Aikido since 2008
in the Barcelona area

Aikido is a non-competitive Japanese martial art developed in the early twentieth century by Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969). It draws on other traditional Japanese martial arts, principally Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, and uses supple, natural and highly effective movement to evade, redirect or neutralise an attack using the opponent's own force.

You can begin at any time, whatever your age or physical condition, men and women, adults and children alike.

Our dojo is a large, open space given over entirely to the practice and teaching of martial arts. It is supervised and run by the technical director and the association's instructors; but because looking after it is everyone's responsibility and not only the instructors', it is the students who maintain and care for it.

Beyond the dojo itself, Aikido Musubi teaches in other spaces around Barcelona. We currently run classes at the Marina-Besòs municipal sports centre, at the Espronceda municipal sports complex and at the Faculty of Law of the University of Barcelona, bringing aikido to new places and communities.

He began practising in Badalona in 1999 with Ricard Coll and founded the association in 2008. He has trained at the Aikido Hombu Dojo in Tokyo with Ueshiba Moriteru Doshu and with several of its shihan.

Aikido Musubi is a cultural association founded in 2008. It was the first self-managed, non-profit association in Barcelona set up to promote the practice of aikido and the values of Japan's traditional martial arts.

Aikido Musubi does not advocate, support or practise unlawful discrimination on the basis of age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background.