TEACHING COMBAT SPORTS IN SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION: REPORTS OF AN ACTION-RESEARCH

This study analyzes a pedagogical intervention for teaching combat sports in the Physical Education curriculum of a federal public school. The action-research took place in teaching classes in the 8th and 9th years of Elementary School. From the participant observation, field diaries were produced, built on the strangeness of the professor-researcher. Pedagogical practices aimed at the use of few materials and that ethical/attitudinal elements were used on a daily basis. The text presents: 1) a perception of the students' initial knowledge; 2) the proposal of teaching combat sports; and 3) an evaluation of the pedagogical proposal. The proposal combines with an education interested in the emotions of individuals, not only from the perspective of incorporating controls and self-controls, but also from the logic of developing autonomy and self-knowledge, and building safe spaces for catharsis and liberation of impulses.