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Where to train jiu-jitsu

We cover jiu-jitsu city by city, and each city area by area. Every academy gets the same treatment: verified facts, no rankings, and the evidence behind every claim. Pick a place to begin.

United States

  • Los Angeles 174 academies · 7 areas

    Where modern jiu-jitsu put down its American roots, from the South Bay out to Orange County.

  • San Francisco Bay Area 83 academies · 5 areas

    Where modern American jiu-jitsu built its northern capital, from San Francisco across the bay to Silicon Valley.

  • New York 77 academies · 6 areas

    Where jiu-jitsu built its East Coast capital, from Manhattan across the boroughs.

  • Austin 70 academies · 4 areas

    Texas's independent heart and its fast-growing corridor — free trials, day passes, and the fine print, band by band.

Brazil

  • Rio de Janeiro 132 academies · 5 areas

    Where jiu-jitsu became Brazilian — the art's home city, from the Zona Sul beaches across the bay to Niterói.

  • São Paulo 113 academies · 3 areas

    Brazil's biggest city speaks three visitor languages at once: free trial privates, published monthly prices, and Alliance day rates — area by area as each is verified.

Korea

  • Seoul 87 academies · 6 areas

    Korea's deepest scene, area by area on both sides of the Han.

  • Busan 33 academies

    Korea's port city, gathered into a single guide.

Japan

  • Tokyo 116 academies · 7 areas

    Where jiu-jitsu first took root in Japan, from Shibuya out to the end of the Chuo line.

France

  • Paris 72 academies · 4 areas

    The capital inverts the deal: paid trials inside the Périphérique, free ones in the suburbs — resident prices and the fine print, area by area.

Taiwan

  • Taipei 20 academies

    Where jiu-jitsu found its Taiwan home, from central Taipei out along the MRT.