This article is a continuation of the research on personality in combat sports in karate. The authors’ goal was to verify the relationship between personality and age of kyokushin karate ...practitioners. The male national team of Ukraine in karate kyokushin (N = 7) participated in the personality study with the use of the Big Five model. The NEO-FFI (NEO Five-Factor Inventory) Personality Questionnaire was applied as a research tool and the package of statistical methods IBM SPSS Statistics 27.0 (IBM Polska, Warszawa, Poland) was used to compute the research results. The study showed that there were differences in the intensity of openness to experiences between individual samples only at the level of the statistical trend. Masters showed a higher level of openness to experiences in relation to juniors (p = 0.081) and seniors (p = 0.097). Also, a negative and strong correlation between the intensity of neuroticism and conscientiousness among the respondents was noted. A conclusion was drawn that, with age, karatekas probably manifest greater openness to experience, which is the result of their sports experience, high sports level and pro-health values of karate. On the other hand, good emotional adaptation of karatekas is strictly related to conscientiousness.
Background. The performance of exercises could be significantly improved on the basis of a detailed analysis of muscle activity, which can be studied by registering its electrical activity. We aimed ...to examine the activity of some of the muscles of karatekas during the performance of Kyokushinkai karate stances. Methods. Participants – 16 highly qualified (1 dan, 12-17 years’ experience) male Kyokushinkai karate athletes, aged 18-25. Surface electromyogram (sEMG) was recorded during the basic Fudo dachi and Kokutsu dachi stances. The electrical activity of m. gluteus maximus, m. rectus femoris, m. biceps femoris, m. semitendinosus, m. gasterocnemius (caput lateralis), m. tibialis anterior was registered. Results. We found low (up to 38% of the maximum) levels and right-left symmetry of the mean amplitude and frequency of sEMG in the case of Fudo dachi. This is in good agreement with the proper technique for performing the stance. However, the electrical activity of some leg flexors (up to 23%) and foot flexors (up to 26%) was unexpectedly high, which may speed up the development of fatigue. We found higher levels of sEMG indices in the left ankle dorsiflexors and left knee flexors and extensors, as well as the right ankle plantarflexors in the Kokutsu dachi as compared to the Fudo dachi stance. The highest level of sEMG amplitude was registered for the m. gasterocnemius d. (up to 58%) and m. tibialis anterior s. (up 46% to). Bilateral asymmetry in the sEMG indexes was found for the majority of the leg muscles, except m. semitendinosus. Unexpectedly high-level activity in the ankle plantarflexor in the front leg was found. Conclusions. The comparison of the sEMG data with the descriptions of the stance performance allowed us to elaborate the models of muscle activity during exercises and to assume some peculiarities in the technique of the performance of the stances.
Purpose: to compare the Star Excursion Balance Test performance of male representatives of karate, fencing, and hopak hand-to-hand combat. Material and methods. The study was conducted at the Ivan ...Bobersky Lviv State University of Physical Culture at the Department of Fencing, Boxing and National Martial Arts in the period November-December 2023. Qualified male athletes aged 18-22 in the number of 31 participated in the collection of experimental material, including there were 10 representatives of karate according to the WKF version, 12 representatives of fencing, 9 representatives of hopak hand-to-hand combat. Research methods: analysis of literary sources and materials from the Internet; pedagogical research; measurement of basic anthropometric indicators of athletes (height, body weight, length of arms and legs); measurement of Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT); methods of mathematical statistics. A comparison of the anthropometric indicators of karate fighters, fencers and hopak hand-to-hand combatants did not reveal any statistically significant differences between them. At the same time, swordsmen have slightly longer legs (98,4 cm) at the same height than hopak (96,3 cm) and karate (95,6 cm). Karate fighters with a relatively smaller height (177,2 cm) have relatively longer arms (78,8 cm) than swordsmen (179,5 cm and 75,9 cm, respectively) and representatives of hopak hand-to-hand combat (179,4 cm and 78,8 cm respectively). On average, the shortest arms in this study were found in fencers. In fencers, significantly better (Р<0,05) SEBT indicators of legs were found, compared to similar results of representatives of hand-to-hand combat hopak (positions 1, 2 of the left, and 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of both legs) and karate (positions 