KARATÊ E O DESENVOLVIMENTO PSICOMOTOR EM CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES

Abstract

Karate is an oriental martial art that originated in China, 6th century AD, and has fundamental principles that are interconnected with the process of cognitive development of the human being. Psychomotricity is a transdisciplinary field of study that analyzes the relationship between the psyche and motor skills. This work aims to analyze the impact of karate practice on the psychomotor development of children and adolescents by analyzing articles found in the following databases: Google Scholar and CAPES, Portal de Periódicos and banks of Theses and Dissertations. The results of the selected papers were that karate is an advantage for the proper and controlled performance of tasks; and that karate helps the motor, cognitive and social development of children and adolescents. The study shows that karate promotes psychomotor development, as it promotes the development of skills such as laterality, alternation, peripheral vision and rapid motor response.