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Comparison of force, power, and striking efficiency for a Kung Fu strike performed by novice and experienced
Osmar Pinto Neto1, Marcio Magini, Marcelo M F Saba
1Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba. osmar@univap.br
Abstract:
This paper presents a comparison of force, power, and efficiency values calculated from Kung Fu Yau-Man palm strikes, when performed by 7 experienced and 6 novice men. They performed 5 palm strikes to a freestanding basketball, recorded by high-speed camera at 1000 Hz. Nonparametric comparisons and correlations showed experienced practitioners presented larger values of mean muscle force, mean impact force, mean muscle power, mean impact power, and mean striking efficiency, as is noted in evidence obtained for other martial arts. Also, an interesting result was that for experienced Kung Fu practitioners, muscle power was linearly correlated with impact power (p = .98) but not for the novice practitioners (p = .46).
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