Visuoperceptual speed of karate practitioners at three levels of skill.

The Identical Pictures Test was administered to 50 male and 45 female volunteer karateka who were classified by Fitts' level of learning and karate belt-rank color system (kyu-dan) into three groups. A 2 (sex) x 3 (skill) analysis of variance gave a significant difference for skill and sex. Over-all, the practitioners in the autonomous stage (black belts) and the women had faster visuoperceptual speed.