Martial Arts Students Research Articles

Вплив занять єдиноборствами на формування особистості здобувачів вищої освіти

Purpose: to determine the role of martial arts in the process of forming a harmonious personality of higher education students in the People's Republic of China and Ukraine. Material and Methods. Theoretical and empirical research methods were used in the study: analysis of scientific and methodological literature and Internet sources, analysis of regulatory documents; comparative analysis; method of value orientations by M. Rokic; sociological survey (questionnaire); methods of mathematical statistics. Results: the study examines the peculiarities of the use of martial arts in higher education institutions of the People's Republic of China and Ukraine, conducts a sociological survey of higher education students of both countries regarding their attitude to practicing various types of martial arts, and compares the value orientations of students formed under the influence of martial arts. It turned out that in higher education institutions of the People's Republic of China, martial arts are included as a compulsory subject in the State Physical Education Program, while in Ukrainian higher education institutions, certain types of martial arts are introduced into the educational process by the decision of the management. The survey showed that higher education students in both countries consider martial arts to be popular sports and engage in these sports for harmonious development and health. Some terminal and instrumental values of higher education students in China and Ukraine are somewhat different, while the general value orientations and life principles of martial arts students are similar. Conclusions. Martial arts training has a positive effect on the harmonious development of higher education students. Under the influence of training, the level of physical development increases, a system of values aimed at personal growth and life wisdom is formed. Higher education students who are engaged in martial arts take care of their own health and personal development. They prioritize education, responsibility, strong will, and friendship, which indicate a desire for physical, intellectual, and moral and ethical growth. The results of the study make it possible to recommend martial arts training in higher education institutions in order to improve physical condition or achieve high sports results.

Teachers' Attitudes towards Incorporating Martial Arts in Physical Education and its Influence in Students’ Cultural Awareness

It is vital to promote Chinese culture and values through martial arts education, and the curriculum should reflect this cultural history. With this in mind, the research will seeks to investigate perception of Physical Education teachers on Martial Arts Education and its cultural awareness of the students. taking into consideration diverse sociocultural backgrounds and beliefs. This study used a quantitative-comparative-correlational research design, which combined quantitative research, comparative research, and correlational research to examine the attitudes of Physical Education teachers (PE) towards Martial Arts Education and the cultural awareness of students. 70 PE teachers were selected to participate at a renowned university in Beijing, China. Physical education teachers generally have positive attitudes towards martial arts education, focusing on beliefs, engagement, and social norms. However, some teachers express less confidence, suggesting opportunities for professional development. Cultural awareness among martial arts students is high, with teachers encouraging understanding and respect. A weak negative correlation exists between attitudes and socio-cultural awareness.

Mindfulness and Training Discipline among Martial Arts Students in Beijing, China

The study investigates the relationship between mindfulness and training discipline among martial arts athletes at a Beijing sports university. The research used a quantitative-correlational design. A researcher-made questionnaire was used as the primary instrument. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The correlation coefficient between mindfulness level and training discipline was .703, with a significance level of .031. However, the significance level is less than the threshold of.05. Therefore, the null hypothesis is accepted, indicating that factors other than mindfulness level might influence martial arts athletes' training discipline.

Comparison of Biomechanical Models for Roundhouse Kicking in Skilled Martial Arts Students of Taekwondo and Wushu (Sanda)

Comparison of Biomechanical Models for Roundhouse Kicking in Skilled Martial Arts Students of Taekwondo and Wushu (Sanda)

PENCAK SILAT SELIWA BETAWI: A REVIEW IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT IN PALEMBANG

The problem in this research is how the development of pencak silat Seliwa Betawi in Palembang City. The purpose of this research is to know the development and history of the entry of pencak silat from Betawi land to Palembang City. This research method uses qualitative descriptive research. Data validity techniques use degrees of trust (Credibility). Data collection techniques using observation, interviews and documentation. Sources of information are college administrators, local community leaders, martial arts students. Data analysis techniques in qualitative research consist of three simultaneous activity streams, namely data reduction, data exposure, and conclusion drawing and verification. The result of this research is that pencak silat Seliwa Betawi in Palembang City has experienced ups and downs in the pencak silat college environment due to the covid-19 pandemic factor that occurred. Suggestions in order to overcome the development problems that occur are from within the management of pencak silat Seliwa Betawi to increase its activity in holding activity agendas in the form of Betawi pencak silat competitions in order to make its own attraction in overcoming the ups and downs that occur.

