• Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.117-127
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between research of mechanical friction and Taekwondo kick performance. For this a Taekwondo kick performance test, A.F.T.S.(Automated Footwear Testing System) and survey about fitting was used. There was a statistically significant difference between all the Taekwondo shoe types. While performing the roundhouse kick there were statistically significant differences in the peak free moment(p=.01) and peak plantar pressure between type A and B. Comfort testing revealed that there were statistically significant difference between type A and B in the five comfort variables tested but not between type B and Type C. There was statistically significant differences between each of the Taekwondo shoes but there was no relationship between the performance and the results of the survey.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.1775-1778
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to compare the biomechanical difference of barefoot and two types taekwondo footwear. which will provide scientific data to coaches and players, to further prevent injuries and to improve each players skills. How to an effect on human body which studied a kinematics and kinetics from 8 college students during experiments. This study imposes several conditions by barefoot and two types of taekwondo footwear ran under average $3.82{\pm}0.59$ m/sec for kinetics analysis. The result of comparative analysis can be summarized as below. Friction coefficient analysis showed A Company shoes 0.60 and M Company shoes 0.61. Ground reaction force also showed that statically approximates other results from impact peak timing (p<0.001), Maximum loading rate (p<0.001), Maximum loading rate timing (p<0.001) and impulse of first 20 percent (p<0.001). Moment was M Company shoes bigger than A Company shoes to pronation moment and supination moment.