This study objective of analyzing the influence of anthropometric on impulse and execution time the back kick. 12 athletes participated, karate black belts. For data acquisition were used: stadiometer, balance, contact carpet and instrumented target. We used descriptive statistics and to determine the influence of anthropometric variables on kinematics and kinetics, we used multivariate linear regression (p <0.05). The results showed that the influence of anthropometric characteristics has 70% in the impulse and 69% in the execution time of the back kick when done with the right leg, and influence 60% in the impulse and 76% in the execution time when run with the left lower limb. Thus, we can conclude that the mass, height and lower limb length have significant influence on impulse and at execution time when analyzed together. Analyzed individually, the length of the lower limb anthropometric characteristic was more significant influence for both impulse and for the execution time of the kick. As for the mass seems to be a "great value" for the best performance impulse this value exceeded the dough starts to act negatively on the performance impulse back kick the karate.
Karate; Back kick; Anthropometry
