Karate in the universe

Spending time to practice karate in a weightless state on the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian astronaut, Dmitry Kondratyev, plans to check to see if such a positive movement will help him keep his body. Its balanced and toned body is not deformed like those of the previous space expeditions.

Dmitri Kondratyev (middle seat) in the crew.(Photo: Yoki)

Although not yet known about the results of the training, the Russian astronaut Dmitri Kondratiev still wants to prove that he can get some effect. He is a kekusinkai karate martial artist at the level of brown belt. He brought along a video tape to the International Space Station to practice.

Dmitry Kondratyev was launched on ISS on the ' Soyuz TMA-20 ' manned ship on December 15 with a crew of an American colleague, astronaut Catherine Coleman, of NASA and one. Italian researcher Paolo Nespoli, of the European Space Agency ESA.

Before flying, the astronauts had to undergo a comprehensive 1-week examination. Arriving at the ISS Station, the three will join a group with two Russian colleagues, Alexandr Kaleri and Oleg Skripochnyi and an American astronaut, Scott Kelly, from the station last month. All will stay on ISS for 6 months and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the death of the first astronaut Iuri Gagarin on it.

As we all know, staying at work on space stations is affected by the weightless situation and it is difficult to move in too narrow space, causing the bones to be diluted , the muscles become sluggish , and the body has certain distortions to adapt to the situation.

Therefore, Dmitri Kondratyev's intention to practice karate, if there is a result, will definitely suggest to doctors to create exercises to keep the astronauts healthy during future flights. .