I'm going to assume you're trying to prove that the parity of a $k$-cycle is equal to the parity of $k-1$. If this is the case, note that $$(a_1~~a_2~~\cdots~~a_{k-1}~~a_k) = (a_1~~a_k)(a_1~~a_{k-1}) \cdots(a_3~~a_1)(a_2~~a_1)$$ The expression on the right-hand side is a product of $k-1$ transpositions.