AN EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYSIS AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED PUNCHING AND KICKING TECHNIQUES WITH THE UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS IN KYOKUSHIN KARATE

Presenting the most frequently used punching techiques with the upper and lower limbs in Kiokushin karate style based on the video analysis of the performance in leading international karate competitions. An experimental method is approbated for measuring the simple and the complex motional reaction to a signal of light and sound, the speed of movement of the punching limb and the power of the punch (the energy value of the punches) in training environment that is providing short-term information and possibility to correct and improve the punching techique. A specially designed instrument is used for psychophysiological tests with an implemented three-dimensional accelerometer, a pulsemeter and a specialized apparatus assembly; all these instruments make possible the measurement of the time period for a simple and a complex motional reaction, the reaction to signal of light and sound - red and green lightdio and programmed sound signals as well as the speed of movement of the punching limb. The average values of the time for reaction, the time of attack and the speed of the combating arm in the gyaku-zuki attack technique are established for a simple and a complex motional reaction with a light and sound signal and are compared with the results of similar investigations. Conclusions are made regarding the importance rate of the particular attack components in relation to time duration of the attack. The weaknesses of the approbated equipment are counted as well as the possibilites for the correction of those weaknesses.