In sum, research using a generic testing battery to reveal performance related characteristics in combat sports showed that height and leg length are important talent characteristics in karate and taekwondo, because leg power, core stability and flexibility are basic require- ments for kicking [2, 3, 6, 8]. Explosive strength, bal- ance, flexibility and agility contribute to faster executed taekwondo, judo and karate skills [4-6,11].