Developing maximal strength for combat sports athletes
Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2021 This chapter deals with historical aspects of strength training, contextualizing the relevance of strength training for combat sports to maximize the performance of grapplers, strikers, and mixed martial artists.
Braulio Henrique Magnani Branco +1 more
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Psychological resilience in Olympic combat sports. [PDF]
Front PsycholIntroductionThe purpose of the study was to examine psychological resilience in Olympic combat sports, comparing gender, sports performance level and discipline type. Moreover, we verified whether resilience predicts sports performance.Materials and methodsEighty-four athletes were involved in the study.
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The impact of combat sports on undergraduate students’ subjective well-being: chain mediation effects of emotional intelligence and self-esteem [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundWith the continuous development of positive psychology, undergraduate students’ subjective well-being has increasingly become a focal point for researchers.
Lei Ying, Qingqing Yang
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Establishing Benchmark Percentiles for the Classification of Body Fat Percentage of Professional Male Athletes Competing in Combat Sports through Bioimpedanciometry [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2023 Body composition as a meaningful factor can result in physiological responses in both the physical body and general health status. Nevertheless, the schemes for establishing cut-off points for identifying the classifications of the body fat percentage of
Marius Baranauskas +2 more
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A survey study on sports injury by age for male athletes in combat sports [PDF]
Korean Journal of Sport Science, 2021 Background: Sports injury is critical for elite athletes, especially those in combat sports, which have high injury risk as the athletes attack their opponents' bodies to win. The purpose of this study was to examine the injury frequency according to the injured area and injury rate on two occasions (training and competitions) by age and sports in male
Soyoung Park +3 more
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Combat sports for persons with disabilities [PDF]
Fizička Kultura, 2011 In literature, the term adapted sport indicates sports activities, modified and adapted to persons with disabilities. In spite of their highly prominent values, combat sports are underrepresented among persons with disabilities in Serbia. The benefits of
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Born to fight? Genetics and combat sports
Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas, 2014 Recently, the influence of genetics on sports performance has received increased attention from many researchers. In combat sports, some investigations have also been conducted.
Emerson Franchini
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Meta-analysis of the red advantage in combat sports. [PDF]
Sci RepResearch has previously documented that across a range of Olympic combat sports, wearing red is associated with a higher probability of winning contests, especially when bouts are close. Yet, the hypothesis for a red advantage has not been systematically examined across multiple tournaments. Here, we report 6,589 contest outcomes for boxing, taekwondo,
Peperkoorn LS +3 more
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What is hindering Chinese women from participating in combat sports? [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingWith the awakening of female consciousness, women's participation in sports has gradually gained autonomy and agency. However, Chinese women still face numerous restrictions in combat sports, hindering the development of this industry.
Yike Li +7 more
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Kicking, Throwing, Grappling: How Combat Sports Shape Muscular Fitness and Motor Competence in Children [PDF]
Journal of Functional Morphology and KinesiologyBackground/Objectives: This study aimed to examine differences in motor competence and muscular fitness between children engaged in combat sports and their peers who do not participate in structured physical activity. Methods: The sample consisted of 120
Stevan Stamenković +4 more
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