Dual concentration in karate and its use in diagnosis of sport

Abstract

Introduction: The goal of our studywas toidentify and compareimpact of specific dual focus of concentration known inGoju-ryuschoolas a system of KZR (closed hands kata) -heishu, concentration inside the body versusKOR (open hands kata) -kaishu, concentration outside of the body. Method:.Studysampleconsisted of Karate Dojo Pivovarník karateka from HanušovcenadTopľou, Slovak republic (n=7, 6 men and 1 woman), all of them wereholders of at least. 1st.Dan master grade, theywereable to practiceindual focus.Wehave compared the trainingsperformed by both systems KZR vs. KORwhile respecting relatively identical conditions.At the same time we observedphysiological, biochemicaland somatic indicators.Participants completed a questionnaire,consent form and filled outpersonality questionnaire. Thedata were evaluatedwithstatistical programs MS Excel, SPSS Statistics, biochemical resultswere obtained in laboratory Synlab Slovakia s.r.o, Prešov and the data were calculated by Dorste, Planta 14. To determine the significance of differences at entrances and exits KZRvs. KOR we used the Mann-Whitne U –test andWilcoxontest. Statistical significance was set at(p < 0.01,p <0.05).Result:We assumedthat the dual concentration will not cause any significant differencesfromtraining KZR compare to KOR. However, that was not confirmed. We have detected several statistically significant physiological biochemicaland somaticdifferences.Summary:Ourresults point to the possibility ofefficiency gains and predictioning training (performance, intensityetc.). Nevertheless, this pilot study does not allow the results to be generalized for relatively small samplesize, and the number of such studies, in spite of thisour studypoints out the high potential and possible future objectification.

Keywords

• concentration
• oxygen
• bicarbonate
• karate
• training unit
• psyche