Anxiety Manifestations in Relation to the Preparation Periods in Karate Do

The competitive characteristics in karate do represent important proximal factors for an increase in the anxiety level. Thus, the athlete's attentional resources are possible to be no longer exclusively focused on finding the solution to win the victory, but on the negativist thinking. We start from the premise that the anxiety manifestation level intervenes during the competitive fighting. Our approach represents a qualitative research based on the case study method. In this research, we used the Endler Multidimensional Anxiety Scales that assess anxiety as a state (EMAS-S), as a trait(EMAS-T) and as a perception (EMAS-P). The analysis of the obtained results showed an improvement of the athletes' performances, which, in the first testing, were less good, but in the second one, they placed the athletes within low anxiety classes; it was also noticed a decrease in the participating athletes' anxiety level as the main competition was approaching.