Personal and Social Benefits Associated With Participation in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

• Author / Creator

  Chinkov, Aleksandar E

• The purpose of this study was to explore personal and social benefits associated with participation in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ). Sixteen participants (2 head instructors and 14 athletes; M age = 33.8 years, M duration of involvement in BJJ = 5.5 years) participated in individual semi-structured interviews. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and subjected to qualitative data analysis. Results revealed participants reported a broad variety of benefits arising from their participation in BJJ. Personal benefits were self-confidence, analytical thinking, perseverance, stress relief, and physical health. Social benefits were respect and tolerance for others and community environment. Results revealed that the benefits were obtained through the adoption of traditional and modern types of guidance (i.e., teaching). Further, the results identified specific ways the athletes believe these outcomes transferred to their lives away from the sport.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Self-confidence
  • Respect and tolerance
  • Martial Arts
  • Qualitative methods
  • Analytical thinking
  • Sport Psychology
  • Traditional approach
  • Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
  • Life Skills Transfer
  • Types of guidance
  • Modern approach
  • Community
  • Stress-relief
  • Semi-structured interviews
  • Physical health
  • Perseverance
  • Physical Education
  • Personal and Social Benefits in BJJ
  • Contextual factors

• Graduation date

  Fall 2014

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Arts

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3MS3K90K

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.