Kanzen Karate stars get fighting fit at Abertay ahead of world championships in Mexico

Abertay sports scientists are helping prepare three local athletes for one of the biggest events in the karate world.

Staff and students at the university’s School of Applied Sciences have been working with Kanzen Karate martial artists Cerys Hawes, and mother-and-daughter pair Nicola and Allanah Denny, to get them fighting fit ahead of the WUKF World Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, in July.

Focusing on conditioning and recovery, Dr John Babraj, lecturer in Exercise Physiology, created a training block tailored to the specific needs of karate.

On top of their hard work in the Kanzen dojo, the athletes have been getting put through their paces using Lode Excalibur and Monark arm ergometers in the Abertay sports laboratories twice-weekly in the build-up to the championships.