Moral justification of trained fighters on when to use violence when presented with aversive aggressive encounters

• Main Authors: Bitong, Luis J., Castaneda, Sarah T., Inton, Justine S., Wee, Kenric T.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Martial arts > Physiological aspects; Violence; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/11591
• Institution: De La Salle University

The present study is a qualitative research which explored the use of violence by martial arts masters outside their sport, and their means of justifying these immoral acts. The researchers were able to gather three participants through the use of snowball sampling. Through the participants narratives, the researchers were able to generate fourteen themes such as: conditioning, regret, pride, high self-esteem, self-efficacy, perceived provocation, natural instinct, maximum tolerance, significant others, calm and relaxed, anger, sympathy, humility and passion. These themes indicate the different factors involved in understanding why these individuals choose to act out violently. Furthermore, the findings in this study provides evidence for Felson and Tedeschi's Social Interaction Theory that violence occur from certain expectations, and Baumeister's High Self-esteem Theory-that threatened egotism is a major cause of violence. The findings in this study also explore the concept of self-control by trained fighters with regards to responding with violence. Additional research is needed to understand justice and injustice of trained fighters with regards to their use of violence. Moreover, future researchers should focus on the self-control and limits of violence of ordinary men.