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Learning jiu-jitsu in Al Ain

This guide covers Al Ain — the garden city: the emirate's second city, an oasis conurbation about 90 minutes inland from the capital, with 12 rooms recorded, 2 of them with full entries. The walk-in anchor is Oasis BJJ Club, a Checkmat affiliate in a town-centre storefront on Hamdan Bin Mohammed Street, and it publishes what nothing else in the emirate does: an adult day pass, at 65–75 AED (the homepage's two sections differ — 65 on the standing sheet, 75 in the welcome-offer block; both require booking at least two hours ahead), cheaper than the capital's one bookable hour at AED 95 — with the area's only full rate sheet behind it, adults from AED 600 a month. The capital's dominant dialect, the free-trial funnel, has not surfaced in Al Ain; the welcome offer takes its place. Out in Al Salamat, the chain corridor, two operator-published rooms share one district: UAEJJ Fitness's 24/7 branch names 'Jiu-Jitsu (Kids/Adults)' among its amenities — with a fenced ladies-only club inside — and ADMA's Al Ain branch takes enrollments through the chain's own form. The institutional register runs deeper here than in the capital: Al Ain Jiu-Jitsu Club sits inside Al Ain Club — est. 1968, the city's sole representative on the government sports-council record — and its squad competes through the adult division, but no public door of any kind is published; the mat is for the team, not for visitors. One honest note about the map's empty patch: Sanaiya, the industrial belt, has no dedicated public academy on any surface this research has checked — which is not the same as no jiu-jitsu there. And the brand map is honestly thin: no Gracie Barra school is evidenced in Al Ain, and UFC GYM's estate stops at the capital. For someone just starting, the real question is not "which academy is best" but "which one fits me."

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Oasis BJJ Club (Checkmat)

Who this academy suits

The oasis city's one fully published door — and the emirate's only published adult day pass: Oasis BJJ Club, a Checkmat affiliate in a town-centre storefront on Hamdan Bin Mohammed Street, publishes a bookable day pass at 65–75 AED (the standing membership-fee section says 65, the welcome-offer block says 75 — both live, both requiring booking at least 2 hours ahead), undercutting the capital's city-core single session at AED 95. Behind it sits the area's only full price sheet: adults 600 AED a month down a term ladder to 5,400 a year, kids and teens from 550, toddler single tickets at 65 — with a family column and a Tabby/Tamara installment column, the first buy-now-pay-later pricing this guide has seen on any academy's sheet. Know two things before you go: this is a young room still in its grand-opening season (book, and confirm the current day-pass rate), and the class schedule loads client-side — so call +971 50 182 5389 for slot times. A fit for a traveler making the Al Ain trip who wants one honest day on a Checkmat mat at a published price, and for local families pricing kids' and toddlers' terms in plain AED

Why we say it: The day-pass figures (both the 65 and 75 AED sections, each with the 2-hours-ahead booking line), the full AED sheet including the family and Tabby/Tamara columns, the Checkmat identity line, the storefront address and the phone are the school's own homepage verbatim (oasisbjjclub.com, fetched 2026-08-14); the address byte-agrees with the federation club page (AJP 16751), whose About field carries the school's own copy; the young-room reading is the site's own grand-opening vocabulary plus the live @oasisbjjclub account (862 followers, 33 posts). The two day-pass figures are cited as a range with the conflict recorded — no single rate is asserted, and no class times are claimed (the schedule is not server-readable)

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Your first visit

Free trial
A published day pass — the emirate's only published adult day-pass product: 65–75 AED (the homepage's two sections differ — 65 in the standing membership-fee section, 75 in the pre-register 'welcome offer' block; both require booking at least 2 hours in advance). A grand-opening welcome-offer funnel and sign-up form also run — confirm the current rate when you book

