BACKGROUND karate requires an optimal interception of the opponent's attack. Particularly in unconstrained situations, normal, untrained, subjects solve this problem adopting rather different solutions. It is currently unknown if karate as show a more uniform selection of interception schemes due to their special training. METHODS here we applied a 3D scanner to study the movement reproducibi...

The aim of this research was to compare the femininity and masculinity traits among athletes. So 45 female and 45 male athletes (+16 yrs) attended at least once in Karate, Volleyball, Futsal, and Aerobic tournament provincial Championships were selected randomly from 360 individuals by Cochran formula. Eysenck femininity and masculinity questionnaire was used to evaluate the subjects. Data were...

The aim of this paper was to obtain information relevant for efficient selection in karate, based on comparison of biomotor status of male/female 7th and 8th grade students in primary school "Bijaći" from Kastel Novi and karate practitioners and non-practitioners (cadets) in Croatia. For this purpose, a sample was drawn of 352 primary school students (150 males and 152 females) and 50 karate pr...

The aim of this research is to identify significant anthropological factors important for success in a karate fight by which we may obtain some information on the complexity of karate in the latent structure significant in the application of karate as a sport in education, and as part of curricular and extracurricular activities. For this purpose, we applied a set of 18 anthropometrical measure...

The aim of this purpose was to compare injury mechanism in boys’ amateur epical athletes in Kyokushin, Karate and Aikido. 95 Aikido athletes, 83 Kyokushin ka athletes, 76 Karate ka were randomly selected from Shiraz clubs. Data were analyzed by Χ test. The results showed that the rate of injuries in Kyokoshin was (24.1%), Karate (19.5%) (X=448.46, P=0.000). In all three fields, there were injur...

Traditional Shotokan Karate training requires hand conditioning using the Okinawan traditional padded punching board, the " makiwara " (maki-" roll up " or " wrap " , and wara-to " straw "). Karate practitioners used to work out for hours with this device, to toughen the hands and strengthen the wrists to be able to deliver more powerful hand techniques. However, even though they may not use a ...

The aim of this research was to determine the significance of morphological factors, factors of basic motor and specific motor abilities, and the factors of technical efficiency, on the karate fight success in Croatian female cadet karate athletes. With this purpose, the group of 18 anthropometric measures, 10 basic motor tests, 5 situational karate motor tests, the group of 8 evaluations of 6 ...

The aim of the study was to assess interdependence of specific motor abilities (situation karate tests) and motor skills (karate techniques), and karate performance (fighting efficiency) in under-sixteen male karateka aged 11-12 and 13-14 years. A battery of 5 situation motor tests were applied and 6 basic elements of karate technique evaluated in a sample of 20 male karateka aged 11-12 and 20 ...

the aim of this research was to investigate the situation of talent identification process and to collect karate related indexes in iran. for this purpose, 63 karate subjects, male (n=31) and female (n=32), participated and filled in 3 special questionnaires to identify present and optimal situation of talent identification and most important aspects of biometric, motor capabilities, psychologi...

Although the sport of karate has been somewhat neglected by scientists, the following two isolated biomechanical studies exist in literature: (1)-tracings of a karate chop in two planes were presented, but no data was given concerning the rates of movement of the limb segments, and (2) preand postimpact phenomena of five subjects were studied, and hand velocities and forces at impact were repor...