Abstract des Autors

Elite male and female teakwondo athletes were tested for kicking and punching speed and force. The results indicated that, as expected, in absolute terms, men were faster and produced higher force values than women. The round kick (ap tollyo ch'agi) was fastest of all techniques studied and the spinning back kick (twit ch'agi) was the most forceful kick in both men and women. No sex-related differences in relative speed were found. LBM explained 59% of the variance in speed during the right side kick in the female athletes, while body weight accounted for 57% of the variance in speed of the left reverse punch. For the female teakwondo athletes, LBM explained 72% of the variance in force of the left roundhouse kick, while speed accounted for 60% of the variance in force of the left spinning back kick. For the male teakwondo athletes, body weight explained 87% of the variance in force of the right roundhouse kick and 67% of the left side kick. Speed accounted for 82% of the variance in force of the right reverse punch. Verf.-Referat