Motion Analysis of Kick Mechanism Using in Muay Thai Matial Art

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to analyse speed of basic Muay Thai skills which consists of using feet and knee. By using the human motion-tracking cameras to create 3D animations that is associated with an image from a video camera and biomechanics analysis. The subjects group consisted of 5 professional boxers from Kiat Moo 9 Muay Thai camp by using purposive sampling method. The instrument used of this research was Qualisys Trach Managa (Motion Capture System). It was used to collect data motion capture and to analyses velocity Muay Thai basic skills. Statistics used for this research were arithmetic mean and standard deviation. The results showed that the average speed of basic Muay Thai skills include, Diagonal Kick, Straight Foot-thrust, Sideways Foot-thrust, Straight Knee-kick and Diagonal Knee-kick has 17.15, 6.01, 5.28 6.29 and 6.42 m/s, respectively. Standard deviation has 2.90, 1.47, 1.24, 1.01 and 1.75 respectively.