Mendes, Maria Isabel Brandão de SouzaFranco, Marcel Alves2017-06-092017-06-092017-03-07FRANCO, Marcel Alves. Aproximações entre o Aikido e o cuidado de si: por uma educação física como arte do bem viver. 2017. 155f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Educação Física) - Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2017.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/23468The goal of this research is to reflect about the care of the self elements in Aikido‟s philosophy, in sense to identify contributions to the Physical Education. It‟s a qualitative research with hermeneutic approach (RICOEUR, 1999) which looks over the following works: Morihei Ueshiba (2002; 2006; 2010), Kisshomaru Ueshiba (2005; 2011), Moriteru Ueshiba (2008) e Foucault (2010; 2012; 2013). From the hermeneutic study of Aikido related works, on the first chapter, we present a brief historical context of the founder, Morihei Ueshiba, describing some essential experiences to his creation and, in depth, we evidence some of the philosophical precepts that rules this practice and their meanings, such as ki, kotodama, misogi, and budo. For the second chapter, we evidence, from the analysis of Michel Foucault‟s works, the meanings present on the knowledge and practices of the care of the self. On the third chapter, are weaved reflections about the care of the self elements on Aikido and, with that approach, think about the spirituality practices on the Physical Education context. For last, we perceive the hermeneutic study as a possibility to identificy the care of the self elements on Aikido that favored us to reflect about a path, a determinate lifestyle from the aesthetics of existence, that brings constributions to Physical Education in way of considerer it an art of good living. An art in the meaning of a life style, an existence aesthetic, which perceive the energy as a vital force that permeate the human being and all life form, reaffirming thid relationship.Acesso AbertoAikidoCuidadoEducação físicamasterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::EDUCACAO FISICA