TY - CONF TI - Reaction time on fencing and karate high level athletes N2 - The great speed of the actions in combat sports makes very difficult to react quickJy without mistakes. If the fighter had longer time to react, their reaction would be more accurate. This fact gives relevance to choice lime reaction (CRT) studies on these kinds of sports. The importance of the athletes1 physical or psychological abilities varies depending on the sporl played. According to the requirements of the speciality, players who reach Ihe maximum level will be those who have the characteristics requested to compete on it. These abilities could be innate or "life-long" acquired by training. Previous studies have not confirmed yet in which sports reaction time is more important, in addition, previous measurements should be considered with caution because some of Ihem included movement time in the reaction time results (Martmez de Quel, 2003). An approach to gel further knowledge about this subject, it is comparing the results of e\perts in two or more disciplines with unspecific tests, in which previous sport experience is not required in order to perform the lest. M2 - Barcelona, España ID - upm3724 PB - Inef de Cataluña EP - 200 CY - Barcelona, España T2 - 1st International Congress Science and Technology in Fencing KW - Reaction time KW - Karate KW - Fencing KW - Combat KW - Sports UR - http://www.esgrima.cat/barcelona2008/ AV - public A1 - Martínez de Quel Pérez, Óscar A1 - Saucedo Morales, Francisco A1 - López Adán, Enrique A1 - Sillero Quintana, Manuel SN - 9788469101582 Y1 - 2008/// ER -