Percepção de discentes e docentes dos Cursos de Educação Física da Universidade Fedearal da Paraíba sobre o MMA-Mixed Martial Arts

Abstract

Mixed Martial Arts is a sport of combat, which in its practice uses various techniques of different martial arts, fighting and sports of combat. Although Brazil is the country of origin of MMA, there is a lack in studies and scientific research on the sport in the country. Considering how the perception of sport by the academic community can influence the lack of research in this area, this study aims to analyze the perception of students and teachers of the UFPB Physical Education course about MMA and compare it with their perception for other fights, martial arts and combat sports. For this comparison, judo and boxing were chosen. The research was qualitative and the recurrence code analysis technique was used for discourse analysis. Through the analysis of the obtained data it can be concluded that the MMA still suffers prejudice in the academic environment, because there is no understanding about how the sport works.