AMDAS - Associação de Modalidades Desportivas Amadoras do Sabugal

In an effort to continue taking Judo to an increasing number of children and young people of school age and seeking to make a commitment to make their sport even bigger, the Portuguese Judo Federation, in conjunction with the State Secretariat of Basic and Secondary Education and the General Directorate of Education – created the project "Judo at School" and the Association of Amateur Sports Modalities of Sabugal is very proud to also be part of this national consortium.

The "Judo at School" is a sports project, with an educational fund, through which children and young people of school age can enjoy the practice of Judo, in a school environment, during their period of teaching activities.
In addition, training actions are planned to make it possible to bring together Physical Education and School Sports teachers with Judo coaches, in the same training space, in order to enable collaboration between top professionals (coaches), teachers specialized in teaching Judo (Physical Education teachers and coaches) and Physical Education and School Sports teachers.

The Association of Amateur Sports Modalities of Sabugal is also very proud to be able to say that everyone, without exception, can practice Judo and feel good in this sport. We are defenders of our values and principles, and, in these, we include firm solidarity for all people with any disability.
We want all these friends with us for the simple pleasure, but also for the competition they want to practice. We have 1 federated athlete with Down Syndrome that already won the European Champion in Biella, Italy, 2018 and in 2019, Guimarães, Portugal the World Champion in her category of Adapted Judo.
Regarding individuals with disabilities, Judo presents itself as one of the most complete sport, since in its practice tools are provided so that they can better face their daily active life.

Although we are all volunteers, we will give 100% of our expertise in the projects where we get involved. All have language skills in the English language, as are people with excellent interpersonal skills.
- OUR COACHES-
Head Coach: David Joaquim Martins Carreira, 3rd Dan, 2nd Degree Coach. Is also a national Referee in official competions
Assistant Coach: Carla Vaz, 2nd Dan, 1st Degree Coach, is also a regional referee in official competions.
During the years, our team has been improving the competences in the area of management of international activities and training, volunteering and coaching and support in self-directed learning process in intercultural environment.
Most of the team are looking for new ideas, new inspiration and partners. We believe, that the Erasmus + family will bring us much more.

We can list following benefits that we will gain from participate in Erasmus + projects:
- New partners and ideas for the future;
- Improved language skills;
- Improved organisation management;
- New inspiration how to promote social inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities and/or disabilities;
- Improved skills regarding preparation of Erasmus+ projects.

Also knowing about differences among countries in the field of youth is very interesting, because it can give us new perspectives. In general we will be more motivated in our daily work and better help our youngsters.