The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between somatotype, muscle torque and power output in judoists. Thirteen judoists (age 18.4±3.1 years, body height 178.6±8.2 cm, body mass 82.3±15.9 kg) volunteered to participate in this study. Somatotype was determined using the Heath-Carter method. Maximal muscle torques of elbow, shoulder, knee, hip and trunk flexors as well as exten...

OBJECTIVE Karate and judo are originally Japanese martial arts which may have different influences on adolescents' behavior. This study was conducted to examine the total anger rate and its subscale-reactive anger, instrumental anger, and anger control-rates in young karateka and judoka. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in 11 to 19-year old boys. Adolescents included in the stu...

The aim of the present study was to analyze the instruction of the Judo coach immediately before the competition, in the process of preparation for the fights, looking to (1) study the coherency between the information which the coach transmits and that which the athlete retains; (2) identify the correlation between the coherency, the extension and the number of ideas conveyed by the coach; (3)...

This case study investigated relationships between personality, mood states changes, coping strategies, self-set goals, and self-efficacy in an elite judo player. A transactional perspective of psychological responses over time was used to guide data analysis. The ambient mood is proposed to contribute to the interpretation of, and reaction to, events during competition, which lead to subsequen...

the aim of this study was to evaluate the development priorities and strategies of judo championship in iran from experts' viewpoints. statistical population consisted of all experts of this field including adult national judokas, coaches, board of directors and superior managers of judo federation (n=60) and the available sample consisted of 40 subjects. a researcher-made questionnaire wa...

The scientific article presents the rationale for implementing method of developing speed and strength abilities 10th – 11th grade students using judo in extracurricular educational training process. It has been proven that above-mentioned technique contributes to positive assimilation theoretical material on judo, activates interest physical education sports activities. purpose study is invest...

Judo competitions are divided into weight classes. However, most athletes reduce their body weight in a few days before competition in order to obtain a competitive advantage over lighter opponents. To achieve fast weight reduction, athletes use a number of aggressive nutritional strategies so many of them place themselves at a high health-injury risk. In collegiate wrestling, a similar problem...

In judo combat, the grip (kumi-kata) helps to control and dominate opponent, per current rules is a prerequisite executing throwing technique. this scoping review, articles reviews published in scientific journals English were searched Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed SPORTDiscus databases from inception until December 2020. The studies classified into technical-tactical or time-motion analyses, ...

PURPOSE The present study investigated the effects of high-intensity intermittent training (HIIT) on lower- and upper-body graded exercise and high-intensity intermittent exercise (HIIE, four Wingate bouts) performance, and on physiological and muscle damage markers responses in judo athletes. METHODS Thirty-five subjects were randomly allocated to a control group (n = 8) or to one of the fol...