1, 2, 4 of the left, and 5, 6, 7 of both legs). This can be explained by the specifics of training in this type of single combat. Fencers with relatively shorter arms demonstrate the same, and in some positions, relatively better SEBT results of the belt of the upper limbs, compared to representatives of karate (positions 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 - left, 2, 4, 7, 8 - right) and hopak arm wrestling (positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8 – left, 2, 3, 4, 7 – right). Karate fighters have a slight advantage in SEBT indicators of the upper belt (positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 - left) and lower limbs (positions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - both legs), compared to the results of hopak hand-to-hand combatants, with somewhat smaller anthropometric indicators. Conclusions. The results of the work showed better indicators of SEBT in fencers, compared to representatives of karate version of WKF and hopak hand-to-hand combat. This is especially observed in SEBT indicators of the lower extremities. This fact is explained by the specificity of many years of training in fencing, where the result depends precisely on the development of the athletes' lower limbs. At the same time, SEBT indicators of the upper limbs in fencers do not have the same bright manifestation. Karate fighters have some advantage in the SEBT indicators of the upper and lower limb belt, compared to the SEBT indicators of hopak hand-to-hand combatants. Given the above, we can conclude that long-term training in a particular type of martial arts has its own imprint on anthropometric and SEBT indicators.
The article analyzes the influence of the use of "Sanchin" kata by highly skilled karate sportsmen after significant physical activity and the speed of restoration of the psychophysical state of the ...athlete's body. Successful performance in competitions is possible with the ability of an athlete to bear significant physical activity inherent in highly emotional and physically exhausting combat and the ability to quickly recover in a short period of time. Extremely important in the preparation of a sportsman-karate is a full-fledged mastering of the skills acquired during the training, and the work was accompanied by an increase in results and did not cause overworked organism. The aim is to investigate and analyze the main indicators of psycho-physical effects on the fitness of an athlete-karate competitor and the impact of the use of "Sanchin" kata on the ability of an athlete's body to be rapidly restored after significant physical and psycho-emotional stresses The analysis of the competitive activity and influence on the athlete's psychophysical state of the load, which is characteristic of the competition of the higher rank in Kyokushinkai karate, is carried out. The regularity of the growth of competitive loads with the advancement of the karate player to the final matches is revealed. It has been determined that more than 30% of the semi-finals and finals of the European Championships in Kyokushinkai Karate have lasted for the last four years the maximum acceptable rules of the competition, which confirms similar characteristics in the level of preparedness of athletes. It is substantiated that in order to fight for prizes, in addition to having a high level of technical and tactical readiness, psychophysical coherence and other components - it is necessary to apply methodical techniques for the rapid recovery of the body after the previous duels. It is proved that the execution of the karate in front of the semi-final and final combat kata "Sanchin" contributes to the rapid restoration of their body.
To date, the tourism business is developing rapidly and the mountainous territories are not inferior in competition to other tourist territories. For the development of the tourism business, it is ...necessary to conduct effective management of socio-economic development. The main purpose of the study is to identify and assess the main threats to the socio-economic development of the tourism business in the mountainous territories of Eastern Europe. We have applied the methods of synthesis, analysis, deduction, induction, mathematical methods, methods of expert research. The importance of research on the management of socio-economic development of the mountains in the conditions of increasing the efficiency of the tourism business is proved. Peculiarities of managing the socio-economic development of the mountains in the conditions of increasing the efficiency of the tourism business are considered. As a result of the study, threats were identified that most negatively affect the management system of the socio-economic development of the tourism business in the mountains. The novelty of the study is the formation of coordinate systems in the trust or distrust of the management and executive staff of travel companies in making management decisions.
