Motivações para a prática de Jiu-Jitsu: percepções de praticantes em tempos de Covid-19

Abstract

In the year 2020, the world was impacted by the pandemic of COVID-19, a respiratory disease with high levels of contamination and deaths, people were isolated in their homes and prevented from practicing various sports in order to avoid spreading the disease. breathing, among them Jiu-jitsu, martial art of constant contact. The aim of this study was to investigate the motivation for the practice of such physical activity, and whether or not to continue training during a pandemic period. The sample consisted of 23 Jiu-jitsu practitioners aged 21 to 40 years, of both sexes, active and inactive in the sport. The individuals were submitted to a semi-structured interview using the whatsapp tool synchronously. After analyzing the interviews, it was possible to conclude that the majority of the practitioners are motivated to maintain the practice of Jiu-jitsu by physical and mental health, but in addition other factors are associated with the context of the practice, it was possible to observe that the first contact with the sport, in most cases, is related to extrinsic factors due to the influence of friends and family. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, active practitioners kept their motivations practically unchanged, in the group of inactive people it was possible to observe, as motivational factors, still health-related reasons, this time the pause is strongly related to non-exposure to the disease. The surveyed subjects still indicate that the main impacts resulting from COVID-19 in their practices were the pauses in training, followed by problems with physical and mental health and when questioned in relation to general impacts for the modality, they indicate the financial losses as main factor. It is concluded that the main factors for the continuity of the practice of Jiu-jitsu is linked to the maintenance of health, whether physical or mental, in the perspective of the pandemic, health remains as a main actor in the motivations, including those who are inactive and in a way In general, despite having a factor that stands out over others, it was possible to observe different and innumerable reasons, which requires teachers of the modality to have a good perception of their students, so that they have their demands met within the modality.