A questionnaire conducted on 32 women Judoists reinforced for international tournaments is analized and summarized as follow.
1. The average age, height, and weight of those surveyed were 18.6 years old,158.8cm, and 58.3kg, respectively. They had an average of 6.1 year experience in Judo and 75 percent of them were high school or college students.
2. A large number of them mentioned as their motives for beginning Judo that Judo looked like an interesting sport and that they are fond of Judo itself. Judo appealed to them for reasons of skill involved and because it is a martial art. Generally speaking they formed positive attitudes and cheerful impressions toward Judo.
3. In order to promote women's Judo, therefore, it is important to give girls in their childhood many oppotunites to watch Judo and take part.
4. The players assigned on average 2.1 hours a day and 5.3 days a week for practice at their schools, the Kodokan, and private clubs. They concentrated on Kakari and Randori. Only 44 percent of them did Kata.
5. The greater part of the women surveyed pointed out factors that had a decisive effects on the matches in national tournaments included fighting spirit, endurance, amount of practice and the Newaza techniques.
6. They listed on the other hand items such as the lack of the experience in international tournament, fear, stage-fright, the lack of conditioning, and the Tachiwaza techniques as determining factors in international tournaments.
7. This survey suggests that further examination and the development of Newaza exercises along with physical fitness training is required.
8. In order to maintain mental conditioning in women Judoists and to prevent them from experiencing fear, stage-fright, the lack of conditioning, and the Tachiwaza techniques as determining factors in international tournaments.9. As to weight reduction as well as health care for women Judoists, it is expected that well-directed guide lines be established having been examined carefully from the viewpoints of method, rate and terms of the weight reduction.
