Body Composition in Karate: A Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Study by Valentina Cavedon, Chiara Milanese, Franco Sacristani, Carlo Zancanaro

“…Karate is a widely practiced combat sport. Karatekas’ body composition has typically been obtained in small groups using skinfolds or bioelectric impedance. …”
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Effect of Imagining the Strategy of Play and Imagining the Motor Skill on Youths' Sport Performance in Karate by Ali Fathizadeh, Mehdi Sohrabi, Alireza Saberi Kakhki

“…Introduction: The present study aimed to determine the effect of imagining the play strategies in comparison with imagining the motor skills on performance during a sports competition course.Methods: Participants were 30 (19 men, 11 women) karatekas who were evaluated as upper than moderate in terms of performance level. …”
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Caffeine and sodium bicarbonate supplementation alone or together improve karate performance by Sajjad Rezaei, Kazem Akbari, Daniel E. Gahreman, Amir Sarshin, Montassar Tabben, Mojtaba Kaviani, Alireza Sadeghinikoo, Majid S. Koozehchian, Alireza Naderi

“…This study examined the effects of CAF and NaHCO3 ingestion on physiological responses and rate of perceived exertion during a Karate-specific aerobic test (KSAT) in competitive karatekas. Methods In a double-blind, crossover, randomized placebo-controlled trial, eight Karatekas underwent five experimental conditions including control (CON), placebo (PLA), CAF, NaHCO3, and CAF + NaHCO3 before completing KSAT. …”
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Le karaté-do au service du rayonnement culturel de la ville de Kaya de 2006 à 2024 (Burkina Faso) by Aboubakar Sidiki SEGDA

“…Les performances de ses karatékas offrent une visibilité de Kaya dans l’univers médiatique. …”
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Karate practice: empowering solutions to mitigate school-age bullying by Hugo Simões, Pedro Santos, Beatriz Pereira, Abel Figueiredo

“…A questionnaire was applied to 336 Portuguese children (79 karatekas and 257 non-karate practitioners). The data were examined using the Chi-square test or the Fisher test and the V Cramer test. …”
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Karate, capoeira and MMA: a phenomenological approach to the process of starting a fight by Thabata Castelo Branco Telles, Anu Maarit Vaittinen, Cristiano Roque Antunes Barreira

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted and in the analysis we used a phenomenological perspective. Most of the karatekas described the distance adjustment and bowing to their opponent as the beginning of the combat. …”
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Humeral retroversion, shoulder range of motion, and functional mobility in striking martial arts athletes by Bartosz Sieger, Bartosz Wilczyński, Bożena Sztuka, Maciej Biały, Katarzyna Zorena

“…Abstract The aim of the study was to evaluate humeral retroversion, shoulder range of motion, and functional mobility in karatekas, boxers, kickboxers, and mixed martial arts fighters. …”
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Strength Abilities: Assessment and Specific Features of the Development of Elementary School-Aged Karate Boys by Volodymyr Hontarenko, Svitlana Marchenko, Oleksandr Korol

“…And these differences are in line with the age indicators and technical level of the karatekas.…”
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