Classes and cost

Membership
The full sheet is published server-side (AED, VAT included): adults (16y+), once daily — 1 mo 600 · 3 mo 1,650 · 6 mo 3,000 · 12 mo 5,400 · a Family+1 column 525/1,425/2,585/4,660 · a Tabby/Tamara installment column 618/1,699.5/3,090/5,562 (buy-now-pay-later) · kids/teens (4–15y) 2×week 550/1,500/2,700/4,800 · toddlers (2–3y) single ticket 65 · 10-pack 550 · day pass 65–75

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Street Building 14a, store#2, Al Ain — the school's own published address, matching the federation registry

Phone +971 50 182 5389 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-14. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.
UAEJJ Fitness — Al Ain (Al Salamat)

UAEJJ Fitness — Al Ain (Al Salamat)

Who this academy suits

The chain corridor's jiu-jitsu room: UAEJJ Fitness's Al Salamat branch — a 24/7 mixed gym with a fenced ladies-only club inside ('full privacy for ladies and a secluded area', in its own words) — names 'Jiu-Jitsu (Kids/Adults)' on its own branch page, with an Al Ain landline (037164888) and a 'Join Now' funnel for the door. The honest fence, in plain terms: the branch timetable readable on the site shows only CrossFit rows, so whether jiu-jitsu holds standing weekly slots — and at what times — is exactly the phone call to make before you travel; no jiu-jitsu prices are published either, so the join conversation starts at the desk. A fit for an Al Salamat or eastern-Al Ain resident who wants a big-box gym that carries kids' and adults' jiu-jitsu among its disciplines, and for women who want the secluded ladies club alongside the mixed floor. If you want a published price and a bookable single session instead, the town-centre door is Oasis (see that entry)

Why we say it: The branch row — the district-level address, the landline, 24/7 hours and the 'Jiu-Jitsu (Kids/Adults)' amenity — is the operator's own /clubs/ page verbatim (uaejjfitness.ae/clubs/, fetched 2026-08-14); the ladies-club and mixed-gym lines, the jj program blurb, the 'Join Now' funnel (read, never submitted) and the CrossFit-only readable Salamat grid are the same site's own pages, same day; the live @uaejjfitness account (28K followers, 861 posts) is the same-day probe. No claim is made about jiu-jitsu slot times or prices — neither is server-readable

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Your first visit

Free trial
The published door is the chain's 'Join Now' funnel (form read, never submitted); no jiu-jitsu prices are published anywhere server-side. The practical path is the funnel or the branch landline 037164888 — and confirm jiu-jitsu slot times first, since the branch grid readable on the site shows only CrossFit rows

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Al Salamat, Al Ain — the operator's own clubs-page address (district-level; no street published)

Phone 037164888 (an Al Ain landline) Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-14. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.

Academies being verified

We are re-confirming the essentials: class schedules and trial mechanics. Each academy joins the full guide once its facts meet the bar.

  • ADMA — Abu Dhabi Martial Arts Academy, Al Ain branch · Official site
    Franchise network
    Al Fu-Ad St, Al Salamat, Al Ain — the operator's own contact-page address (a single-page surface so far) · +971 50 761 7457 (the chain's line) · 'Al Salamat - Al Ain City' is a selectable branch in the chain's own enrollment form — enrollable-shaped on the operator's own page. Held short of a full listing: the room is single-page evidence so far, so enquire via the form or the chain's line and confirm the branch is running before traveling
    Last checked: 2026-08-14
  • Al Ain Jiu-Jitsu Club · Official site
    Kids classes
    Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain — the federation registry's listed venue, and the club's own page names the same ground
    Last checked: 2026-08-14
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    +971 52 5585842 (also the site's WhatsApp line) · Pedro Alexandre da Silva — Black Belt 3rd Degree (the brand's own directory row)
    Last checked: 2026-08-14
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    Last checked: 2026-08-14
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I'm a complete beginner. Can I just show up?

It differs by academy. Entries show where a fundamentals program and first-visit process are verified. For the rest, check with the academy before visiting. For what a first class actually feels like, see the beginner posts on our blog.