title: Time taken as a determinant of advancement in Shotokan karate black-belt Heian kata performance.
abstract: 30 experienced black-belt subjects were individually timed on each of the five Heian kata. Significant relationships were found between years of training and increased performance time on all the kata and for four with age controlled. The multiple correlation was significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of London Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, England.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Layton
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Avenell
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; 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