Description

Madrid gym on Calle Fuencarral where Alfredo San Bartolomé gave the first judo classes in Spain in 1947, taking over the group of jiu-jitsu practitioners occasionally directed by colonel Gabriel Pérez Acosta, until the group moved to Calle Recoletos and founded the Asociación Española de Judo y Jiu-jitsu in May 1950.

Locations (1)

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  Calle Fuencarral, Madrid

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Instructors (1)

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  Alfredo San Bartolomé Morello

  Head instructor

  1947 – 1950

  Probable

  Probable

  One authored secondary source states he gave the first classes at Gimnasio Juventud from 1947.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  One authored secondary source states he gave the first classes at Gimnasio Juventud from 1947.

  “El judo comienza a practicarse en España en el año 1947. Alfredo San Bartolomé, de 35 años, cinturón negro 2º dan, es quién imparte las primeras clases en el Gimnasio Juventud.”

  — Alfredo San Bartolomé Morello (1912-1979) link history info

Tags

judo · spain · gym

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