Martial Arts Speed and Impact Measuring Equipment

Martial arts speed and impact measuring equipment available for consumers is a much needed device! There is a need for measuring equipment to indicate and quantify the velocity and force of a martial artist’s kicks and punches. A publicly available martial arts speed and power indicator equipment would be a dream come true to many martial artists, however, this has not been developed.

One of the best ways to gauge whether someone is improving in martial arts training is by the force of their techniques. While holding martial arts training equipment we can subjectively give feedback to let the other person know if their techniques feel stronger, or visually observing another student’s punches and kicks we can try to determine if they have increased in speed. Unfortunately, this is not the ideal way of determining whether improvement is made or not. Weight lifters have the benefit of knowing precisely how much weight they are lifting so they can determine if they’re getting stronger or not, and track and field athletes can measure their performance by timing their runs. Martial artists (and boxers as well) need equipment to measure the speed and power of their techniques to determine exactly if they’re stronger or faster!

If such a device is constructed for martial artists that measures impact forces, it would probably incorporate the FlexiForce® sensor devices (http://www.tekscan.com/flexiforce.html). The technology of the FlexiForce system appears ideal to measure martial arts impact training.