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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee believe is a primary need of the on-guard position?

2. What type of adjustment is acquired by practicing new tasks?

3. What type of hook does Lee suggest for in-fighting when coming away on the break?

4. What moves a joint by becoming longer or shorter in order to cause motion that may be slow or fast?

5. Lee instructs that no-contact stopping of attacks inches in front of the target creates a false sense of _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Lee recommend imagining simple moves to counter an attacking opponent?

2. What do you imagine a "poker body" might look and feel like?

3. How might exercises that imitate moves used in the event be beneficial, as Lee claims?

4. Choose one of the types of speed that Lee outlines. Why do you think this type of speed is desirable for the Jeet Kune Do artist?

5. Why does Lee call Western boxing over-daring?

6. A moon seen under the waves is proposed as an example of moving and not moving. What would be another example of moving and not moving?

7. How does Lee describe muscle tension working like a brake?

8. Do fighters in Jeet Kune Do need to be the same height and weight?

9. What happened in Bruce Lee's life that inspired the writing of "The Tao of Jeet Kune Do?"

10. Name one of Lee's timing exercises that a fighter can practice.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Weapons used in Jeet Kune Do are classified by leg, hand, and elbow techniques, head butt, and miscellaneous groups. Why does Lee consider the body and its actions weapons? How are these weapons different from physical objects that people use in or out of martial arts?

Essay Topic 2

What are some keys in Jeet Kune Do to a successful offense? What are some keys to a successful defense? Does Lee stress one way over the other?

Essay Topic 3

Lee identifies six diseases that are proposed as desires. He says they are attachments.

Part 1) Why does Lee consider attachments diseases?

Part 2) Which of the diseases he describes do you feel is most prevalent today?

Part 3) What might Lee suggest to diffuse the problem you have described?

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