An unusual elbow injury occurring as a result of a poorly executed breakfall in judo is recorded. The treatment, possible mechanism and outcome are described. The poor prognosis of severe lesions is emphasised with reference to current literature.

The potential ergogenic effect of nutritional supplements depends on their dosage and the type exercise executed. Aiming at reviewing research literature regarding sport utilized in judo order to improve performance, a search was performed following databases: Dialnet, PubMed, Scielo, Scopus SportDiscus. A total 11 articles met inclusion criteria were selected. Evidence revised indicates that s...

There is an evident lack of experimental studies dealing with the anthropological determinants of success in judo, especially concerning young athletes. In this paper we have attempted to establish some of the anthropological factors potentially related to judo competition achievement in 15-16 year old athletes. A set of 14 anthropometric and 12 motor-endurance variables was tested on the best ...

Many tournaments are plagued by sabotage among competitors. Typically, sabotage is welfare-reducing, but from an individual’s perspective an attractive alternative to exerting positive effort. Yet, given its illegal and often immoral nature, sabotage is typically hidden, making it difficult to assess its extent and its victims. Therefore, we use data from Judo World Championships, where a rule ...

The aim was to determine both the magnitude and the direction of the relations among certain motor abilities and performance in judo bouts performed in a standing position. Therefore, a sample of 122 of Zagreb’s Faculty of Kinesiology sophomores was tested. A battery of 15 motor tests was used and these were the predictor variables. The sample of criterion variables consisted of two performance...

(1) Individuals differ in: (a) cognitive/cogitative types; (b) modal types: (c) degree of awareness unconscious layers thought process; (d) utilization strategic judo and camouflaged reversal. (2) Cognitive/cogitative types should not be confused with skill types, aptitude emotional or personality types. (3) Individual differences in are mostly phenotypically innate. Therefore the assumption th...

This study aimed to describe self-selected intensity and its relationship performance during a high-intensity all-out judo protocol, verify whether athletes with different anaerobic speed reserve (ASR) perform differently interval uchi-komi (judo-specific skill). We analyzed the of 28 as whole group divided into groups, according their ASR. They performed several judo-specific protocols using s...

How Judo Professionals Win and Lost in Competition: A Closer Look at Gender, Weight, Technique, Gripping

The purpose of this study is to clarify psychological factors related recovery from sports injuries in judo and track field. A questionnaire survey was conducted with male female university players (n=944) field athletes (n=645), who were identified using the snowball sampling. included following items; state injuries, individual traits, coping resources, health issues, stress responses emotion...