Advancements in the Scientific Study of Combative Sports

Jason E Warnick, W Daniel Martin (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

214 Seiten

2010
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-60876-733-5 (ISBN)

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Combative sports, like boxing and the martial arts, have been a mainstay of competitive athletics throughout the history of mankind. Research on these sports has spanned many domains including psychology, sociology, physiology, sports medicine and biomechanics. This book seeks to provide a central outlet for the research on combative sports.

Combative sports, like boxing and the martial arts, have been a mainstay of competitive athletics throughout the history of mankind. While these sports are controversial in nature, the athletic endeavours of boxing and mixed martial arts have become multi-billion dollar industries enjoyed by millions of fans around the world. Research on these sports has spanned many domains including psychology, sociology, physiology, sports medicine and biomechanics. Each of these approaches to the topic of combative sports has provided many interesting findings. Further, each field has offered advancements that have improved the sports' training, judging, safety, and associated medical care. However, until now, research within each of these domains has been published in journals specifically targeting scholars in that field. Thus, interdisciplinary research on this topic has remained rare and has seldom been promoted. This book seeks to provide a central outlet for the current research on combative sports, provoke interdisciplinary approaches to the field, and provoke further research and advancements on the topic. For scholars interested in combative sports, various aspects (e.g., mental, physical and cultural) of athletics and sports medicine, this book will be useful as both a starting point and a reference guide for the field.

Preface; A Review of the Variables Predictive of a Professional Boxing Bout's Outcome; High Intensity Training & the Mixed Martial Artist; Special Judo Fitness Test: Development & Results; Biomechanics of Kung Fu Palm Strike; Judo & Variability: Application to Technical Actions During the Match; The Influence of Painful Stimulation During Asian Martial Arts Training on Pain Perception; Handedness, Achievement in Sport & Boxing; Further Evidence of the Availability Heuristic Bias for Boxing Awards; Injuries in the Martial Arts; Health Benefits Associated with Kung Fu Training; The Biomechanics of Impact in Boxing; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.2010
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	230 x 155 mm
Gewicht	368 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10	1-60876-733-7 / 1608767337
ISBN-13	978-1-60876-733-5 / 9781608767335
Zustand	Neuware