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This study aims to elucidate whether the gaze strategies of performers in Nihon Kendo kata and the muscle activity involved in gripping the sword depend on skill level. Six college-aged students participated, three having over 14 years of experience and the remaining three being novices. A wearable eye-tracking device was employed, and the surface electromyography (EMG) of the flexor digitorum profundus was recorded. We calculated objective features and applied a two-way ANOVA. As a result, a main effect of the expertise level was observed for the number and duration of fixations, the average acceleration obtained from eye movement, and the normalized time-averaged values from EMG (p

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