Omaha Kung-Fu

The old man is back teaching class...

Yiliquan kung-fu classes are canceled tonight at Montclair Community Center due to weather.

Which well-known Okinawan karate master was famous for practicing primarily the Naihanchi (in Japanese, Tekki) kata?

The Filipino martial art of Arnis uses a variety of weapons besides the rattan stick(s). One of these is the "balisong", which is often affectionately referred to as a "butterfly knife." But...what does the word "balisong" really mean?

Masters Nishiyama and Kanazawa, renowned teachers of shotokan (and students of Funakoshi Gichin) also practiced another art, which they claimed helped improve their karate. Kanazawa wrote a book about it and suffered a lot of good-natured ribbing from his classmates, while Nishiyama never spoke openly of it. What was this art?

The renowned shorin-ryu master, Ansei Ueshiro, suffered from a peculiar deformity but it didn't prevent him from becoming a great karate master and expert with the bo. What was this deformity and how did he get it?

The kukri (the famous fighting knife of the Ghurkas) features two small notches at the back of the blade. What is the function of these little notches? This one oughta stump ya!

It is thought that the original judogi jacket was developed from what (Japanese) clothing item?

Okay - who was the first jujutsu teacher to instruct non-Asians (in Hawaii)? And what style of jujutsu did he develop?

In what war was taekwondo first used in battle? *Remember, we're talking about "taekwondo", not its forerunners.

Old-fashioned Shao-lin systems and their derivatives use a hand salute with the right fist covered by the left palm. What did this originally represent?

In both taekwondo and Shotokan, there is a kicking technique known as a "twisting kick" or "inside roundhouse kick", respectively. Who used it first? By the way- this IS a trick question...