Judo, a Japanese martial art and Olympic combat sport, offers a particularly valuable educational opportunity for students of Sports and Exercise Sciences.
Through its practice, students can develop essential motor and interpersonal skills, including respect for rules, self-discipline, safe falling techniques, and allows students to experience both opposition and cooperative activities—even in playful forms—while maintaining full respect for others.
In each integrated module, the teacher imparts lessons on the theory and technique of the individual sport through lectures and technical experience on the playing fields, specifically referring to the main specializations of athletics, rhythmic gymnastics, and judo.
At the end of the module, the student will have acquired theoretical and practical knowledge related to the discipline of Judo, including the history, rules, behaviors and fundamental techniques. These skills will allow to:
It is recommended that students acquire the theoretical and practical knowledge provided by the first-year course Methods and Didactics of Motor and Sports Activities, along with basic general motor skills. These competencies are important for safely and effectively engaging in the simple activities included in the integrated course.
Students with injuries or motor limitations are still required to attend practical lessons, arranging participation methods with the teacher.
The course includes frontal lessons for the theoretical part and practical judo activities , with group work , case analysis And applied design . The goal is to train figures capable of integrating the basic principles and techniques of judo with the motor, educational and relational skills required in school, recreational and sports contexts.
During the module, students will be involved in the realization of motor activities starting from a real or simulated case study. Participants will be divided into groups and, in parallel with the development of practical lessons, they will have to:
Those with valid certifications for Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), disabilities, or other educational needs are invited to contact the teacher and the School/Department disability representative at the beginning of the course to agree on any teaching methods that, while respecting the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning styles.
THEORY
PRACTICE
Ricevimento: Student meeting by appointment, write to: emanuela.pierantozzi@unige.it
ANDREA CREPALDI (President)
DAMIANO PORCU (President)
CLAUDIO GIOVANNI SCOTTON
DANIELA SENAREGA
EMANUELA PIERANTOZZI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)
I semester - October
The timetable for this course is available here: EasyAcademy
The Judo module exam is divided into two parts:
Practical Test This test will take place at the end of the Judo lessons and is preparatory to the written exam. Only students who have attended at least 70% of the scheduled lessons are eligible to take the practical test.
The test requires the correct execution of selected techniques learned during the course, including:
Falling techniques (ukemi): performed individually in various directions—backward, forward, sideways, rolling forward, and rolling backward;
Throwing and ground control techniques: performed in pairs, demonstrating coordination and cooperation with a partner.
To pass the practical test, students must demonstrate a minimum level of motor coordination and ensure maximum safety for themselves and their partner.
Written Test This consists of a multiple-choice questionnaire with 11 questions, each with only one correct answer.
Duration: 11 minutes (14 minutes for students entitled to extra time).
Passing score: At least 6 correct answers out of 11, which corresponds to a grade of 18/30.
The score from the Judo module will be averaged with those from the Athletics and Gynnastic modules to determine the final grade for the course.
For students with certified specific learning disorders (DSA), disabilities, or other special educational needs, the University's regulations on disabilities and DSA apply (https://unige.it/disabilita-dsa/studenti-disabilit%C3%A0-normativa).
Students in these categories are encouraged to contact their instructors at the beginning of the course to agree on teaching methods and exam arrangements that, while respecting the course objectives, take into account individual learning styles and provide appropriate compensatory and/or dispensatory tools, as recognized by the University's DSA Student Service.
The practical test is designed to assess the student's technical and motor skills, specifically their mastery of the module’s “specific know-how”. In particular, the test will evaluate the ability to:
Perform safe falling techniques in various directions of imbalance;
Apply Judo techniques with control, respect, and awareness, ensuring the safety and integrity of both oneself and one's partner.
The written test is intended to verify the theoretical knowledge acquired during the course.
Students with certified specific learning disorders (DSA), disabilities, or other special educational needs are entitled to the provisions established by current University regulations (see guidelines).
These students are encouraged to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on appropriate teaching and examination methods. These arrangements will respect the learning objectives while taking into account individual learning needs and will include any compensatory and/or dispensatory tools recognized by the University's DSA Student Service.
