Club Bushidokwai

Description

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.

Also known as

Asociación Española de Judo y Jiu-jitsu

Locations (1)

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  Calle Donoso Cortés 53, Madrid

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Founder

Instructors (1)

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  Alfredo San Bartolomé Morello

  Head instructor

  1950

  Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Two authored secondary sources name him as teacher at the 1950 club; the second gives only a fragment.

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Two authored secondary sources name him as teacher at the 1950 club; the second gives only a fragment.

  “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) link history info

  “San Bartolomé como profesor.”

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

Trained here (1)

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  Fernando Franco de Sarabia

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  Probable

  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.

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

  under Alfredo San Bartolomé Morello (1948 – 1957)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  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.

  “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) link history info

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judo · spain · first-club

Sources