About Senior Project

Erik L.-West

Topic: Karate Competitions/Tournaments

EQ: What is most important to competing as a top rated competitor in Martial Arts Tournaments?

Thursday, November 10, 2011

My Black Belt Ceremony



Science Fair Proposal

1. If the center if mass in a stance is different, then the force of a kick will be affected.

2. Independent: Center of mass in stance
 Dependent: Force of the kick
 Control: My stance posture with my legs

3. My hypothesis connects to my EQ because in sparring for practice and for competition, anyone will have a different kicking force from one another due to the center of mass they have in their legs for the stance.

4. -I will practice throwing a few kicks, as if I were sparring someone towards a force plate from different types of stances.
-The force plate was suggested by Ms. Melogno, then I will record the data.
-I will then see how different the force of each kick was comparing the stances that have different Centers of mass.

5. It would be under the category of Physics.