2014, Volume 10

Table of Contents

Original Article


Published online: 2014-12-24
Static and dynamic balance in 14-15 year old boys training judo and in their non-active peers
Kazimierz Witkowski, Jarosław Maśliński, Adam Remiarz

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Views: 2100 Downloads: 2651

Published online: 2014-12-19
Usefulness of the psychomotor tests for distinguishing the skill levels among older and younger judo athletes
Jan Supiński, Zbigniew Obmiński, Rafał Kubacki, Jerzy Kosa, Waldemar Moska

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Views: 1531 Downloads: 1630

Published online: 2014-12-09
The relationship between motoric dominance and functional dominance while executing judo techniques: a study on laterality
Xurxo Dopico, Eliseo Iglesias-Soler, Eduardo Carballeira, Xián Mayo, Antonio Ardá, Marta González-Freire

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Views: 1516 Downloads: 1494

Published online: 2014-11-30
Talent detection in taekwondo: which factors are associated with the longitudinal competitive success?
Pedro Vieira Sarmet Moreira, Luciano Fernandes Crozara, Marcio Fagundes Goethel, Leandro Vinhas de Paula, Filomena Vieira

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Views: 1263 Downloads: 1409

Published online: 2014-11-20
Nutritional assessment of Brazilian sumo wrestlers
Luciana Rossi, Camila Yuke Torigoe, Eliane Silva T. Ferreira, Flávia Rafaella Gomes Santos, Joyce Vitor Silva, Ruby Carla Rabello

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Views: 1514 Downloads: 1624

Published online: 2014-10-31
Enhancing the decision making of skilled karate athletes with a “no-feedback” perceptual training program
Nicolas Milazzo, Damian Farrow, Jean Fournier

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Views: 1857 Downloads: 1994

Published online: 2014-10-20
Comparison of aggressiveness levels in combat sports and martial arts male athletes to non-practising peers
Cezary Kuśnierz, Wojciech J Cynarski, Artur Litwiniuk

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Views: 2324 Downloads: 3062

Published online: 2014-10-10
Psychological indicators of overtraining in high level judo athletes in pre- and post-competition periods
Franco Noce, Varley Teoldo Costa, Leszek Antoni Szmuchrowski, Deiveskan Serra Soares, Marco Túlio de Mello

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Views: 1271 Downloads: 1291

Published online: 2014-09-30
Similarities and differences of body control during professional, externally forced fall to the side performed by men aged 24 and 65 years
Robert Michnik, Jacek Jurkojć, Piotr Wodarski, Dariusz Mosler, Roman Maciej Kalina

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Views: 1467 Downloads: 1506

Published online: 2014-09-23
Comparison of physical fitness levels of adolescents according to sports participation: martial arts, team sports and non-sports
Gurhan Kayihan

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Views: 1207 Downloads: 1136

Published online: 2014-09-16
A biomechanical assessment of fajin mechanisms in martial arts
Jia-Hao Chang, Yao-Ting Chang, Chen-Fu Huang

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Views: 1281 Downloads: 1250

Published online: 2014-09-08
The Influence of the Special Throwing Technique on the Prevalence of Knee Joint Injuries in Judo
Robert Prill, Hans J Appell Coriolano, Sven Michel, Martin Alfuth

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Views: 1587 Downloads: 1455

Published online: 2014-08-31
Body composition, isometric hand grip and explosive strength leg – similarities and differences between novices and experts in an international competition of Brazilian jiu jitsu
Francisco Javier Diaz-Lara, Jose Manuel García García, Luis Fernandes Monteiro, Javier Abian-Vicen

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Published online: 2014-08-22
The similarity of training experience and morphofunctional traits as prediction criteria of the sports level in subsequent stages of long-term women's judo training
Władysław Jagiełło, Beata Wolska, Stanisław Sawczyn, Marcin Dornowski

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Views: 1492 Downloads: 1480

Published online: 2014-08-14
Energy balance in taekwondo athletes during pre-competition
Marcos D M Drummond, Bruno P Couto, Ralph J S Eufrásio, Reginaldo Gonçalves, Leszek A Szmuchrowski

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Views: 1354 Downloads: 1546

Published online: 2014-07-31
Biomechanics of the judo backward breakfall: comparison between experienced and novice judokas
Takanori Ishii, Sentaro Koshida, Tadamitsu Matsuda, Toshihiko Hashimoto

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Views: 1888 Downloads: 2150

Published online: 2014-07-22
Competence of people conducting yoga classes in Poland – analysis based of websites information
Leslaw Kulmatycki, Krystyna Boron-Krupinska

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Views: 1437 Downloads: 1399

Published online: 2014-07-11
Physiological and psychological performance of Taekwondo Athletes is more affected by rapid than by gradual weight reduction
Woo-Hwi Yang, Wilhelm Bloch, Marijke Grau, Pilsang Kim, Anke Schmitz, Oliver Heine, Joachim Mester

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Published online: 2014-06-30
Changes in body composition, anthropometric indicators and maximal strength due to weight reduction in judo
Klára Coufalová, Darryl James Cochrane, Tomáš Malý, Jan Heller

