Meningkatkan keterampilan gerak kata “empi” melalui kombinasi latihan hurdle drill dan imagery karateka lemkari Banjarmasin

age range of 5 to 20 years and 1 to 10 years of training experience. In the first cycle, the observations showed that 57.7% of karateka were in the good category, 11.5% in the acceptable category, and 30.8% in the bad category. After participating in the combination of hurdle drill and imagery training, in the final cycle there was an increase in the percentage of karateka in the good category to 61.5%, acceptable to 23.1%, and bad to 15.4%. The gain test shows an increase in the good category by 6.5%, the acceptable category is 100%, and the bad category is reduced by 50%. The results of this study indicate that the combination of physical hurdle drill training and mental imagery training has the potential to improve the movement skills of the word "Empi" in karateka, which can help them achieve a level of excellence in karate