Abstract
The article discusses the results of the ethnographic research conducted from 2016 to 2019 in a Brazilian jiu-jitsu club in Warsaw. I establish the conclusion that practicing Brazilian jiu-jitsu among people from the club is connected with the control over health and professional career, and is a foundation of their positive image. People from club set martial art a specific “place” in their lives. During the conducted in-depth interviews, my interlocutors rhetorically created the exceptionality of that martial art and so the exceptionality of those who trained it.
Publisher
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Subject
Anthropology,Cultural Studies
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