Jovana Spasović, Jovan Spasović, Radojica Spasović

A research was conducted on a sample of 20 participants. The participants included preschool children, 4-6 years of age, and absolute beginners in real aikido. The aim of the research was to determine the effects of play in the process of teaching techniques for the yellow belt testing in real aikido. One group of participants did not play specific games in the course of the main part of training sessions over the period of three months, while the other group of participants played those games within the main part of the training sessions over the same period of time. The research subject is the programmed training process where the specific games, as an experimental factor, play an important role in the process of teaching techniques within the testing program for children between 4 and 6 years of age. The quality of techniques’ realization as a result of the training circumstances was assessed by the expert grading. The grades 5 to 10 were given by the three-member jury, all masters of real aikido. Statistical analysis showed that there are significant differences in terms of quality of techniques’ realization between the group that played the specific games in the course of the main part of the training sessions and the group that did not play the games to the advantage of the former vs. the latter. In view of all the above mentioned, it can be firmly stated that the specific games have significant and positive role in teaching real aikido techniques in case of children, 4-6 years of age, and that they should be a part of the training process

Keywords: play, children, real aikido, preschool age

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