Essays about: "mixed martial arts"

Found 5 essays containing the words mixed martial arts.

  1. 1. Are athletes active in high-contact sports at risk of impaired executive functioning? A quasi-experimental study on competitive mixed martial arts (MMA) athletes.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Candice Cattaneo; [2021]
    Keywords : High-contact sports; executive functioning; repetitive head injury; concussion; fullkontaktsport; exekutiva funktioner; upprepade huvudskador; hjärnskakning;

    Abstract : The study of high-contact sport athletes and the implications of repetitive head injury (RHI) associated with these sports has been at the forefront of traumatic brain injury (TBI) research for the last decade. The present study represents a quasi-experimental study exploring whether an experimental group (N=39) consisting of amateur and professional competitive mixed martial arts (MMA) athletes differ in three operations of executive functioning ability (shifting, updating and inhibition) when compared to a control group (N=44) of non-contact sports athletes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Effects of a MAC Intervention on Performance and Well-being in Martial Arts Competitors

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Paul Robinson; Magnus Cedenblad; [2020]
    Keywords : anxiety; experiential avoidance; martial arts; Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment; MAC; performance enhancement; sports mindfulness; sports performance; ångest; experientiellt undvikande; idrottsspecifik mindfulness; idrottsprestation; kampsport; MAC; Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment; prestationsförbättring;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) approach for a group of competitive martial artists (n=22) compared to a passive control group of competitive martial artists (n=21) on levels of sporting performance, sports mindfulness, experiential avoidance and sport anxiety. Participants were allocated to groups based on the ability to attend the MAC training modules, held either in Gothenburg or Stockholm and participants performed self-ratings based on a survey completed pre- and post-intervention. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Beautiful Power Shield!” vs. “Explosive Superman Punch!” : A Comparative Analysis of Promotional Metadiscursive Language in eSports and Mixed Martial Arts Sports Commentaries

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Anton Gustin; [2020]
    Keywords : metadiscourse; eSports; mixed martial arts; sports; promotional language; commentary; metaphors; evaluative adjectives; metadiskurs; eSport; mixed martial arts; promotionsbefrämjande språk; kommentarer; metaforer; evaluerande adjektiv;

    Abstract : Sports commentary is an essential part of live broadcasted sports as well as eSports and is a task that requires that the caster be verbally proficient and can maintain a high tempo when speaking, especially in more fast-paced sports. This study aims to analyze this promotional language sportscasters use by approaching it from the linguistic phenomenon of metadiscourse. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Better Version of Yourself: Sweat, Smiles and Muay Thai Tourism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Max Yasmine Gonen; [2019]
    Keywords : transformation; Muay Thai; self-improvement; tourism; Thailand; masculinity; sweat; experience economy; performance ethnography; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the functions of BestFighter Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts training camp in Koh Samui, Thailand, as a successful actor in a booming self-improvement economy. In this thesis I explore the entanglements with locality and power which enable what satisfied participants refer to as augmented experiences of self-improvement. READ MORE

  6. 5. Subtitling: An Analysis of the Process of Creating Swedish Subtitles for a National Geographic Documentary about Mixed Martial Arts

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Nathan Jones; [2012]
    Keywords : translation; subtitles; terminology; mistakes; omissions; mixed martial arts; fighting; UFC;

    Abstract : This study is an analysis of the process of creating subtitles for the National Geographic documentary Fight Science: Mixed Martial Arts. The difficulties encountered during this project have included the translation of subject-specific terminology, the handling of source-text mistakes and the process of deciding how to condense the spoken dialogue when writing the subtitles. READ MORE