Abstract

This research conveys haw far the contribution of Karate and Tai Chi Chuan towards the movement of rei¬ne, dashing, and female dances is. Karate and Tai Chi are physical exercises given in Olah Tubuh (i¬tness) course in semester ll’. One of the body treatments is the use of techniques or subjects in kinds of sport such as Karate and Tai Chi. Kind of Karate namely self defense art comes from Japan while kind of Tai Chi namely self defense art comes from China. The dii¬‚erence between them is in case of characten Karate has hard, strict, and stnong character while Tai Chi has soft, slow, and streaming character. Both have training disciplinary that is useful for the development of traditional dance especially in supporting the dance quality increase. As we can see that the physical aspects in body treatment are the same as those in dance covering rei¬ne, dashing, and female dances. The aspects include power. endurance. balance. i¬‚exibility, speed, liveliness, coordination, and accuracy. This research is descriptive qualitative namely the method which collecting data based an observation and interview. The data founded include data and picture. The result of this research gives much contribution in increasing movement awareness and concentration. dance deepening and enriching dance vocabularies. Key words: tai chi, karate, the movement of rei¬ne and dashing dances, dance of Surakarta style.

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