Motrivivência
On-line version ISSN 2175-8042
Abstract
GOMES, Bernardo de Oliveira; MOREIRA, Jorge Felipe Fonseca and TRIANI, Felipe da Silva. The social representations of university students of a Physical Education course in the western zone of Rio de Janeiro on the brazilian jiu-jitsu. Rev. Motriviv. [online]. 2019, vol.31, n.59, e56122. Epub Dec 03, 2019. ISSN 2175-8042. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2019e56122.
The objective of the research is to unveil and discuss the social representations that a group of undergraduate students in Physical Education has over Jiu-Jítsu. Therefore, to achieve this goal, a field survey was carried out. Fifty university students were interviewed, of which 20 were male and 30 were female. Thus, the social representations shared among university students are that Jiu-Jítsu is a violent practice, but serves as a panacea. Therefore, the study concluded that it is necessary to implement practices that involve the rethinking of the sport in a critical, reflexive and safe way.
Keywords : Sports psychology; Fights; Sport.