Pencak silat side kick in persinas asad: Biomechanics analysis

Abstract

The basic technique of kicking in pencak silat was often overlooked due to the consideration of increasing the level of the athlete and not on competence or skill. The purpose of this study was to identify biomechanics analysis of pencak silat side kick of Persinas ASAD. This study used quantitative research to obtain data derived from video recordings of sidekick movements that were analyzed using the Dartfish version 8. The total participants in this test were 30 Persinas ASAD martial arts athletes. This study recorded 30 martial arts athletes from Persinas ASAD with an average age (15.37 ± 1.45 years old), height (160 ± 7.9 cm), weight (50.37 ± 8.61 kg), and leg length (86.37 ± 5.73 cm). The results of side kick motion analysis data are obtained from the video analysis using Dartfish version 8 where the focus of the movement is divided into 3 main phases. These phases include the horse stance, the take-off phase, and the impact phase. The results found that the fighters are in the appropriate category. To get very appropriate category, the participants were expected to improve the ability of the components of speed, accuracy, and reaction speed to be more effective and efficient. Further research was expected to do a motion analysis using video recordings high speed camera on the frontal and sagittal angles.