The importance of the method of play in the development of psychomotor skills in athletes practicing chanbara

Actuality. Chanbara is an oriental martial art, a new modern Japanese sport that appeared recently in 1970. The word "chanbara" in Japanese means the sound of sword strokes. Retrospective analysis allows us to highlight the gradual development of the new style of chanbara martial arts, which originally was a kind of training fights in batto-do and kenjutsu, applying striking techniques with maximum speed and power, as well as defense from them. The training process as well as competitions in chanbara proved to be such attractive, interesting and useful exercises through play that they stood out as a separate sport, applying soft, air swords that are pumped like a football. At the contemporary stage of development of the new style of chanbara, the volume of motor activities performed in unpredictable situations has significantly increased, which requires the manifestation of ingenuity, quick reaction, the ability to concentrate and shift attention, the spatio-temporal accuracy of movements and their biomechanically rational character. During competitive activity in the combat sports system, including chanbara, the most successful athletes perform best when they demonstrate a high level of psychomotor possibilities, which is manifested by the perfection of specialized perceptions, such as the sense of the opponent, distance, combat space, balance, rhythm, tempo and last but not least precision. We can assume that the application of the game method based on the development of psychomotor skills in young athletes at the initial stage will contribute to the intensification of the training process of competitive technical-tactical activity specific to chanbara. The aim of our work is to develop psychomotor skills in young athletes practicing chanbara by applying the game method.