Physical Fitness of Children From 10 to 15 Years Who are Engaged in Kyokushin Karate

Abstract

The relevance of the study is caused by the lack of data in content and organization of training process in Kyokushin Karate and impact on the physical fitness of children 10–15 years old. Purpose: to determine the effect of Kyokushin Karate on the physical fitness of children aged 10–15 years. Methods: analysis and synthesis of scientific and technical literature; summarizing advanced practices of training children karate; pedagogic observation of a training activities and pedagogical experiment; examination tests; methods of mathematical statistics. We have found that practicing Kyokushin Karate has a significant impact on the development of all the physical qualities of children 10–15 years. Training karate youngsters in macrocycle includes the development and improvement of all aspects of general and special training and meets the principles of sports training. The obtained data show that children who are involved in Kyokushin Karate have high–speed movements for applying powerful strikes by their arms and legs. This is achieved by special training, which includes a large variety of exercises using different kinds of equipment: med balls, rubber loops, dumbbells, skipping ropes, boxing paws, pads and others. Conclusions: it was determined that the level of physical fitness of children 10–15 years who are engaged in Kyokushin Karate for the year is reliably increasing, especially in the performance strength (p <0,01), endurance (p <0,01), dexterity (p <0,01 ) and velocity (p <0,01), which is caused by a corresponding amount of the training sessions with the complex challenges; set probable kick speed increase by the right hand in the 11–13 years old children (p<0,05), by the left hand in the 14–15 yearsn old children (p<0,05), by the right foot in all age groups (p <0,01) and left foot in 11–13 (p<0,01) and 14–15 (p<0,05) years old children, which indicates a high level of special preparedness of children 10–15 years old who are engaged in Kyokushin karate.