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Rok Vatovec, Marina Dobnik, and Matej Plevnik

pare three combat-sport-specific preventive warm-up programmes: IP-
PON for judo, IPW as a cross-disciplinary protocol for grappling sports,
and MASS-12 for standing and striking combat sports. The contribution
summarises the rationale, structure, and content emphasis of each pro-
gramme and discusses practical considerations related to implementa-
tion, progression, and potential transferability across comparable com-
bat disciplines.

Methods
Design and Conceptual Approach
This contribution was developed as a descriptive programme review
combined with an applied conceptual synthesis. The aim was to present
and compare three combat-sport-specific preventive warm-up program-
mes (IPPON, IPW, and MASS-12) by summarising their rationale, struc-
ture, content emphasis, delivery characteristics, and current level of sup-
porting evidence, with particular attention directed towards practical
implementation in everyday training settings.

Literature Search Strategy
Relevant literature and programme materials were identified through
targeted searches in major sport science and sports medicine databas-
es and search engines, including PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of
Science, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar. Search strategies combined
programme-specific terms (e.g., ‘IPPON judo warm-up,’ ‘Injury Preven-
tion and Performance Optimization Netherlands,’ ‘Injury-Prevention
Warm-up IPW grappling,’ ‘MASS-12 martial arts striking injury preven-
tion’) with broader implementation- and prevention-related terms such
as ‘warm-up protocol,’ ‘injury prevention programme,’ feasibility, adher-
ence, coach-led, and implementation. Reference lists of key publications
were additionally screened to identify further relevant sources.
Selection and Synthesis
Sources were prioritised if they:
1. described programme development and theoretical rationale;
2. provided sufficient detail regarding programme structure, exercise
categories, progression principles, or delivery format; and/or
3. reported evaluation outcomes, such as injury incidence or preva-
lence, feasibility, adherence, and coach or athlete feedback.
Programme characteristics were extracted and synthesised narrative-

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