INFLUÊNCIAS DO TREINAMENTO DE PILATES SOBRE O EQUILÍBRIO POSTURAL EM ALUNOS DE ARTES MARCIAIS

ABSTRACT Introduction: Physical stability is extremely important for student-athletes of martial arts, and it is believed that the practice of Pilates can generate benefits in this aspect. Objective: Analyze the influences of Pilates training on postural balance in martial arts students during daily training. Methods: Using the control experiment verification method, this study selected 60 martial arts students and athletes to perform the control experiment. They were randomly divided into the experimental group and the control group. In addition to the traditional daily martial arts training protocol, the experimental group underwent Pilates training, while the control group performed only daily training. Results: In the experimental Pilates training group, vertical balance time increased from 791.25 ± 158.48 ms to 695.64 ± 208.08 ms, and left-right laterality balance time increased from 1,861.04 ± 202.96 ms to 1,994.70 ± 189.67 ms, and anteroposterior balance time increased from 1243.24 ± 475.07 ms to 1419.52 ± 331.62 ms. The balance score increased from 53.16 ± 3.94 to 63.83 ± 3.12. Conclusion: Pilates training improved postural balance in martial arts students. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.

INFLUÊNCIAS DO FORTALECIMENTO DE MEMBROS INFERIORES NO ENSINO DE ARTES MARCIAIS

ABSTRACT Introduction: One of the focuses of research on martial arts education is how to improve the assistance of martial arts teaching through strength training directed to sports movements. Scientific contributions about the influence of these strengths can underpin athletes’ training. Objective: Study the influences of lower limb strength training on the abilities of martial arts students. Methods: 20 students from a college martial arts class were randomly selected as volunteers for the experiment. They were divided into the experimental group, which performed systematic lower limb strength training according to a specific protocol, and the control group, which performed traditional exercise, and basic physical training in the physical education institute. The experiment lasted eight weeks. The relevant data were analyzed statistically. Results: Left unipodal balance ability in the experimental group increased from 43.646s before training to 56.110s, with an increased rate of 22.213%; right unipodal balance ability increased from 43.845s before training to 57.126s, with an increased rate of 23.249%. Conclusion: It is recommended to integrate targeted training methods, such as lower limb muscle training, into the martial arts teaching process to improve the physical quality of martial arts athletes due to the benefits observed in their teaching process. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment outcomes.

Навчання студентів-єдиноборців бігу на 1500 м з використанням ритмічних стимулів

Purpose: to investigate the effectiveness of teaching martial arts students to run 1500 m using rhythmic stimuli. Material and methods. The following methods of pedagogical research were used to solve the research tasks: theoretical (analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization of abstraction) and practical (observation, testing, experiment, mathematical and statistical). Martial arts students aged 18,5±0,5 years of the II year of full-time education took part in the study (n=20). Results: іndicators indicating the economy of a runner's movement were selected as characteristics that determine mastery of running technique: MAV – maximum aerobic speed; VO2max is the maximum rate of oxygen absorption. We believe that in conditions of limited time for running training (8 classes), the very increase in running efficiency indicates the athlete's understanding of the essence of this motor action. As a stimulating factor in the experimental running training program of martial arts students, running with a metronome was used with a given frequency, which increased in each session from 157 beats/min. up to 165 beats/min. The students had to run first, synchronizing their steps with the metronome, and after rest, reproduce the learned rhythm without external stimulation. The martial arts athletes of the control group studied running according to the traditional program for the same amount of time. The result of the study was significantly (p<0,05) higher indicators of running cadence and results of running at the reference distance of 1500 m in the group of martial arts students who practiced using rhythmic stimuli. At the same time, there were no significant differences in the MAV and VO2max indicators in the wrestlers of both groups during the entire study period (p>0,05). This indicates the effectiveness of running training in the experimental program, by improving running efficiency, rather than increasing the level of endurance. Conclusions. It was established that 8 training sessions of long running for 120 min. per week do not contribute to the increase of MAV and VO2max in martial arts students who studied both by traditional and experimental methods. The effectiveness of the application of external rhythmic stimuli with the help of a metronome in teaching martial arts students to athletics running, which is characterized by an increase in running cadence, has been revealed. This indicates an improvement in the level of ownership of transportation equipment while increasing its economy. Keywords: running, training, cadence, MAV, VO2max, pace, rhythm, martial arts, preparedness.

BENEFÍCIOS DO CURSO OPCIONAL DE KUNG FU SOBRE A SAÚDE FÍSICA DOS ESTUDANTES UNIVERSITÁRIOS

ABSTRACT Objective: This paper examines the benefits of the optional Kung Fu course on students’ physical health. Methods: Specific strategies promoting elective Kung Fu courses in Chinese universities are presented after analyzing the current situation of university students’ psychophysical health. Results: According to the characteristics of martial arts students, providing effective sports intervention is an important demand for educators. Its development is also an important feature of modern sports and medicine. Conclusions: According to the analysis of the general physical status of Chinese college students at the current stage, students in ordinary colleges and universities should pay more attention to the importance of sports activities for students’ physical quality and mental health education when participating in sports activities. Level of evidence II; Therapeutic studies - investigation of treatment results.

Suzhi (human quality) and individualization amongst short-term Kung Fu students in China

Abstract This paper examines how the discourse on suzhi (human quality) has been imagined, reconstructed, and negotiated by short-term martial arts students and their parents in Dengfeng, a county-level city in central China. Dengfeng was home to 48 Shaolin martial arts schools and more than 70,000 full-time students in 2012. Aside from the full-timers, who board throughout the year, short-term students are provided martial arts learning for several weeks to months. They are sent to learn martial arts for several reasons: for example, misbehaviors, obesity, or poor people skills. Their parents want them to either get fit or improve their social skills. Highlighting such diverse motivations and expectations, this paper suggests that sending children to learn martial arts is rooted in the widely influential discourse on human quality (suzhi) in China. This social discourse provides both parents and students narrative structures, through which people create their own strategies of and meaning system for legitimizing their decisions, expectations, and desires.

The Inheritance and Dissemination of Wushu Culture in the Global Era

Wushu as a Chinese cultural inheritance has for centuries encountered the question of ‘what is to be inherited and how’? The question should always be answered in the light of fresh discoveries and current research on Wushu history. This article addresses the question and suggests how researchers in this field should focus on the approaches through which the various disciplines of Wushu have been developed. The aim is to return to a past milieu where martial arts creators, instructors and students were making joint efforts to innovate and develop over time. In addition, the article suggests that researchers should pay more attention to the history of martial arts schools and to the practitioners who belong to ‘the silent majority’. In the field of dissemination research, lessons can be drawn from the sinicization of Western culture in China and research on local dissemination of other cultural products.

Pendidikan Karakter Melalui Kuntau Seni Beladiri Masyarakat Banjar Di Kalimantan Selatan

Character education is one of the national education programs that is always promoted for the younger generation, ranging from Basic Education to Higher Education. The government thinks character education is a solution to various problems, ranging from corruption, intolerance, to environmental problems such as garbage and floods. Various methods are used in order to grow these characters. The focus of this research is how character education is in accordance with the values of Islamic teachings through the Kuntao martial arts. Kuntao is a traditional martial art that has long been practiced by the Banjar people in South Kalimantan. This research is expected to provide a new treasure about the contribution of the traditional martial arts of the banjar community in Islamic education. The research method used is a qualitative method with an ethnographic approach. The subjects of the study were the martial arts teacher, students, peers, and parents. Data analysis using miles and Huberman analysis. Data validity through source triangulation. The results of this study are that character education through martial arts has fulfilled the 3 pillars of character education in Islamic education namely morals, etiquette, and exemplary. Being obedient in carrying out the Islamic Shari'ah, respecting others, self-confidence, and humility are the characters that are formed through the teaching of martial arts in the Banjar community. In harmony with Islamic values that can not be separated from the role model of the teacher’s kuntao.

Using auditory feedback to improve striking for mixed martial artists

The purpose of this study was to evaluate auditory feedback to increase the effectiveness of throwing a “right cross.” Auditory feedback, implemented by the mixed martial arts coach, was evaluated in multiple baselines across participants design with four mixed martial arts students, two males and two females, 25–54 years old. The target behavior was the percentage of correct steps in the 20‐step task analysis of throwing a right cross. In the auditory feedback procedure, the coach used a handheld clicker and make the clicking sound as a reinforcer each time the participant performed a specific step in the task analysis correctly. This process continued until all steps were performed correctly. The percentage of correct steps of the right cross improved substantially during assessment sessions following the introduction of the auditory feedback and maintained at 90% or more for all participants during follow‐up. Improvements were also noted in the social validity assessment.

Capital in Transition

Abstract Migrant children are an unintended consequence of the widened rural-urban gap in China. In Dengfeng, a county-level city in central China, many of the 70,000 full-time martial arts students were rural-to-urban migrant children ‘floating’ with their parents from one place to another. Drawing on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork, this paper explores why these migrant children ‘migrated’ to martial arts schools for educational purposes and how they and their parents seek to establish a new value system within which different forms of capital can be accumulated, disseminated, and transformed as society expects. This paper argues that the (imaginary) transition between and flow of economic, cultural, social, and symbolic capital construct a path to an aspirational future used by both these martial arts students and their parents.

