Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine - Issue 17 - Usadojo
Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine - Issue 17 - Usadojo
Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine - Issue 17 - Usadojo
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Score achieved<br />
180<br />
160<br />
140<br />
120<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
inaccurate nature when compared to a<br />
straight punch. This is similar to when<br />
training with plastic breaker boards, failure<br />
to strike the board in the centre is often the<br />
reason the boards do not break.<br />
It could be argued the target area is not<br />
large enough, and a more accurate reading<br />
for power would be achieved by increasing<br />
the area. It could also be argued that a<br />
smaller target area improves both accuracy<br />
and power. The option to have both a large<br />
and a small target area is perhaps an idea<br />
Imptec can develop in the future.<br />
2) Reaction time – Interestingly, the<br />
candidates were more interested in<br />
spending time increasing their striking<br />
force than their reaction time, and chose to<br />
use this setting less during training. During<br />
testing, the focus on striking the bag as<br />
quickly as possible resulted in both poorly<br />
executed techniques and low power strikes.<br />
Without the presence of an instructor<br />
enforcing the proper technique, I do not<br />
believe this function would be effective in<br />
the long term. This function is slightly more<br />
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Training time passed<br />
The variation seen above was similar for most candidates<br />
Punch<br />
Turning kick<br />
Knifehand strike<br />
Front snap kick<br />
complicated to use when compared to the<br />
striking force function and did not always<br />
perform as per the instructions.<br />
IN SUMMARY<br />
The imptec megastrike offers a user<br />
friendly interface which offers realistic<br />
feedback in terms of power and accuracy<br />
of techniques. Out of the 12 candidates<br />
involved in testing this product, 7 of them<br />
increased their scores by at least 5% on<br />
average over the training period, the<br />
largest improvement being a 21% increase<br />
on average. Within the limitations of this<br />
test there is sufficient evidence to suggest<br />
this product does increase striking force<br />
when used as directed.<br />
Possibilities for improving the megastrike<br />
lie within the size and location of the<br />
sensor, a more user friendly “reaction time”<br />
function and a built in memory to save<br />
previous high scores.<br />
I hope this review has been informative –<br />
For further information visit http://<br />
www.imptec.co.uk/
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