World Judo Scientific Congress

Rotterdam 2009

Match Analysis an
Undervalued Coaching help
“An Italian judo Federation contribution”

Honorary Member

Prof.Dr.Attilio Sacripanti M° VI Dan

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Synopsis
1. Match Analysis
2. Judo Match Analysis
3. Locomotion complex
4. Judo locomotion’s paths in contest as strategic
source

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1. Match Analysis

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In modern time match analysis is a powerful

coaching help. Today the leading match analysis
systems are utilized in team sport games.
On the basis of the technological development,
Match Analysis could be a valuable source of four
levels of coaching information for competition:
1. Athlete’s Physiological data
2. Athlete’s Technical data
3. Athlete’s Strategic data
4. Adversary’s Scouting
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In the Area of Physiological data, the quantitative

Match analysis, well performed, could help in
two main ways:

1. Gross evaluation of the more precise energy

cost as input for conditioning
2. Accident prevention

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In the area of the Technical data, essentially qualitative

Match Analysis could be a very useful source of
information for the athletes’ biomechanical
enhancement, in six main ways:

a) Biomechanical evaluation of grips methods and fight.

b) Biomechanical improvement of throws techniques.
c) Biomechanical improvement of Standing-laying
connection
d) Biomechanical improvement of Ne waza techniques.
e) Biomechanical improvement of defensive systems.
f) Weak point’s analysis.

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In the area of Strategic data, qualitative-quantitative

Match Analysis could be a very important
coaching assist, in the study and the refinement
of strategic plans adopted; by two ways:

a) Local Strategies.
b) Global Strategies.

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• The same qualitative data base of athletes could

be studied from a different point of view, to
gather information about most dangerous
adversaries for each fighter, by the main
utilization today:

a) Adversary’s Scouting

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2 Judo Match Analysis

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Judo as “Situation Sport” is a sports in which it is

not possible to find a repeatable motion pattern
in each game.
For each game, the motion is a random process.
These sports, in which athletes can contact
together, are: contest sport or team sport, like:
Judo, Boxing, Wrestling, Karate, Soccer, Basketball,
Football, Water Polo, Hockey, etc.
The correct biomechanical way to analyze such
macro phenomena is to study them. in two
steps:
1. Interaction between players
2. Couple of athletes’ Motion
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 Interaction Study

All Judo Throwing are based on two

physical principles

1) Couple of Forces application

(Sacripanti’s Biomechanical model
1987)

2) Physical Lever application

(Sacripanti’s Biomechanical model
1987)

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Throwing analysis is a complex task,

but…
Study of displacement is a really difficult
one

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 Motion Analysis

Judo shifting in contest

The motion is a particular kind of locomotion, the
first and only study, till now, came from Japan
about All Japan judo Contest 1971

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 Motion Analysis

Couple of athletes motion in contest can be explained by a Langevin type

equation. It is the Second Sacripanti’s model (1989-90).
It is possible to write, for the global motion

ϕ (t ) = u ∑ j δ (t − t j ) Single Push pull contribution to motion

F = ma = − μv + u ∑ j (±1) jδ (t − t j ) = Fa + F ' General equation

Friction Global push pull

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 Motion Analysis

Judo displacement in contest

Summation of (1, 2, 7, 12) random trajectories
showing the correctness of the Brownian motion
hypothesis: Random force’s mean on time is zero

F' = 0

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 Japanese Motion Study

Into the First Study the path was connected to the grips
position, by the Japanese researchers and was stated that:
“it was found that in contest between judoists with the same form of
clinching, they revealed the tendency to circle the arena widely.
In a contest between judoists with different form of clinching,
they showed the tendency to move directly toward the outside of
the arena”
They obtained also the mean distance covered by judokas
(121,1 m) and the mean shift velocity (0.30 m/s) during the
contests .

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3 Locomotion complex

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Locomotion Important Point

Judo locomotion is a very complex phenomenon. We must analyze
COM,COP and LOG interconnected motion to have the judo
trajectory connected to judoka body motion

trail step 2
line of gravity
both

0.3

0.2

0.1

0.0

-0.1
-0.7 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0
Distance (m)

Notice that as the

step combined
1 centre of pressure moves backwards
lead and towards the lead-leg; the line of gravity proceeds forwards and
towards the trail-leg. The line of gravity is outside the base of
support shortly after the lead-leg lifts.

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Interconnection of COM ,COP and COMP (LOG) in

quiet stance.
Mean and one standard deviation for center-of-pressure
paths during barefoot normal walking.

