The Influence of Traditional Sports Practice to Improve Agility and Speed Geri Mawashi Kenshi

Abstract

The game of gobak sodor is a traditional Indonesian sport that has been preserved to this day. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the traditional sport of gobak sodor on the speed and agility of mawashi kenshi in Shorinji Kempo Martial Arts. The method in this research is Quasi Experiment, with One Group Pre Test and Post Test Design. The population in the study amounted to 30 kenshi, and then 30 kenshi were all used as subjects in this study. The instrument used in this research is a test instrument, pre test and post test. The data analysis technique of this research is t-test with a significance level of 5%. The results of this study indicate that the traditional sport of gobak sodor has an effect on increasing the speed and agility of kenshi when performing the mawashi geri technique in Shorinji Kempo Martial Arts. This is in accordance with the results of the post test t test with the highest score of 39.00% on the speed aspect of doing mawashi geri and the post test result with the highest score of 28.00% on the agility aspect. The limitation in this research is that the basic technique is single, and it does not use all the elements of the biomtor and the research subject. The researcher hopes that other researchers can develop this research by involving basic techniques in martial arts that are not singular and use more complete biomotor elements.