Ethnographic research RR 22

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My video portrays various aspects of what my research entailed. The two main themes present in my video are: (1) respect and (2) acceptance. You will see three different training videos where all of the people "slap hands" to show respect towards their training partner. Regardless of age, gender, etc. each person shows their respect by touching the other persons hand. Acceptance is also being shown by the younger training partner who trains with the older individual. If you notice, the back of the older gentleman's gi (Jiu Jitsu uniform) there is a Gracie Humaita patch but the beginning of the film indicates that he is in the Team Quest Encintias gym. Although he is from another gym, he is accepted by all individuals. Since there are few females who train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the gym, everybody on the mat embraces and accepts her. The older gentleman asks her to see if she wants to train, which she accepts. Also, a few rules are being introduced and enforced. Some rules that you will see in my video are, the tying of the belt (which you turn into the fence/this is also deemed as a respect) and you will also see one of the individuals bow as he leaves me mat which is also deemed as respect.

RULES-
1) Bow when you enter and exit the mat

2) When you fix your gi and tie your belt, face the wall.

Respect-

1) bow when you enter and exit the mat
2) touch hands of your training partner
3) show mat curiosity- do not slam, let submission go when someone taps (quits)
4) Do not exclude someone because of their race, gender, age, etc.

5) be respectful of people from other gyms.

Acceptance-

1) accept everyone of all ages, races, genders, etc.
2) accept people from other gyms
3) accept people who are older and make them apart of the gym

I was unable to add a voice over and add text to explain which slides were acceptance, respect, and the rules. The questions that were asked were:

1) Who will come into the gym to train on a Sunday at 10 am? We were able to see who was able to come in. We had 4 males and 1 female. Three of the males were blue belts while one was a purple belt and the female was a white belt. There was a diverse group regarding skill level, gender, and age.

2) How would younger people interact with the older people- There was no discrimination because of  someones age. Everyone was accepting and respectful of the older male individual, who is 63 years old. Age is not an issue when we train, we are in the gym because we love the sport of jiu jitsu and respect everyone who comes in, regardless of age.

3) How accepting would the other members be if a female was to join  the group? Everyone was very accepting. Everything is black and white, we do not see age, gender, etc. as an issue. Everyone was very accepting and only encourage them to continue to come to class on Sunday and for them to bring friends and family.

4) How accepting would Team Quest members be if a member from another gym came in to train with us? Again, everyone was accepting. The older gentleman wore his other gyms logo and nobody had an issue with that. Everybody prefers people from other gyms so they can see their "fighting" style and to compare themselves and their skill with people from other gyms.