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 Multifractals in locomotion
Previous studies shown that Fractional Langevin equation
describes variability in the stride interval during walking
(Scafetta and others t
2002- 2004)
ΔX (t ) = X (t ) − X 0 = ∫ Kα (t − t ' )ξ (t ' )dt '
0

Scaling
Kα ( μt ) = μ α Kα (t )
ξ ( μt ) = μ − H ξ (t )
ΔX ( μt ) = μ − H +α ΔX (t )

q-moments, when α is a Lévy random variable

Δv( μt ) ∝ μ ε (q)
q

ε (q ) = (q − 1) H − bqα ; q > 0

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4 Judo locomotion’s paths in

contest as strategic source

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 Advanced Motion Study

Virtual paths Pasculli Numerical Model

The motion patterns of the couple of athletes’ system are a

useful practical tool with hidden information inside.
The shifting patterns study could be source of very useful
strategic data, but the price for extract the hidden
information is a non trivial mathematical analysis of these
special time series.

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ξ2
[X (t ) − X (0)]2 = t 2α −1 ∝ t 2 H
(2α − 1)Γ(α ) 2

• Normally we are in presence of different paths

like diffusion processes, identified by the Hurst
parameter.
• In particular this parameter, time independent,
describes the fractional Brownian motion with
anti-correlated samples for 0<H<1/2 and with
correlated samples for ½<H<1.
• If H is = ½ we speak of pure Brownian motion.
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Pure Brownian motion: next step is uncorrelated with previous

step H=0.5
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Anti-Persistent Fractional Brownian motion: each step is
negatively correlated with previous step H<0.5
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Persistent Fractional Brownian motion: each step is positively
correlated with previous step H> 0.5

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It is possible to study the paths overlapping

of different contests to show the
Fractional Brownian (fBm) evolution of the
paths :
16 virtual contest tracks
Virtual paths Pasculli Numerical Model

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• An important feature of fBm modelling is the presence of

long-term correlations between past and future paths
increments.
This means that the system is not a Markov system and
then more similar to real situation.

• In this way a fighting path can show, if correctly analyzed,

when the fighter have a specific fighting strategy or not
(random motion) during competition.
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• Resuming, if the CM Projection at a certain time is

displaced towards a given direction, the larger
probability is that it drifts away in this direction
(persistent or attacking behaviour) or in the
contrary it retraces its steps in the opposite
direction (antipersistent or defensive behaviour).
• Equality between these two probabilities
indicates that there is not presence of a defined
strategy in fighting.
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• This information obtained by a pure “mathematical lecture”

of trajectories; can be enhanced adding to the previous
advanced mathematical lecture other Biomechanical
fighting information like:
• Grips form, Competition Invariants, Action Invariants,
useful Attack polygonal surface, Direction of displacement,
Time and position of gripping action, Throws “loci”, Length
or Amount of displacement, Medium Speed, Surface Area
Utilization and so on.
• It is possible, with these added parameters, to obtain a lot
of useful strategic information.

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Essential Bibliography
• Matsumoto, Takeuchi, Nakamura “Analytical studies on the contest performed at the all Japan Judo
Championship Tournament” Bulletin of the association for the scientific studies on judo, Kodokan
Tokyo Report V-1978
• Robertson et Al. Kinetic Analysis of Gait Initiation www.asbweb.org/conferences/2005
• Rodgers Dynamic Biomechanics of the Normal Foot and Ankle During Walking and Running
Physical Therapy Volume 68 / Number 12, December 1988
• Sacripanti Biomechanical classification of judo throwing techniques Athens 1987
• Sacripanti Biomeccanica del Judo Publ. Mediterranee 1989
• Sacripanti Biomeccanica degli Sport di combattimento Publ. FILPJK 1996.
• Sacripanti Contest Dynamics: General Biomechanical Theory of contest sports Enea 1990 see
arXiv:0806.4069v1
• Sacripanti et Al. Computational Biomechanics,Stochastic motion and team Sports Athens 2007 see
arXiv:0811.3659v1
• Sacripanti Match Analysis I SDS 72- 2008 see also www.Scribd.com
• Sacripanti Match Analysis II SDS 73- 2008 see also www.Scribd.com
• Sacripanti Advances in Judo Biomechanics research “Modern Evolution on Ancient Roots” In Print
• Scafetta et Al. Holder exponent spectra for human gait Physica A 328 (2003) 561-583

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Thanks for your kind attention

Evolution of a couple of force throwing into a physical lever one’s

Pictures Courtesy By Mr. David Finch

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