Tapering in the Sport of Karate: Narrative Review

Karate is a sport that involves physical contact and has been very popular all over the world, one of which aims to achieve achievements. Participation in martial arts is considered to be a sport that attaches great importance to physical exercise, psychology and physiology that must be well fostered by the coach. Therefore, a correct training program must be prepared and understand the decrease in training weights for the few weeks before the game. Tapering strategy in karate martial arts is an effort to improve the performance of the competition. Tapering is a decrease in the weight of exercise carried out about 8-14 days aimed at maximizing psychological, physiological and physical adaptations resulting from the loading of previous exercises. The results of research and empirical evidence have proven that tapering can improve athletes' performance and are widely practiced in the world of sports achievements that take place two weeks before the competition. After the preparation of this paper, coaches and athletes, especially in the karate martial arts branch, can understand and apply tapering methods so that the highest achievements can be achieved.