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 participants of the Dojo who each earned a degree: Each participant will give different remarks depending on Mario's ranking and will be amazed if Mario has a Diploma. Another known participant of the Dojo is Little T., who only appears in a photo on a letter he writes to Mario.
 * 1) A Toad with yellow-green spots in Toad Town, just outside the Dojo, has a First-Degree Card.
 * 2) A Dryite with an orange tagelmust in Dry Dry Outpost has a Second-Degree Card.
 * 3) A penguin in Shiver City, near the warp pipe, has a Third-Degree Card.

Trivia

 * The Japanese characters on the Dojo's billboard read "Way of the old man", 爺道, written in style and, in reference to the Master and the antiquity of its dojo.
 * 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.
 * If Mario's HP drops to zero during any one of the fights, instead of a Game Over, the screen goes back to the Dojo with Mario only having 1 HP.