title: Relationship between attack and pause in world Taekwondo championship contests: effects of gender and weight category.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to compare between weight and gender categories the attack and pause times during the 2007 Taekwondo World Championship.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 88 rounds (47 male and 41 female contests) were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no difference in attack/balancing times ratio between genders (0.13 ± 0.06 vs 0.13 ± 0.06, P > 0.05). The attack number was significantly higher in round 3 than in round 1 for all categories and genders. The balancing time was lower during the round 3 than round 1 for low-weight male and high-weight female categories. The delta of change from round 1 to 3 (round 3 - round 1) for attack time and attack/balancing times ratio were lower in male than female.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Female seems to intensify more the combat in the last round than male, and this seems be related to the weight division.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education and Sports Science (CAV), Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Victor Gustavo Ferreira
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Catholic University of Brasilia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flavio Oliveira
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.affiliation: Endurance Performance Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Romulo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bertuzzi
authors.affiliation: Martial Arts and Combat Sports Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Emerson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frachini
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education and Sports Science (CAV), Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil ; Endurance Performance Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos David
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: da Silva-Cavalcante
authors.affiliation: Endurance Performance Research Group, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Augusta
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Peduti Dal Molin Kiss
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education and Sports Science (CAV), Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriano Eduardo
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Lima-Silva
keywords: athletic performance; martial arts; sport; time and motion studies; training