Abstract:
Wushu Sanda is a combat sport and performances are based on the body
parametric of the competitive Wushu athletes. The main objective of this study was
to compare the body composition of the Wushu athletes and Wushu athletes who
had previously competed in early Boxing and Taekwondo sports. With the
population sampling method, the study included 20 elite male Wushu athletes
who were grassroots level engaging in Wushu (Mean age 31.65±3.26 years), eleven
athletes who were earlier engaged in Boxing (Mean age 31.00±4.12 years), and 10
engaged in Taekwondo (Mean age 31.60±3.71 years) at a highly competitive
national level mean training age more than five years. The sample was selected
form the population of the 2022 registered national athletes of the National Wushu
Championship weight bearing between 52kg and 80kg. Measured body
composition parameters were analyzed with the univariate mean comparison
among the early experienced sports groups. The comparison was done by the Oneway
ANOVA with Tukey Post Hoc statistical test with SPSS software. The study
emphasized that there was a significant difference in the total body muscle mass
percentage (p=0.001) and it was observed among early experienced groups but
there was no significant difference for the total body fat mass percentage (p=0.225).
Within the confines of the study, there were significant differences found between
each group and it was found between the Taekwondo athletes and Wushu
experienced athletes.
