Изучение показателей физического здоровья студенток, занимающихся восточными единоборствами

Abstract

In the modern world, health is ranked among the most significant human life values at any age. Young students are in a period of social and physiological maturity and are at high risk of health problems. Therefore, this article examines the matter of health preservation and improvement in female students in the course of their physical education at higher education facilities. The main goal is to investigate trends in health indicators of female students in the process of educational and training sessions in Kudo (full-contact hand-to-hand combat). We planned to highlight that martial arts are a powerful tool of physical education that has an impact on improving physical fitness and health levels, and that full-contact martial arts classes help to develop the ability to manage one’s lifestyle. The main methods of research were the theoretical and comparative analysis of scientific and methodological literature on physical education and sport, the study and synthesis of teaching experience, self-observation, physical health testing, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics. At the end of the formative experiment, improvements were found in all physical condition indicators for female students in both groups. However, the results in the experimental group were substantially higher than in the reference group. The improvement rate was within the range of 19.21 to 126.09% and 6.24 to 40.63%, respectively. Thus, the results obtained confirm the positive impact of training sessions for female students engaged in martial arts on their health status.