Universality and Differentiation on the SPORTS Training Methods of Health Qigong Exercise and Yoga

This study was conducted in order to explain how Qigong and yoga, which are commonly confused with each other, can be distinguished. For this purpose, this study examined the universality and differentiation of Qigong and yoga. In addition, it sampled the subjects from 150 sports‐for‐all instructors with experience in Qigong and yoga training and surveyed their responses using an open‐end questionnaire based on inductive analysis. Responses to the questionnaire were classified and categorized according to the procedure of content analy-sis, and from this process were derived factors by area. For the reliability of analysis results, triangulation was used in the data analysis process, and according to the results of content analysis, a total of 640 responses were identified with regard to the universality and differentiation of Qigong and yoga. The number of respons-es on the universality of Qigong and yoga was 243, and from them were derived 13 factors of the detailed area and 1 other area, and 9 factors of the theme area. In addition, 5 universality factors were found in the general area for the generalization of content analysis. When a preliminary scale with 20 questions was constructed from collected data and exploratory factor analysis and reliability test were performed, 5 major factors were found including the use of space, motor con-trol, meditation and breathing exercise, relaxation, and free participation. These results explain universal and differentiated parts in Qigong and yoga, and they are expected to contribute to increasing the population train-ing in Qigong and yoga, the traditional training methods based on Oriental thoughts.