A “Feel-Good” Future: Hopes and Class Identities Among Martial Arts Students in China

This article examines how a group of martial arts students in China make sense of their futures and how their hopes toward a “feel-good” future reveal and affect their perceived class identities. Twelve months of ethnographic fieldwork was conducted in Dengfeng, a county-level city in central China. Dengfeng was home to 48 registered martial arts schools and more than 70,000 full-time students in 2012. By uncovering the hopes, aspirations, and perceived class identities of people in martial arts schools, this article argues that the process of class-making for these martial arts students results in constantly reorienting their hopes. These hopes often reflect social comparisons with familiar others like parents, friends, and acquaintances.

Social Determinants of Attitudes towards Health in Martial Arts: comparison between combat sports and combat systems and martial arts practitioners

Background. The theoretical perspective for this research is inspired by Humanistic Theory of Martial Arts, the anthropology of martial arts, the sociology of health, and the sociology of physical culture/sociology of sport. Aim. This research poses two research problems. The first research problem attempts to determine the significance of the social dimension of martial arts participation, comparatively, in Poland, the Czech Republic and the United States of America. The second research problem seeks the social determinants of attitudes towards health - the behavioural component. Methods. Respondents (n = 112) were students of martial arts, combat sports and combat systems from the USA, Poland and the Czech Republic. A diagnostic survey was used - Questionnaire of Health Behavior of Martial Arts Students. The variables used for comparison in the chi-square tests were: education, types of martial arts, pro-health choices, cultural area and parental level of education. Results. Results showed that the level of education, cultural origin and health choices were not related to practising martial arts, combat sports and combat systems. Conclusions. The level of education did not affected respondents' decisions to engage in practising combat sports and combat systems or martial arts (non-contact). Parental educational level, which is related to the social background, is related to practising combat sports and combat systems or martial arts (non-contact). There are no differences between cultural origin with regard to practising combat sports and combat systems or martial arts (non-contact); 4) There are no differences between cultural origin of people practising combat sports and combat systems or martial arts (non-contact) and healthy lifestyles.

Home(Lessness) in Urbanizing China

This article examines how martial arts students retell their stories about being left behind and how they have experienced, viewed, and struggled with the invisible violence. Popularly known as the “hometown of Chinese martial arts,” Dengfeng is home to 48 registered martial arts schools and more than 70,000 full-time students. Drawing on 12-month-long fieldwork, this article highlights how martial arts students have (re)constructed the meaning of home(lessness) through bridging their past as left-behind children and the present as martial arts students. This article argues that such redefining of home(lessness) is resulted not only from the practice of invisible violence but also from how martial arts students engage with the structural, symbolic, and normalized violence.

Being Tough and Belonging: Technologies of Masculinity among Martial Arts Students in China

Literary masculinity has dominated Chinese society for thousands of years. Even in today's academic schools, boys with good academic performance have a higher status than those who are seen as ‘aggressive’ or ‘tough’. In this article I examine how students reconstruct the hierarchy of literary/martial masculinity in Shaolin martial arts schools, an alternative form of education in China. Rather than being disciplined into socially useful subjects, as expected by parents and school authorities, I show how martial arts students have reconstructed the symbolic meanings of masculinity and shaped a new space of belonging. Through displays of violence and cultivating toughness, students deploy technologies of martial masculinity to fit in with their peers and reproduce the masculine ethos of martial arts schools.

Internal Martial Arts Training and the Reduction of Hostility and Aggression in Martial Arts Students

Internal Martial Arts Training and the Reduction of Hostility and Aggression in Martial Arts Students

Applying Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do Combat Philosophy in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery—7 Principles for Success

At first glance, it may appear that martial arts and surgery do not relate to each other at all. However, martial arts and surgery are all one on the path of knowledge and self discovery. Innovations are constantly being developed; some techniques stand the test of time while others are relegated to history. Martial arts and surgery have also branched out for example boxing, taekwondo, jujitsu and wrestling for martial arts whereas surgery has branched out to orthopaedics, paediatrics, cardiothoracic and neurosurgery to name a few. Some choose to specialize while others choose to be a generalist. Learning methodologies in martial arts and plastic surgery are similar. Martial arts students are the equivalent of surgical residents, and both have to enroll in a school that prepares them to be practitioners of their respective arts. In the last century, formal martial arts academies and surgical residency training programs have sprung up. The standards and entrance requirements vary from school to school as do training methodology and philosophical concepts. In this article, we seek to analyze Bruce Lee’s martial arts’ philosophy of Jeet Kune Do (JKD) and that how we can apply it to our personal path in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.