Kinesiology, Vol. 31 No. 2, 1999.
Original scientific paper
Relationship between simple movements and karate performance
Branimir Kuleš
; Faculty of Physical Education, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Josip Marić
; Faculty of Physical Education, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
For methodological reasons two methods of regression analysis (LSR and SRA) were employed parallelly on the test results of a sample of 25 high quality karatekas. A significant relationship between the simple movements of the arm and the leg and the karate combat performance was found. By relating 6 predictor variables of the speed of simple arm and leg movements and a criterion variable of performance in the karate combat - established on the number of victories achieved by each subject over a year - significant multiple correlations of .64 and .69, depending on the method applied, were obtained, respectively. The metacause for the relationship between the speed of simple movements and karate performance - characterized by the polystructural acyclic movements - should not be interpreted as its direct influence on the karate performance, but indirectly, through its primary influence on the technique performance speed and explosive power. This, of course, implies that the speed of simple movements, as a fundamental motor skill, during years of training has been successfully transformed into a specific speed-related motor skill of technical efficiency.
Keywords
karate, speed of simple movements, combat performance
Hrčak ID:
256820
URI
Publication date:
29.4.1999.
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