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Learning jiu-jitsu in the Eixample

This guide covers Barcelona's central grid, the Eixample. Six records, four with full entries — and this corridor plans for the visitor more explicitly than anywhere else in this corpus. Gracie Barra Barcelona (Aragó 109-111) prints a dedicated «visitantes» tier — 35€ a day, 99€ a week, 170€ a month — so any length of visit has a named price before you write, and the mat is led by a 5th-degree black belt, Leandro Gontijo Fernandes, by the school's own page. Atos Barcelona (Carrer d'Entença) greets the newcomer with «Prueba 1 semana gratis!!» — a whole week free (its site is a JavaScript app, so the timetable and street number are phone questions: that gap is ours). El Club de la Lucha (Casp 147) prints «prueba una clase gratis sin ningún compromiso» — a free class, no commitment. And Gullo Jiu-Jitsu (Viladomat 88) publishes the rare complete credential: a 2nd-degree black belt WITH its grantors named — Marcelo "Cyborg" & Careca — plus belt-graded level tracks and a women-only «Solo Chicas» class. The two other records (Union MMA, MMA Barcelona Team) are channel-less registry addresses, published as exactly that. For someone just starting, the real question is not "which academy is best" but "which one fits me."

Women's classes in The Eixample: the central grid

Rooms whose published schedule or programme page prints a women's or women-only class, each with the complete recorded summary of that fact, its source and the date it was read. What academies publish for women, and what to ask before a first class

  • GULLO JIU JITSU BARCELONA Gi and no-gi year-round with belt-graded tracks, kids 5–15, and the women-only Solo Chicas — all classes mixed except that one, in the operator's own words. The per-slot grid lives on the booking app source · 2026-08-20

A summary records what the page printed on the day it was read. Whether a class is women-only or mixed, and who may join, is in the summary where the academy publishes it; visitor and price facts are on the academy's card; where something is not published, ask the academy.

Map

Every academy with a full entry is pinned on the map, and neighborhood-level pins say so. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Atos Jiu Jitsu Barcelona

Who this academy suits

The widest free window in the city: a whole week free for newcomers, against single free classes elsewhere. The Atos network's Barcelona room, led by Gustavo Galvao in its own words, with the house superlative carried as its own voice. BJJ with a youth line and boxing beside, on Entença in the Eixample, gym open 10–14 and 16:30–21:30. Two honest gaps, both ours: the JS app's timetable and street number never reach a non-executing reader — call for the grid and the exact door

Why we say it: All from the room's own homepage, read 2026-08-20; robots open. The free-week byte, Galvao attribution, superlative, hours, youth line and phone are operator bytes. The SPA gaps are recorded as OURS (§8.6); the registry street byte stands; pricing and capacity not found (§19.4)

Schedule verified Free trialFranchise networkKids classes

Your first visit

Trial
A FREE WEEK, in the operator's own words: new? try one week free. The widest free window published in this city source · 2026-08-20
Class schedule
The homepage publishes gym hours (10:00–14:00 and 16:30–21:30) and class lines (BJJ, youth BJJ 10–14, boxing). The per-class timetable lives behind the site's JS shell, which this instrument does not execute — that gap is ours. Call for the grid source · 2026-08-20

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Carrer d'Entença, Barcelona — the registry byte, street-level; the channel confirms the operation but its address block renders client-side. The phone is the precision route source · 2026-08-20
Instructors
Led by Gustavo Galvao — named on the homepage; no belt or grantor served in the readable HTML source · 2026-08-20

Phone +34 93 007 87 68 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-20. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.

EL CLUB DE LA LUCHA BARCELONA

Who this academy suits

The city's plainest invitation: printed twice — try a class free, no commitment — the first free way onto a Barcelona mat this research read. BJJ and Grappling as named lines on Casp 147 in the Eixample. What the channel doesn't publish, this file doesn't either: no price grid on the read pages, no coach named with a belt, the timetable in the page's own widget. For someone who wants to feel a room before spending a euro, this is the door

Why we say it: All from the club's own channel (homepage, /horarios, /contacto), read 2026-08-20; robots open. The free-trial byte (twice), the full address, both phones and the BJJ/Grappling lines are operator bytes. The trial is FREE under the trial-word law — «gratis» beside the word decides; pricing and capacity recorded as not found by our instrument (§19.4)

Schedule verified Free trialNo-gi

Your first visit

Trial
FREE, in the operator's own words, twice on the contact page: try a class free with no commitment; come meet us and try a free class. The first free-class byte this research read in the city source · 2026-08-20
Class schedule
A /horarios page publishes with BJJ and Grappling lines; the per-slot grid renders in the page's own widget, which our instrument did not transcribe — read it on the page source · 2026-08-20

Location, instructors, contact

Address
c/ Casp, 147, 08013 Barcelona — the channel's own byte on both /horarios and /contacto source · 2026-08-20
Instructors
No individual is named with a belt on the pages read — the channel carries the programme and the invitation, not a coach roster. Ask who takes your class source · 2026-08-20

Phone +34 688 41 44 89 · 692 13 20 72 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-20. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.

