A influência da prática do kung fu nos hábitos de vida em escolares num projeto social extracurricular

Abstract

Following closely the experience of certain students in the Dakaru Kung Fu Projects at the School as well as their performances on training days at the Training Center and/or in the competitions organized by the entity, it is evident the existence of limiting factors, as well as the strong interference that these exert, differently in each student, from beginners to more experience. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify from sports practice in the Dakaru Kung Fu project the possible changes in the life habits of its practitioners. For this, the research presented itself as descriptive qualitative and the group studied a group of 20 high school students, with a age ranging from 14 to 21 years of both genders, all participants of the Kung Fu Dakaru Project at the Public School, held at CAIC, in the city of Pilar; governed by TALE and The ETS. Data were collected by applying a questionnaire, offered through the Google Docs platform (sent via electronic link), where respondents were able to access through their mobile electronic devices (smartphones, tablets, Ipodes) or computer. For data analysis, we opted for interpretive analysis. As main results, changes in students' lives were evidenced with the development of new habits, with the achievement of a routine of physical activities, personal behavior, improvements in school performance, reacquiring the habit of reading, resumption in the objective of completing studies, learning a martial art, of becoming a better person. In this way we can conclude that there have been significant changes in the life habits of the students participating in the Dakaru Kung Fu Project, thus becoming evident that this martial art in a way positively influences the lives of the people who practice it.