It is our pleasure to invite you and your members to the second edition of Excellence & Balance, the EU Gender Balance event, taking place on Saturday, 31 October 2026, in Granada, Spain, hosted by Spain Aikikai.

The event is open to everyone and participation is free of charge.

Please find the flyer attached. The programme offers a full day of training, embukai and a forum, bringing together Aikido practitioners from across Europe to train, exchange experiences and celebrate excellence and balance in Aikido. We would greatly appreciate it if you could circulate this invitation among your members and encourage them to join us in Granada.

For the embukai, one team from each country is invited to participate. In countries with an umbrella structure, each organisation represented within the umbrella structure is welcome to participate with its own team. To allow us to prepare the programme, we kindly ask all participating teams to register by Thursday, 15 October 2026 via de below link:

https://forms.gle/G9zmkjUJgfC4g7KU8

More information, including the full programme and registration forms, can be found on the below website:

https://spainaikikai.framer.website/

We very much look forward to welcoming you and your members to Granada for a day of Aikido, exchange and inspiration.

Arrangeras av: EU Gender Balance WG/IAF