By Srdjan Ilic, Shinbukan Kenjutsu sensei from Serbia
1. "Kissaki" is:
b. Point of blade-sword
c. Hand guard
2. In most kenjutsu styles we differ:
b. Five basic guards
c. Six basic guards
3. "Nihon to" means:
b. Japanese sword arts
c. Kenjutsu
4. "Shomen kiri" is a cut executed:
b. To the hand of the opponent
c. Anywhere on the opponent while moving forward
5. Another name for Wakizashi is:
b. Shoto
c. Daito
6. Kenjutsu style of famous Miyamoto Musashi is:
b. Hozoin ryu
c. Nitten ichi ryu
7. "Suigetsu" is one of striking targets on human body. It stands for:
b. Upper abdomen
c. Head
8. Another name for "Yoko kiri" is:
b. Kiri kaeshi
c. Suihei kiri
9."Mizu no kamae" is sometimes another name for:
b. Gedan no kamae
c. Chudan no kamae
10."Soete" means:
b. Supporting hand
c. Same as "Semete"
11."Naname kiri" is same as:
b. Kesa kiri
c. Kote kiri
12. "Koto" and "Shinto" are terms for
a. two types of swords, depending time of their manufacturing
b. two types of blades, depending on the curve size
c. two types of swords, depending on their length
13. Point on the face between the eyes is:
b. Ganmen
c. Mune
14. One of the common old ways of performing "chiburi" is:
b. shaking the sword in two large circles above the head
c. Wiping the blade with the hakama hose.
15."Katana o motte" is an order given from sensei which means:
b. Put your sword to the belt
c. Remove your sword
16.Toyama ryu includes:
b. Sixteen basic katas
c. Nine basic katas
17. The oldest among following styles is:
b) Kashima Ryu
c) Kage Ryu
18. Tokugawa Shogunate has standardized the length of the blade to:
b. two shaku, three sun (69,7 cm)
c. Three shaku, two sun (97 cm)
19. Sasaki Kojiro is, according to a legend, killed in a duel with Miyamoto Musashi with:
b. Jo
c. Boken make from boat oar
20. "Aikuchi "is a knife without guard (tsuba), mainly carried by:
b. Servants
c. Women
21."Sune gakoi" is:
b. Blocking to attack
c. Fast drawing the sword
22. School of the live sword of Toshishiro Obata is named:
b. Shinkendo
c. Kenkendo
23. "Kabuto gane" is a variant of:
b. Ishizuke
c. Mekugi ana
24. Japanise military sword tehnique manual (1940), prescribes following primary targets on human body, when attacking fom behind:
b. Two for cutting and one for thrust
c. Four for cutting and one for thrust
25. "To rei" means:
b. Bowing in Shizen tai
c. Bowing to the sword
26. "Yo no kamae " is sometimes a name for:
b. Jodan no kamae
c. Seigan no kamae
27. Five parts of GO RIN NO SHO are:
b. Books of Earth, Water, Fire,Wind and Void
c. Books of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind and Mountain
28. "Mamori te " means the same as:
a. Kiri te
b. Soete
c. Semete
29. Which of the following styles was the main origin of kendo?
b. Itto Ryu
c. Nen Ryu
30. What is the name of the chest protector in kendo?
b. Tare
c. Do
31. What is the name of the most famous Japanese swordsman, one that was even greater of legendary Miyamoto Musashi?
b. Bokuden Tsukahara
c. Toshiro Mifune
32. What was the name of the kenjutsu style og Yagyu family?
b) Itto Ryu
c) Muso Shinden Ryu
33. What is Toho Jutsu?
b. Art of tying the sageo
c. Synonym for kenjutsu
34. What is "saya biki"?
b. Using saya as a striking weapon
c. Middle section of saya
35. What is another name of the third Seitei iaido kata (sanbon me)?
b. Morote Tsuki
c. Uke Nagashi
36. What is shingunto?
b. Army sword
c. Synonym for tachi
37. What is the name of tatami stand for tameshigiri?
b. tatami no kake
c. tatami no meisho
38. What is nakago?
b. backside of the blade
c. fittings of the blade
39. The widest term for Japanese swordsmanship is:
b. Tojutsu
c. Bukijutsu
40. In Japanese swordsmanship "nuki uchi" means:
b. pull and strike
c. same as nukisuke
41. Principle of "Dai Kyo Soku Kei" in kenjutsu translates as:
b. Big, Strong, Fast, Smooth
c. Big, Fast, Soft, Smooth
42. Koiguchi is:
b. ray skin
c. inner blade
This test is one of
several tests for Menkyo Shoden candidates in Shinbukan Kenjutsu. Candidates
for must know correct answers to at least 40 of these questions.