JUST COME ALONG. WE’LL SHOW YOU THE REST.

Ideally, arrive about 10–15 minutes before training starts.

We’ll welcome you and show you around first.

Where are the changing rooms?

Where can you leave your things?

Where are the showers?

How do things work on our mats?

And where do you get your training equipment?

That way, you won’t have to figure everything out by yourself.

If you’d like to try No-Gi, close-fitting sportswear or a sports shirt and shorts or leggings are enough to start with.

We train barefoot.

If you’d like to try Gi, we’ll provide a loan Gi for your trial session.

You don’t need to buy any equipment before you even know whether Jiu Jitsu is for you.

Just bring something to drink and a towel if you’d like to shower afterwards.

Before we begin, we’ll briefly explain what to expect.

What is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu?

What are we actually trying to learn in training?

How do we train together?

What does resistance training mean?

What is sparring?

And when should you tap?

Above all, we’ll explain one of the most important rules on our mats:

We train with each other, not against each other.

Resistance is part of Jiu Jitsu.

So is responsibility for each other.

Then it’s time to step onto the mats.

WARM-UP

We begin together with fundamental Jiu Jitsu movements.

The aim isn’t to tire you out as quickly as possible.

You’ll get to know movements that come up again and again in training and begin to get a feel for how we move on the ground.

TECHNIQUE

Next, we’ll show you some fundamental positions and techniques.

We deliberately keep things simple.

The aim isn’t to introduce you to as many techniques as possible.

It’s to give you a first impression of how Jiu Jitsu works.

We’ll show you the movement, explain the basic mechanics behind it and give you time to try it out with a training partner.

RESISTANCE

Practising a technique without resistance is the beginning.

Then things get interesting.

From a clearly defined position, you’ll have the opportunity to try what you’ve learned with controlled resistance.

Your partner works with you, but increasingly reacts to what you’re trying to do.

Even in your first session, you can experience something that makes Jiu Jitsu special:

A problem changes — and you have to find a solution.

After your first class, we’ll take time for you again.

What actually just happened?

What did you enjoy?

What might still have felt confusing?

And what would your training look like if you wanted to continue?

We’ll explain our different programmes and help you find the right way to start.

FUNDAMENTALS ↗︎

White Belts Only · 60 min.

Time for the fundamental positions, movements and mechanics of Jiu Jitsu.

ESSENTIALS ↗︎

All levels · 90 min.

Understand fundamental techniques, connect them and apply them against resistance.

ADVANCED ↗︎

Blue Belt and above · 90 min.

Timing, decisions, reactions and strategy against experienced resistance.

For your first steps, Fundamentals will be the right place in most cases.

Perhaps you’ll know straight after your first class that you want to come back.

Perhaps you’ll want to sleep on it.

Perhaps you’ll still have questions.

All of that is fine.

A trial session isn’t there to show you how good you already are at Jiu Jitsu.

It’s there to show you what learning Jiu Jitsu feels like.