Karate and Aggressiveness among Eight-Year-Old Boys

@article{Reynes2002KarateAA,
  title={Karate and Aggressiveness among Eight-Year-Old Boys},
  author={Eric Reynes and Jean Lorant},
  journal={Perceptual and Motor Skills},
  year={2002},
  volume={94},
  pages={1041 - 1042}
}
This report is an addendum to Reynes and Lorant's study (2002). From a small karate group of 9 boys assessed for aggressiveness analysis yielded no significant variations of aggressiveness after one year of karate training but showed differences between karate and judo training which requires further investigation. 
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