Toad Town Dojo

The Toad Town Dojo is a part of Toad Town featured only in Paper Mario. Here, Mario and the gang can practice their fighting skills against Chan (a Buzzy Beetle), Lee (a Duplighost) and The Master himself, a Toad martial artist. Each battle earns a harder challenge and recognition. In fact, this is the same as battling Jinx (and Jagger) in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.

This is where Mario can earn the First, Second, Third and Fourth-Degree Cards as well as the Diploma. Despite the fact that Mario can face powerful optional bosses here, no reward (or even Star Points) is given other than the aforementioned cards and diploma, as the battles are just a challenge.

Known participants
During his adventure, Mario can meet three characters who each earned a degree at the Dojo: a Toad with yellow-green spots in Toad Town just outside the Dojo who has a First-Degree Card, a Dryite with an orange tagelmust in Dry Dry Outpost who has a Second-Degree Card, and a Bumpty in Shiver City near the warp pipe who has a Third-Degree Card. Little T. is another participant of the Dojo, as shown in a letter he writes to Mario.

Trivia

 * The Japanese characters on the Dojo's billboard read "Way of the old man" (道爺) written in shodō style, in reference to the Master.
 * The music that plays here is called "The Dojo", which may also be heard coming through the floor if Mario stands on the far right of the Shroom Grocery's interior.