The estimation of health-related behaviours of male judokas

Abstract

Combat sports are a discipline of sport in which the rivalry consists of direct encounter of two sportsmen, in the form of immediate influence on the body of the competitor with the purpose of the documentary evidence of one’s own superiority. The sports-fight relies among other things on the infliction of knocks (boxing, kick boxing, taekwondo), or the usage of throwing or grappling (wrestling, judo) [1,2]. The identity of combat sports and martial arts consists of the integration of three specific factors: pragmatic, utilitarian and mental. They influence on the psychophysical and moral education of a man. Therefore, sports and martial arts are much more than disciplines of sport. They are the form of the physical education, the civil (defensive) education and the philosophy [3]. Judo is modified form of the old Japanese martial art – jujitsu. The goal of the creator of judo – Jigoro Kano, was the creation of wholly developmental, utilitarian system of exercises, applied in the physical education of children and young people, the defensive instruction of policeand military formations, and also disciplines of sport in the Olympian dimension and recreational one. Judo can be practiced by men in every age, of different physique and different fitness level. For Jigoro Kano, judo was not only the martial art, but also the kind of specific philosophy. Students of his school were obliged to obey strict regulations instituted by the master. The word ‘judo’ in the literal translation from Japanese means ‘the way’ (a rule, manner) of gentleness (agility, compliance). The idea of judo according to his creator had to be the fight with the utilization of the opponent’s power [4,5]. In the judo train-