Studies comparing performance characteristics in multiple combat sports are scarce [14, 15] and to our knowledge, no study has compared performance related characteristics in taekwondo, karate and judo specifically. Therefore, this study aims to discriminate young male U13 and U18 athletes from three differ- ent combat sports using a generic testing battery. It is hypothesized that young male U13 and U18 from three different combat sports, i.e. taekwondo, karate and judo can be discriminated using a generic test battery. It is also expected that in the oldest age group the differences for the measured talent characteristics would be more pronounced between the sport disci- plines due to training and ‘natural’ selection.