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The first judo club in Spain, founded in Madrid in May 1950 as the Asociación Española de Judo y Jiu-jitsu by Alfredo San Bartolomé with Fernando Franco de Sarabia and Antonio Burrieza Jiménez, and renamed Club Bushidokwai shortly after. It moved from Calle Recoletos 4 to Calle Donoso Cortés 53 in 1954 and is still operating, making it the oldest Spanish judo club.

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Founder

Instructors (1)

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  Alfredo San Bartolomé Morello

  Head instructor

  1950

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  "en mayo de 1950 constituyen la Asociación Española de Judo y Jiu-jitsu, primer club de judo de España, trasladándose al bajo nº 4 de la calle Recoletos de Madrid."

  — Alfredo San Bartolomé Morello (1912-1979) linkinfo

  "San Bartolomé como profesor."

  — Rokudan. (2020-10-12). ALFREDO SAN BARTOLOMÉ: el inicio del judo en Españalinkhistoryinfo

Trained here (1)

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  Fernando Franco de Sarabia

  linkKōdōkan Jūdō 2

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  Fernando Franco trained under Alfredo San Bartolomé at the Gimnasio Juventud and later at the Bushidokwai in Madrid, from 1948 until the dissolution of their partnership in late 1957. San Bartolomé was his primary judo instructor during the formative years of Spanish judo.

  under Alfredo San Bartolomé Morello badge (1948 - 1957)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Fernando Franco trained under Alfredo San Bartolomé at the Gimnasio Juventud and later at the Bushidokwai in Madrid, from 1948 until the dissolution of their partnership in late 1957. San Bartolomé was his primary judo instructor during the formative years of Spanish judo.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "Fernando Franco de Sarabia forma parte, desde 1948, de este núcleo fundador del judo madrileño en el que pronto empiezan a manifestarse las diferencias de criterio que llevan a la disolución de la sociedad a principios de 1951, haciéndose cargo del club Fernando Franco como único propietario y con Alfredo San Bartolomé en la dirección técnica; desligándose Antonio Burrieza."

  — Fernando Franco de Sarabia Jim (?-1988) linkinfo

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