BIOMECHANICAL ANALVSIS OF THE FRONT KICK WITH THE DOMINANT AND NON-DOMINANT LIMB IN THE SHITO-RVU STYLE OF KARATE

Authors

  • Xenia Andrzejewski
  • Leonard Elbaum

Keywords:

karate, kicking, biomechanics

Abstract

The kinematics of the ideal martial arts kick, and the best ways to train martial artists to achieve it, are both relatively unknown in the traditional, western biomechanics and kinesiology literature.

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Published

2008-03-16

Issue

23 International Symposium on Biomechanics in Sports (2005)

Section

Coaching and Sports Activities

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