KickChick
02-May-2003, 02:08 AM
http://www.css.edu/users/tboone2/asep/Glass.doc
I came across this interesting "report" from the Journal of The American Society of Exercise Physiologists.
The purpose of this study was to determine the energy cost and cardiovascular responses to a typical sequence of martial arts training.
Seems just until recently research in martial arts training and energy expenditure has focused primarily on the energy cost of performing kata repeatedly ... oh my, ("a pre-arranged sequence of movements called Kata (Japanese) or Poomse (Korean) are used to train the practitioner for balance, coordination, weight transfer and focus").... but now research has been focused on training activities beyond katas....(calisthenics, kick/punch techniques & sparring)
The report may be a bit "technical" for some ... but still interesting.
It does conclude that ma training burns alot of calories (due to its interval training nature), and so is an effective calorie expending exercise.
It also stated that the average expenditure for martial arts activity was equivalent to bicycling at 10-11.9 mi/hr.
I came across this interesting "report" from the Journal of The American Society of Exercise Physiologists.
The purpose of this study was to determine the energy cost and cardiovascular responses to a typical sequence of martial arts training.
Seems just until recently research in martial arts training and energy expenditure has focused primarily on the energy cost of performing kata repeatedly ... oh my, ("a pre-arranged sequence of movements called Kata (Japanese) or Poomse (Korean) are used to train the practitioner for balance, coordination, weight transfer and focus").... but now research has been focused on training activities beyond katas....(calisthenics, kick/punch techniques & sparring)
The report may be a bit "technical" for some ... but still interesting.
It does conclude that ma training burns alot of calories (due to its interval training nature), and so is an effective calorie expending exercise.
It also stated that the average expenditure for martial arts activity was equivalent to bicycling at 10-11.9 mi/hr.