Background: 1.It is meaningful to develop theoretical frame in oriental cultural context. ; 2. Few knowledge of the athletic career in Martial arts and combat athletes has been known. ; 3. For young Fighters, especially for Chinese athletes, they have not been consulted through their professional career for their development and the problems they experienced. Purpose: Explore the characteristics of professional development of Chinese martial artists (before, during, termination and post-career). Method: 1. Questionnaire. The Athletic and Post Athletic Questionnaire (APAQ) is employed in this study. APAQ was invented and developed by Schmidt and Si based on the three theoretical frameworks mentioned above. In this instrument, four parts of questions of before, during, athletic termination and after the professional career are included. 2. Interview guidelines. According to the statistical analysis work and the interview, APAQ interview guidelines was invented and developed. It can be used in this study. It is also based on the three theoretical frameworks including multilevel and different sets of questions and takes the life-span development as the main time line. The whole process usually takes 40-60 minutes in different cases. Sampling: forty five ex-martial arts athletes (42 males, 4 females) were invited into questionnaire survey and five of them took into the section of interview who came from Beijing and Tianjin sport university. They are ranging in age from 19 to 31 years (M=22.22, SD=3.23). Before joining the universities, they were totally active Chinese martial arts athletes (Taolu and Fighting) for several years during which, they were all supported in finance and living by local sport system of government. Up to now, they have already retired more than 2 years. Result: Throughout the professional career, family is the strongest support for athletes to counter and solve the problems which is very different from the previous studies of coach influence; throughout the professional career, athletes have no clear future plan for their life development and have little right and space to decide for themselves; when they join the professional team, their social circle becomes narrow; during the professional phase and termination transition phase, they get little help from government, social organization and sport team for the future development; they encounter serious problems during the retirement transition; they adapt the post-career life and opposite even though they have still high athletic identity which is totally different from previous studies; compared with Chinese sport system, European sport system (France and Sweden) help athletes throughout their professional career to independent decide. The cross cultural and comparison study between European countries and China athletes would be conducted next year.
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