"Kampsport ger dig något tillbaka som du blivit bestulen på" En kvalitativ studie om kvinnors upplevelse av kampsportsutövande och våld i nära relationer

Violence in close relationships has for a long time been recognized as a major social problem. Many women who have left a violent and destructive relationship have been broken apart by their former partner. They find different strategies to regain their self-esteem and self- confidence. Selection of strategies may be consciously or unconsciously. Some women have chosen martial arts.The purpose of this study is to explore and learn more about women's experience of performing martial arts and their previous violent relationship. The focus is on which motives they have with performing martial arts, how their self-esteem and self-confidence have developed through martial arts as well as the degree to which martial arts can be a way back for women who have left a violent relationship.The thesis is a qualitative study. The empirical material has been collected through a total of 12 hours of semi-structured interviews with four women. The theory is the concept of empowerment and the analysis has been based on how the women use martial arts as a way to strengthen themselves. The study found previous research that shows that martial arts have a positive effect on mental health.The results of the study show that women have experienced a clear positive alteration in themselves since they started practicing martial arts. Their underlying motive with martial arts was to learn self-defence and / or that it was a "groovy" form of exercise. All women have stated that martial arts can be a great way to gain better self-esteem and self-confidence. It has also emerged that there is a huge difference between the violence in martial arts and violence from a previous partner. The women did not associate martial arts with the violence they have experienced in the relationship.

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