The purpose of the research is to substantiate the structure and content of physical therapy of school children with chronic heart failure of the I-IIA stages of cardiological etiology. The research ...methods are analysis and generalization of library resources, documentary method, method of questioning, testing, pedagogical and clinical methods of research, methods mathematical statistics. Results. It is found that heart failure remains one of the most urgent problems of modern children's cardiology. It was carried out a therapy examination. It made it possible to determine the functional state of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, the state of the autonomic system, musculoskeletal system, physical development, exercise tolerance, psychological and emotional status and quality of life of schoolchildren with chronic heart failure. This is the complex approach that has made it possible to detect various violations by different body systems and take into account the individual peculiarities of the child while sectioning means of physical therapy. This approach made it possible to develop and individualize a program of physical therapy for such children that lasted 28 weeks. After the completion of the physical rehabilitation program, the supporting phase continues on a permanent basis. Conclusion. The obtained results pedagogically proved the effectiveness of the developed program of physical therapy at home for schoolchildren with chronic heart failure for changes in functional, psychological, emotional conditions, and life quality. Program of physical therapy may be recommended for application in the practice of treatment and prevention institutions according to established results of the growth of functional capabilities of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems.
Oriental martial arts has millions of fans around the world. Successfully develop and cultivate all styles of martial arts from Chinese Wushu to full contact Muetai, Kyokushinkai karate, and many ...others. Kyokushinkai Karate is one of the most popular types of martial arts, cultivated by more than 16 million people in 140 countries, which has a well-established training system, one of the elements of which is the development of specialized kata complexes. This is a formalized sequence of movements, combined on the principles of a duel with imaginary one or more opponents. The purpose of the study is to improve the special training of qualified Kyokushinkai karate athletes in the competitive discipline of Kumite with the use of kata complexes. The following research methods were used: theoretical analysis and generalization of scientific and methodological literature; sociological methods (questionnaires); pedagogical observation; pedagogical testing, pedagogical experiment; medical and biological methods, and methods of mathematical statistics. The priority of the executioner "Sanchin" and "Tensho" as elements of special training and the significance of their impact on the physical condition of the athlete. The author's technique of training process with the use of kata complexes is developed and introduced, for the directed influence on separate indicators of the level of development of special physical qualities and functional state of karate. As a result of the use of kata in the preparation of qualified karate for Kumite in the athletes of the experimental group, there were significant positive changes in the level of development of special physical qualities and speed and strength indicators when performing many shock combinations. There was a statistically significant (p <0.05) increase in power and time parameters of complex, multi-stroke combinations "Shita Tsuki" - "Mavashi Tsuki" - 25.8%, "Shita Tsuki" - "Mavashi Tsuki" - "Mavashi Geri" - 28.4%).
Subject. The study was aimed at analyzing the processes of muscles activation of Kyokushin karate practicioners during the kick performance. The process of skeletal muscle activation was studied by ...the analysis of their electrical activity. Our study aimed at the examination of the electrical activity of the muscles of the lower extremities of karate athletes during kick performance. Methods. The study involved 3 highly qualified karatekas (I Dan), aged 18-21 years, with a training experience of 12-15 years. Surface electromyogram (sEMG) was recorded during the Mae geri performance from Zenkutsu dachi stance for the following muscles: m. gluteus maximus, m. rectus femoris, m. biceps femoris, m. semitendinosus, m. gasterocnemius (caput lateralis), m. tibialis anterior. The activity period (AP, ms), mean amplitude (MA, % from maximal), and mean frequency (MF, % from maximal) were determined by sEMG analysis. Results. It was found that the duration of AP of different muscles ranges from 0.19 to 2.02 s during a Mae geri kick performance. The shortest AP was found for the m. gluteus maximus and m. rectus femoris. The highest MA values were registered for the m. tibialis anterior sinister (55%) and m. gasterocnemius dexter (47%), MF - for the anterior tibialis muscles (41-56%), right m. gasterocnemius (caput lateralis) (52%), and the m. rectus femoris dexter (47%). In many cases, the AP, MA, and MF of the supporting leg muscles exceeded those of the symmetrical muscles of a kicking leg. For many muscles, including the m. gluteus maximus, m. rectus femoris, and m. biceps femoris, the increase in MF of sEMG during kick significantly exceeds the MA changes. Conclusions. The main features of the activation of the muscles of the kicking and supporting leg of karate practitioners during the performance of the Mae geri kick were revealed. Most probably, one of the important mechanisms of muscles activation during the kick is the increase in the firing rate of motoneurons.
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