer speed coming out of Bruce Lee training routines is more than just faster than the eye could see, it is faster than the mind can believe! He could strike somebody in five one hundredths of second...that's 0.05 seconds. Try clicking your thumb that fast on your stopwatch!

Second, Bruce Lee could hold a 75 pound barbell straight from his body-arm horizontal to the ground-for several seconds. That is a massive feat. Go ahead, pick up a simply kitchen chair and hold it arm's length, and that is only a few pounds.

Here is your magician's trick-The Little Dragon could snatch a dime from your open palm and deposit a penny. Man, that is faster than a banker forecloses on a widow! It's hard enough to just grab a coin from somebody's palm, let alone leave some change!

Fourth, think you can do a pretty good push up? Try doing one with just the thumb and index finger! His fingers were stronger than your whole arm!

Or, and I love this one, Mr. Lee could do 50 one arm chin up repetitions! Let me repeat that...that's FIFTY one hand chin ups. How would you like to have a python as strong as his arms choking you out?

Sixth, and this is for all those pretty boys out there who do a few kicks and call it a workout, Bruce Lee could kick a 300 pound kicking bag and make it hit the ceiling! Now that is elephant busting power! Interestingly, Bruce had to have his 300 pound martial arts kicking bags made to order.

Finally, Bruce could do an elevated V-sit up position for half an hour. I would think that that would actually qualify him as a yoga master, in addition to being a martial arts master. Now that you know what to shoot for, go ahead and start your Bruce Lee workouts.

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The Bruce Lee Work out Routine was an unbelievable phenomenon, and it resulted in Bruce being able to do acts of strength that are far beyond the ability of the average man. (See part two of this article if you wish to see a list of some of the things he could do.) That Bruce Lee did it eek after week, month after month, year after year, describes a human toughness that is truly astounding.

Before one even thinks about doing a Bruce Lee work out, one should understand that the Bruce Lee Workout Routine depended upon one simple principle. The mind is stronger than the body, and can make the body go through anything. In spite of doctor's words, Bruce pushed himself through his regular work outs with beyond human intensity.

From 7 to 9 every morning Bruce would train in abdominal exercises, flexibility, and running. From 11 to 12 he would weight train and cycle. This was the base of his training, and he would spend odd times throughout the day training in specialized techniques.

For basic weight lifting Bruce would do reps of things like push ups, squats, reverse curls, concentration curls, reverse wrist curls, wrist curls and French presses. He believed in working on both fast twitch and slow twitch muscle movement. In the beginning Bruce was of a mind that bigger muscles were stronger muscles, but later on in his career, towards Bruce Lee's death, he came to believe that this wasn't so.

He was a true believer when it came to ab exercises. He focused on the abdominals every work out, but he also did them at odd times throughout the entire day. People would often come to see him and find him doing sit ups, crunches, Roman Chair exercises, V ups and leg raises.

Another favorite exercise Bruce had was running and cycling. His normal run would be from two to five miles, usually in fifteen to forty-five minutes. He would also ride a standing bike for 10 miles (45 minutes).

Some of Bruce Lee's secondary exercises were totally beyond belief. He loved jump roping, and after doing the stationary bike he would do as many as 800 jumps. He also loved to thrust his bare mitts into buckets of sand, and he would do as many as 500 repetitions of this ancient toughening drill.

To conclude, one should be careful when trying to do a physical regimen of this sort. Remember that even Bruce Lee started out at a lower level, he didn't just blast it and risk his body. Once you have worked up to the Bruce Lee Workout Routine, however, maybe you'll be ready to be a superstar, too.

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