MEASUREMENT AND COMPARISON OF TAEKWONDO AND YONGMUDO TURNING KICK IMPACT FORCE FOR TWO TARGET HEIGHTS

Authors

  • David O'Sullivan
  • Chulsoo Chung
  • Kikwang Lee
  • Euihwan Kim
  • Sungchul Kang
  • Taewhan Kim
  • Insik Shin

Keywords:

turning kick, impact force, taekwondo, yongmudo

Abstract

The mein purpose of this research was to vomare the impact characteristics of Taekwondo (TKD) and Yongmudo (YMD) player's turning kick according to the height. In this study, 5 highly skilled YMD and TKD players participated. To measure the impact force, two acceleromters were fixed to a PVC pipe in a sandbag.

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Issue

26 International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports (2008)

Section

Coaching and Sports Activities

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