Kapo, S. et al.: Situation development profile of K-1 tournament winners Acta Kinesiologica, 2(2008) 2:37-44 37 SI TUATI ON DEVELOPMENT PROFI LE OF K-1 GRAND-PRI X TOURNAMENT WI NNERS Safet Kapo 1 , Dobromir Bonacin 2 , I zet Ra đo 1 , Husnija Kajmovi ć 1 and Branko Cikati ć 1 1 Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina Original scientific paper Abstract We analyzed all matches in final Grand-prix K-1 tournament 1993-2004, and measured body height, body mass and age of each fighter. With detailed inspection of DVD recordings of all 98 matches we monitored all arm and leg offense and defense techniques, blocks, activity types, ways of match finishing, injuries, match duration, prohibited acting, tactical means, tactical fighting types and estimated personality dimensions, of totally 102 parameters. With specific data analyzing technology, we identified four profiles that we simple can describe as: a) beginner, b) technician, c) tactic expert and d) fight master. Development functions show realistic possibility of global training period’s definition for energy, technique, tactics and dimensions of personality. Key words: fighters, situation monitoring, power functions, profiles, development Introduction Martial art, as a part of total sport specific human movement organization, is special phenomenon with enormous number of elements from different anthropological sphere (Valera, 1973; Shim, 2003; Hassel 1984). Its understanding demands a lot of good will, criticism and need for new material learning with crossing bounds or limitations of so called “well known” conservative facts (Kapo, 2005). It is necessary to go forward if new discoveries and situations claim to overcome insecure methodological stereotypes (Bonacin, 2004). All great teachers teach us that the only real scientific way is constant new idea exploration. In sport, basic sense of exercise we can recognize as new motor ideograms and knowledge collecting, harmonic psycho- somatic development, competition and mental or spiritual need satisfaction (Liao & Lui, 2003; Nagamine 1976). Those facts apply for any human activity, any sport and for K-1 as well. When we explore human characteristics, because of great complexity and numerous integrated parameters we face, we have to be very serious and careful (Murphy, 1995). That is especially the case with martial arts, because one opponent actions are always related to other opponent movements and actions (Kapo, 2005). Problem elaborated in this work is simple situation profile identification of all top level sportsmen that fight on final Grand-prix tournament at Tokyo Dome 1993-2004. Methods Several professional judges, with very precise methodology that includes detailed and repeated overview of DVD recorded matches, registered 102 types of situation aspects of all matches on final tournaments 1993-2004. Each fighter that came to Tokyo was described with each of 102 definitions, which become variables. From such collection, data for winners and others were separated and expressed in percentage. So we can get a picture of current situation characteristics of both, winners and others fighters. These two data vectors, were certainly different in some ways which led us to numerical expression of differences between fighters. In variable space vector of differences is a constant range of differences. These data were analyzed with scree technique for main tangential inflexion discovering that allows us to identify subtypes on constant range of variable average characteristics. Finally, identified subtypes were analyzed with power functions toward direction of researched results. All data are graphically presented. Results As we can see on Figure 1, sorted numerically, continuum with differences between winners and other fighters shows slight development at start, stable growth in the middle, and maximal level at the end.