Studies in combat sports: state of the art

Authors

  • Emerson Franchini Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Educação Física e Esporte
  • Fabrício Boscolo Del Vecchio Universidade Federal de Pelotas; Escola Superior de Educação Física

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1807-55092011000500008

Keywords:

Profession, Physical education and training, Martial arts, Combat sports

Abstract

The objective of the present text was to present the state of art of studies related to combat sports (CS). Initially, it is presented the relevancy of these sports, from a historical perspective to its representativeness in international competitions, as the Olympic Games. The common areas of Sport's professional intervention, the initiatives of events, publications, research groups and scientific organizations related to the CS are also presented. Additionally, studies applied to different areas of Sport's professional intervention - physical training, technical and tactical preparation, management and organization - were also illustrated. Finally, perspectives of new studies and aspects related to professional preparation were reported.

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Published

2011-12-01

Issue

Vol. 25 (2011): special issue

Section

naodefinida

License

Todo o conteúdo da revista, exceto onde está identificado, está licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons (CC-BY)

How to Cite

Franchini, E., & Del Vecchio, F. B. (2011). Studies in combat sports: state of the art . Brazilian Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 25(spe), 67-81. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1807-55092011000500008