GULLO JIU JITSU BARCELONA

Who this academy suits

The most completely credentialed independent mat in this file: the profile card names the belt AND the hands it came from — a 2nd-degree black belt under Marcelo "Cyborg" & Careca. BJJ only, unusually structured for a beginner: tracks graded by your actual belt, gi and no-gi year-round, kids from five, a women-only class beside the mixed ones. Viladomat 88; trial and prices live in the booking app — reserve and ask

Why we say it: All from the academy's own channel, read 2026-08-20; robots open. The profile card with belt and grantors, the tracks, the Solo Chicas rule and the trial CTA are operator bytes; the fence rests on the channel's city title plus the registry byte. Trial unpriced; pricing and capacity not found (§19.4)

Schedule verified Women's programKids classesNo-giStructured curriculum

Your first visit

Trial
RESERVA TU CLASE DE PRUEBA — a trial-class CTA with no figure beside it on the read pages. Unpriced on the surface under the trial-word law; book through the app and ask source · 2026-08-20
Class schedule
Gi and no-gi year-round with belt-graded tracks, kids 5–15, and the women-only Solo Chicas — all classes mixed except that one, in the operator's own words. The per-slot grid lives on the booking app source · 2026-08-20

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Calle Viladomat, 88, Barcelona — the registry byte, backed by the channel's city claim source · 2026-08-20
Instructors
PROFESOR RAPHAEL GULLO — the site's own profile card: Brazilian, a 2nd-degree black belt, teachers Marcelo "Cyborg" & Careca — a belt WITH ITS GRANTORS NAMED on the operator's own page, the rare complete claim source · 2026-08-20

Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-20. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.

Gracie Barra Barcelona

Who this academy suits

The clearest door in this city for the traveling grappler: a printed visitor tier — 35€/day, 99€/week, 170€/month — so any length of visit has a named price before you write. Residents get the full arithmetic: 85/95/110€ a month, 60€ matrícula, a mandatory 60€/year insurance, semestral deals waiving both. Led by a 5th-degree black belt, Leandro Gontijo Fernandes, with IBJJF titles across Europe (club-published, no grantor). On Aragó 109–111 in the Eixample

Why we say it: All from the school's own channel (/tarifas, /profesores, /contacto), read 2026-08-20; robots WP-standard. The visitor tier, adult grid, matrícula, seguro and the head instructor's belt and record are operator bytes, decimal-comma preserved. The 5th-degree belt is club-published with no grantor (§10.10); the registry street-only byte carried; capacity unfound (§19.4)

Schedule verified Drop-ins welcomePricing publishedKids classesFranchise network

Your first visit

Trial
No trial word on the pages read — this door plans for the visitor with PRODUCTS instead: visitor day 35€, week 99€, month 170€ passes, named for exactly the traveler who lands with a gi. For residents the entry is a subscription source · 2026-08-20
Class schedule
A /horarios-y-precio page is published (adult and kids lines); our instrument recorded the tier structure rather than the per-slot grid — read the timetable on the page before traveling source · 2026-08-20

Classes and cost

Membership
From the operator's own /tarifas: visitor passes 35€/day, 99€/week, 170€/month; adults 85/95/110€ a month by days per week; matrícula 60€; a mandatory accident insurance 60€ a year; semestral tiers (541,50€–627,00€, with free matrícula and insurance) and annual tiers (918,00€/1.026,00€); kids from 60€ a month. Decimal-comma figures as printed source · 2026-08-20

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Aragó 109,111 (08015 Barcelona) — the channel's own contact byte, filling in the number for the registry's street-only entry source · 2026-08-20
Instructors
HEAD INSTRUCTOR LEANDRO GONTIJO FERNANDES — a 5th-degree black belt on the school's own page, with a deep competition stack in its own words: IBJJF European champion, Spanish champion, Open titles in Rome, London and Madrid, a Pan-American third, plus a professional MMA record. Club-published; no grantor named source · 2026-08-20

Phone (+34) 635-119-289 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-20. 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.

  • MMA Barcelona Team
    Carrer de Sardenya — the only address string that exists, from the competition platform's registration. A street with no number; no own channel corroborates it
    Last checked: 2026-08-20
  • Union MMA Barcelona
    Calle Monasterio de Irache, 20 — the only address string that exists, from the competition platform's registration. No own channel corroborates it
    Last checked: 2026-08-20

Frequently asked questions

Which academies in the Eixample offer a free trial?

Atos Jiu Jitsu Barcelona: A FREE WEEK, in the operator's own words: new? try one week free. The widest free window published in this city; EL CLUB DE LA LUCHA BARCELONA: FREE, in the operator's own words, twice on the contact page: try a class free with no commitment; come meet us and try a free class. The first free-class byte this research read in the city

How do I book a trial class?

It differs by academy. Where we could verify the booking method, it is listed under "Your first visit" in that academy's entry; otherwise, asking through the academy's official channel is the most reliable route.

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.

What a first class costs, city by city: the study