On the importance of national types of martial arts in physical education of the youth

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to show the role and importance of national types of martial arts in the physical education of young men by the example of Karachay national belt wrestling. Materials and methods. The research is based on cultural-historical, ethno-sports, system-activity methodological approaches, as well as comparison, generalization and analysis of the results obtained. Results and discussion. The article shows the features and role of national belt wrestling as the most popular type of traditional martial arts in the folk physical culture of the Karachay. Based on the experiment, the authors prove the feasibility of including exercises used in the process of physical training of belt wrestlers in the content of physical education for young men. Conclusion. Based on the results of the study, we can conclude that the inclusion of elements of physical training practiced in Karachay belt wrestling, as well as the developmental potential of other ethno-sports disciplines in the process of physical education of young men can serve the further development of regional educational programs of physical education, the growth of physical education and mass work , popularizing a healthy lifestyle among residents and guests of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, increasing scientific knowledge in the field of using the developmental potential of ethnosports in the process of physical education of youth. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that for the first time the possibilities of using elements of physical training of wrestlers engaged in Karachay belt wrestling in the practice of urban and rural educational institutions of the republic as a means of physical education of young men have been considered.