A Arte Marcial Karatê: para além da luta em Manaus/Am

Abstract

This study sought to understand the social transformations of practitioners of Karate martial art, through their practice, philosophical norms, principles and ideals, and how these influence the behavior of their practitioners. It was sought to understand how the practice of this discipline, with its principles could contribute to coping to reduce violence, building a culture of control of emotions, non-violence, improving social interactions between practitioners and society in general, considering the Amazonian scenario, precisely in the city of Manaus, where there is a high rate of urban violence, according to media reports. Thus, its objectives were: to investigate the extent of the influence of Karate martial art on the life of the federated practitioners in Manaus / AM; and specific: to understand the relationship between the practice of Karate martial art and the construction of a culture of non-violence in Manaus / AM; to verify how the Karate martial art can provide improvements in the social interactions of the Manaus federated practitioners; and classify the motivations that lead to the practice of Karate. In order to materialize what we propose to accomplish, after theoretical basis, we set out for empirical research with the data collection in the field with the actors directly involved, Karate practitioners federated to the Amazon Karate Federation (FAK), as object of study of this research , who contributed with their experiences and, from these we carried out the respective analyzes, anchored with Norbert Elias's theories, notably that of the civilizing process. Therefore, it is a multidisciplinary study based on the knowledges of Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology and other areas of Human Sciences. As for the benefits, the theorists in dialogues with the practitioners of this discipline list the psychomotricity with the development of visomotor skills, physical and emotional balance, endurance, longevity and general improvement of health, besides the social transformations of its practitioners, with discipline and self-control of the drives, with the awareness of what is socially understood as correct, for a good interaction and social coexistence. Still in this context, we visualize the main reasons that lead a person to Karate training, being evidenced that it is the search for the quality of life, expressed in the corporal health, in the personal defense, in the socio-sport practice, sociability besides being adopted as a style of life.