O Judô no comportamento social de crianças: a percepção de pais e responsáveis

Abstract

The most striking feature of martial arts is the discipline, because of this, it becomes an important tool for parents and teachers in child education. Being introduced in the early ages the sport proposes integration, socialization, cooperativism, discipline and competing with respect. In this context the present study aimed to verify if Judo promotes changes in the behavior of children practicing the sport in the city of Maceió-AL. The research was qualitative descriptive, with a sample of parents and / or guardians of children practicing the sport in the city of Maceió-AL. The instrument used for data collection was an interview with 12 objective questions, which were subdivided into affinity blocks for better understanding of the results. The sample consisted of seven parents of children who attended the training site, were properly enrolled in the judo association, trained two to three times a week and had been practicing the sport for at least 6 months. With the results obtained it was found that according to the perception of the interviewees, Through Judo classes children are able to develop formats of discipline, respect, education and humility through the method of learning courtesy among the people that Judo preaches, thus playing a relevant format that instructs the child to true moral and social aspects of the human being. Given the aspects presented in this study, Judo proved to be very efficient in the development and formation of children, both from a moral and social point of view.