title: Time taken as a determinant of advancement in Shotokan karate black-belt Tekki kata performance.
abstract: 18 experienced black-belt subjects were individually timed on the kata Tekki Shodan. A significant relationship was found between years training and increased performance time and also between increased performance time and grade, both independent of age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of London Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, England.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Layton
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016139:Martial Arts / Q000193:education / Q000502:physiology*; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors