UNIVERSITY, SPORTS AND WRESTLING IN BRAZIL Guy Ginciene - PhD student, FAPESP Researcher and member of GEPPA - Pedagogic Studies And Athletics Research Group – UNESP, Rio Claro/Brazil PEDAGOGICS STUDIES AND ATHLETICS RESEARCH GROUP

How can the sport of wrestling be develop through the system of university sports? Many things should be done… – Government policy – University courses of PE and Sports – Federation formation – ….

Combative sports (wrestling) in PE, sports in school and outside the school Wrestling in University course of Physical Education

Combative sports (wrestling) in PE, sports in school and outside the school

How is PE nowadays? EXPECTATION (Culture of body movement) REALITY SportsSports (Soccer, volleyball, Basketball and handball) Combative sports Gymnastic Dance Plays and games Other practices (alternative)

How is PE nowadays? [2] University and government: – Supporting teachers with courses and didactic material – Notebook for children REALITY Sports Combative sports Gymnastic Dance Plays and games Other practices (alternative)

BUT… Few combative sports Teacher teach only if they know REALITY Sports Combative sports Gymnastic Dance Plays and games Other practices (alternative)

How to to select sports and combative sports? Impossible to teach all sports or all combative sports Prof. Fernando Gonzalez – classified the sports based on the tactical problem and teach each kind of sports: invasion games; net and wall games; target games; fielding games. Prof. Luiz Gustavo Rufino – did the same with the combative sports

Prof. Luiz Gustavo Rufino Unpredictability of actions Predictable: Demonstration - katas and katis Unpredictability: combative sports From Rufino (2014) Combative sports on school and outside school, as in a big government program “Second Time”.

Unpredictability – combative sports Distance Short: -Judo -Jiu-jitsu -wrestling Medium: -Kung Fu -Boxing -Karate Long: - Fencing Mix: - MMA From Rufino (2014)

Essential topics to teach History: contest and changes Combative sport x fight (violence) Predictable and unpredictable Notion about the distance Knowing some combative sports From Rufino (2014)

Conclusion PE in schools show kids: different possibilities to practice combative sports: – different kinds of combative sports such as wrestling to practice – different ways to use combative sports in their life's: Professional athlete free time Spectator Coach …..

If a kid in school get interest in wrestling, we need: – Specific programs or places to learn; – Good professionals (coaches, teachers) University + federation

Reality of Physical Education courses on University is the same as in school and students don’t have a good background in combative sports – Impossible to teach all; – We should teach in the same perspective If students (future teacher/coach) wants to know more about wrestling: – Federation program to develop teachers/coaches – Interchange programs

Government also could help with: – More Social programs for sport, like “Second Time” and others: – Increase the interchange between countries: Students Teachers Coaches Researchers – National university leagues This could help specially the athletes

Other things – Conferences and meetings: university, federation, coaches – Financial support for researches: Action research

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