Kata practice and concepts according to highly experienced judo teachers and referees

Autor: Mario Luiz Miranda, Ursula Ferreira Julio, Michel Calmet, Emerson Franchini
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 97-110 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2174-0747
Popis: The objective of the present study was to characterize the kata practice among judo teachers, responsible by São Paulo State Federation’s kata competition and grade examinations. A closed questionnaire was applied to 20 teachers (male = 18; female = 2). The sample was 46 ± 10 years-old, with judo practice time of 34 ± 9 years, and graduation 5 ± 1 dan. Practice often varied from 2 (50%) to 4 (30%) sessions per month. Nage no kata was identified as the most performed (78%) and preferred (31%) kata, followed by katame no kata (25%), ju no kata (21%) and kime no kata (12%). Initiation of kata study usually started at the teacher’s dojo (79%) and through courses offered by state federation (21%). Practice is directed to techniques improvement (46%), complementation for judo training (29%), spiritualized/mental practice (14%) and for competition preparation (11%). The following attributes are the most important meanings given for kata: foundation (45%), essence (25%), origin (15%), form (10%) and principle (5%).
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