Physiologic profile of recreational male and female novice and experienced Tae Kwon Do practitioners.

Aim: Subjects, 28 recreational male and female novice and experienced Tae Kwon Do practitioners (age 19-42 years), were examined on 6 physiological parameters: body composition (BF%, skinfold measures), flexibility (sit-and-reach and leg-splits tests), lower and upper-body dynamic muscular strength (leg press and bench press), abdominal strength and endurance (1-minute timed, bent-knee sit-ups test), lower extremity explosive power (vertical jump-and-reach test), and cardiovascular endurance (graded exercise treadmill test).

Methods: Subjects were assigned to 1 of the 4 following groups: Tae Kwon Do experienced and trained men (MT), Tae Kwon Do experienced and trained women (FT), novice Tae Kwon Do men (MN), and novice Tae Kwon Do women (FN).

Results: Results of multiple testing procedures and comparison across groups indicated that Tae Kwon Do black belts were more athletically fit as compared with that of novice Tae Kwon Do practitioners of the same sex in spite of the fact that male and female black belts were older than their novice counterparts.

The effect of experience and gender on cardiovascular and metabolic responses with dynamic Tae Kwon Do exercise.

This study, conducted at the Exercise Physiology Laboratory of Auburn University, AL, addressed and compared the acute cardiovascular and metabolic effects elicited by novice and experienced men and women participants during a single bout of dynamic Tae Kwon Do exercise and investigated whether or not dynamic Tae Kwon Do practice is an exercise modality that provides sufficient cardiorespiratory demand for enhancing aerobic fitness and promoting weight and fat loss. Twenty-eight men and women (aged 19-42) were assigned to 1 of the following 4 groups: Tae Kwon Do experienced and trained men (ME), Tae Kwon Do experienced and trained women (FE), novice Tae Kwon Do men (MN), and novice Tae Kwon Do women (FN). The results of this investigation indicate that this form of exercise can be performed for an extended period of 20 minutes.

Alterations in selected measures of mood with a single bout of dynamic Taekwondo exercise in college-age students.

This study was designed to investigate and to compare the acute alterations in selected measures of mood profile in novice Taekwondo practitioners while evaluating whether dynamic Taekwondo practice was an appropriate exercise modality for enhancing six psychological state dimensions: Vigor, Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Fatigue, and Confusion. 20 male and female college-age students enrolled in Taekwondo activity class and an additional 20 students enrolled in the lecture-con trol class (ages 18 to 21 years) completed the Profile of Mood States (POMS) inven tory prior to and immediately following one 75-min. session of dynamic Taekwondo or lecture.