Experience and Guidelines for Developing Exercise Courses “One-Handed Sword”: A Qualitative Study

Abstract

This qualitative research aims to study the experience of participating in an exercise course. "One-handed sword" and to study guidelines for developing exercise programs. "One-Handed Sword". A sample group is people who exercise for health volunteers participated in the research, 20 people divided into 9 males and 11 females, aged between 20-24 years old, participated in an exercise course. "One-handed sword" for a period of 8 weeks. Data were collected by observation method, describing important events and interviews. Data analysis by comparing the data’s stability and verifying the reliability by the triangular method. The research results can be summarized into 2 topics:
1. Experience gained from attending a “One-handed sword” exercise course from collecting information to summarize knowledge in several 6 topics: 1) Conservation of martial arts with Thai weapons. 2) Improve sword skills 3) Obtaining feedback information 4) Improved physical performance 5) Muscular aches and pains and 6) strengthening the drive of exercise leaders.
2. Guidelines for developing exercise course programs "One-handed sword" from collecting information, summarizing knowledge in several 4 topics: 1) gestures, movements, and music rhythm 2) Exercise program format 3) exercise equipment; and 4) use of good agreements, practices, and precautions.