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Views: 1142 Downloads: 962

Published online: 2014-06-27
The impact of an intensive two-year judo training at the dynamics of the morphological development in adolescents
Andrzej Knapik, Edward Saulicz, Michał Kuszewski, Jerzy Rottermund, Mirosław Kokosz, Mariola Saulicz

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Published online: 2014-06-20
The value of non-sport-specific characteristics for talent orientation in young male judo, karate and taekwondo athletes
Johan Pion, Job Fransen, Matthieu Lenoir, Veerle Segers

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Views: 1572 Downloads: 6929

Published online: 2014-06-08
Differences in gripping configurations during the execution of throwing techniques between male and female cadets at the European Judo Championship
Husnija Kajmovic, Izet Rađo, Amel Mekic, Branislav Crnogorac, Ekrem Colakhodzic

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Views: 1490 Downloads: 1597

Published online: 2014-05-26
The influence of the scenery and the amplitude of visual disturbances in the virtual reality on the maintaining the balance
Robert Michnik, Jacek Jurkojć, Piotr Wodarski, Marek Gzik, Andrzej Bieniek

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Views: 1347 Downloads: 1372

Published online: 2014-05-12
Weight categories do not prevent athletes from Relative Age Effect: an analysis of Olympic Games wrestlers
Maicon Rodrigues Albuquerque, Varley Teoldo da Costa, Larissa Oliveira Faria, Mariana Calábria Lopes, Guilherme Menezes Lage, Dariusz Sledziewski, Leszek Antoni Szmuchrowski, Emerson Franchini

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Published online: 2014-05-05
Body build, body composition and special fitness of female top ju-jitsu contestants
Katarzyna Sterkowicz-Przybycień, Tadeusz Ambroży, Marian Jasiński, Andrzej Kędra

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Views: 1453 Downloads: 1415

Published online: 2014-04-28
Three-dimensional assessment of the judo throwing techniques frequently used in competition
Luis Santos, Javier Fernández-Río, María Luisa Ruiz, Miguel Del Valle, Mike Callan, Bob Challis, Stanislaw Sterkowicz

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Published online: 2014-04-17
Offensive activity as an element of the evaluation of struggle dynamics of judo contestants
Dariusz Boguszewski

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Published online: 2014-04-10
Technical and Tactical Characteristic of Japanese High Level Women Kendo Players: a Comparative Analysis
Mitsuru Nakamura, Yukiko Takami, Masaki Nakano, Kiyoshi Ito, Naoya Maekawa, Masahiro Tamura

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Views: 2137 Downloads: 2950

Published online: 2014-03-31
First ranking of the scientific units Polish physical education higher schools based on monographs published in 2009-2012 indexed by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
Bartłomiej Jan Barczyński

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Views: 1095 Downloads: 1030

Published online: 2014-03-24
Does the reaction time to visual stimuli contribute to performance in judo?
Adrian Cojocariu, Beatrice Abalasei

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Views: 1450 Downloads: 1677

Published online: 2014-03-13
Effects of a 90-minute wrestling training on the selected features of the shape of spine and pelvis under load
Alicja Kaiser, Marek Sokołowski, Mirosław Mrozkowiak

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Published online: 2014-03-06
Exercise domain profile through pulmonary gas exchange response during Kendo practice by men
Andrei Sancassani, Dalton Muller Pessoa Filho

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Views: 1530 Downloads: 2149

Published online: 2014-02-28
The diversity of body composition, body proportions and strength abilities of female judokas in different weight categories
Aleksandra Stachoń, Jadwiga Pietraszewska, Anna Burdukiewicz, Justyna Andrzejewska

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Published online: 2014-02-17
Factors influencing the effectiveness of axe kick in taekwon-do
Jacek Wąsik, Gongbing Shan

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Views: 2012 Downloads: 9667

Published online: 2014-02-07
Postural patterns and adaptations in judo athletes
Wagner Castropil, Carla Arnoni

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Views: 1072 Downloads: 1028

Published online: 2014-01-25
Coping strategies used by professional combat sports fighters vs. untrained subjects
Katarzyna Sterkowicz-Przybycień, Ewa Grygiel

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Views: 1431 Downloads: 1445

Published online: 2014-01-17
The meaning of taijiquan from the Chen family in physical activity of Poles
Józef Bergier, Robert Panasiuk, Michał Bergier

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Views: 1563 Downloads: 1662

Published online: 2014-01-06
Judo Kumi-te Pattern and Technique Effectiveness Shifts after the 2013 International Judo Federation Rule Revision
Kiyoshi Ito, Nobuyoshi Hirose, Mitsuru Nakamura, Naoya Maekawa, Masahiro Tamura

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Review Article


Published online: 2014-11-10
The association of sport and violence, aggression and aggressiveness – prospects for education about non-aggression and reduction of aggressiveness
Jarosław Klimczak, Robert Podstawski, Dawid Dobosz

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Views: 1556 Downloads: 1836