Development of a Punch-O-Meter for Sport Karate Training

Kinematic and electromyographic analyses of a karate punch.

The aims of this study were: (i) to present the kinematic and electromyographic patterns of the choku-zuki punch performed by 18 experienced karatekas from the Portuguese team, and (ii) to compare it with the execution of 19 participants without any karate experience. The kinematic and electromyographic data were collected from the arm and forearm during the execution of the specific punch. A t...

Coupling between punch efficacy and body stability for elite karate.

In order to be successful in karate, it is necessary to apply the highest punch impulse at impact while maintaining dynamic body stability during the entire action. Here we test two different techniques to execute a specific karate punch and we compare expert and novice performances to explore the punch efficacy at different skill levels. Each participant, standing on a force platform, was aske...

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Sport Injuries of Karate During Training: An Epidemiologic Study in Iran

BACKGROUND Karate is a public sport that has athletes in various age ranges and abundant active sport clubs in Iran. The pattern of injury in this sport in Iranian athletes seems different from other countries. OBJECTIVES This study was performed with the purpose of considering the incidence and type of injury of karate athletes aged below 30 years from Tehran, Iran clubs. MATERIALS AND MET...

Sound Feedback for Powerful Karate Training

We have developed new sound feedback for powerful karate training with pleasure, which enables to extract player’s movement, understand player’s activities, and generate them to sounds. We have designed a karate training environment which consists of a multimodal room with cameras, microphones, video displays and loud speakers, and wearable devices with a sensor and a sound generator. Experimen...