Anthropometric and physical performance profiles of elite karate kumite and kata competitors

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-114

  Koropanovski, Nenad ^a,c   Berjan, Bobana ^a,b   Bozic, Predrag R ^a,b   Pazin, Nemanja ^a   Sanader, Aleksandra ^b   Jovanovic, Srecko ^a   Jaric, Slobodan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Serbian Institute of Sport   (Serbia)

^c University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

karate; morphology; motor abilities; selection; testing; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555202410     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-011-0078-x     Document Type: Article

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