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Learning jiu-jitsu in Dubai Marina & Al Quoz

This guide covers Dubai's west — two belts that meet along Sheikh Zayed Road: the franchise coast (Dubai Marina, JBR and Media City, with Al Barsha behind it) and the Al Quoz warehouse corridor, 19 rooms recorded, 15 of them with full entries. The coast is where the global networks keep their Dubai rooms: Roger Gracie's association has its one UAE room on the roof floor of API Business Suites at 321 Sheikh Zayed Road; Gracie Barra JBR opens through a trial funnel — fill the form, and the academy books your visit over WhatsApp — and in Media City, TKMMAFIT publishes what no other UAE gym in this research does: a named free one-day full-access pass, booked at least 24 hours ahead. The warehouse corridor holds the area's heritage and its price sheet. Team Nogueira Dubai trains in Al Ghurair warehouse #5 on Al Quoz 3's 4th Street, and the press layer carries the story its own site doesn't tell: a 2019 Gulf Today profile credits the same operator with opening Dubai's first dedicated BJJ centre back in February 2010. And Entropy Jiu Jitsu, an independent academy in Warehouse 05 at 14 D67, Al Quoz Industrial Area 1, publishes the area's full deal: the richest AED price grid in this research's UAE records — adults from AED 700 a month — a first class free, and the headline product, 'Drop-In Pass — AED 100 + VAT per class… for visitors, travellers, or anyone wanting to try Entropy without committing' — the first product this research has recorded in either emirate that is actually named for you. Two honest notes: Falcons MMA's own domain now runs as a merch store — its academy pages publish no schedule, no prices and no address, so the room stays on the pending list; and since the warehouse belt defeats map apps, take Entropy's own offer of a WhatsApp pin. Against the capital's funnel doors, this area speaks the richer visitor dialect — a named drop-in, a free day pass, free first classes — and where a door publishes nothing, we say so. For someone just starting, the real question is not "which academy is best" but "which one fits me."

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10th Planet Dubai

Who this academy suits

The no-gi flag on Hessa Street, with its real site now read end to end: 10th Planet Dubai trains in the basement of Bin Meshar Building (back entrance — the network's own locator address), and its deployed site, which agrees on Hessa Street, publishes the whole visitor kit: a free first class ('Register to Book a free trial class', booked against a real slot), a live weekly timetable whose No-Gi classes follow the 10th Planet system and whose Gi classes follow the Jean Jacques Machado system — 'the best of Gi and No Gi Jiu Jitsu under one roof', in its own words — and a full price sheet with 5% VAT included: day pass AED 120, week pass 420, Beginners Program 525, Unlimited 630, kids 470, privates from 500. Head Coach Jacob Tapia is a 10th Planet black belt under Eddie Bravo, per the network's own page. The honesty notes: the base membership tiers print no term on the sheet (each 3-month sibling costs exactly three times as much, but confirm the period before you pay); exact class times live in the schedule view, so pick your slot as you book; and the desk answers at +971 4 224 9019, WhatsApp +971 50 701 6700 or info@10pjjm.ae. Best for a Hessa Street, Al Thanyah or Marina-belt grappler who wants Eddie Bravo's no-gi system — or Machado-system gi — behind a free first class and a true published day pass

Why we say it: The address is the network's own locator byte (D2, dubai-verify-d2-west.md row 53), street-corroborated by the deployed site's own contact block ('Hessa Street, Dubai'). The hero and dual-system class descriptions, the free-trial funnel bytes, the schedule surface (one same-session read of the endpoint the page itself calls, returning the day's real slots), the membership sheet under its 'All prices include 5% VAT.' header with the day/week-pass products and inquiry-only private tiers, the phone, the WhatsApp line and the email are the deployed own domain 10pjjm.ae, drained 2026-08-15 with robots re-verified open first (the §13 adoption executed at D4); the site's own footer links @10thplanet.dubai — the domain↔room identity join. Jacob Tapia is the network detail page's byte (D2). The no-term note is stated from the sheet as printed (the 3× arithmetic is flagged as arithmetic); merch store prices are never cited as training pricing. The advertised-vs-empty 10thplanetjj.ae conflict record stands unchanged

Schedule verified Pricing published Franchise networkNo-giFree trialDrop-ins welcomePricing publishedKids classesStriking classes too

Your first visit

Free trial
The first class is a free trial — register on the site ('Register to Book a free trial class') and pick the class slot you want. Visitors past the free class have a published day pass at AED 120 and a week pass at AED 420, VAT included
Class schedule
A live weekly timetable publishes on its own schedule page — class types run Beginners Program, Gi, No-Gi, Kids, MMA, Muay Thai/Kickboxing, Open Mat and wrestling, with No-Gi classes following the 10th Planet system and Gi classes the Jean Jacques Machado system; pick your exact slot in the schedule view when you book

Classes and cost

Membership
A published sheet (AED, 'All prices include 5% VAT.'): day pass 120 · week pass 420 · Beginners Program 525 (3 months 1,575) · Limited membership 475 (3 months 1,425) · Unlimited 630 (3 months 1,890) · kids jiu-jitsu 470 · a Muay-Thai-only tier at 450 · privates 500 a session / 5,000 for a ten-class package (inquiry-only). Note: the base tiers print no term on the sheet — confirm the period covered before you pay

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Basement of Bin Meshar Building (back entrance), Hessa Street, Dubai — the network's own locator address
Instructors
Head Coach Jacob Tapia — a 10th Planet black belt under Eddie Bravo, per the network's own page

Phone +971 4 224 9019 (the site also publishes a WhatsApp line, +971 50 701 6700) Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-15. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.

971 MMA

Who this academy suits

The corridor's competition-pedigree floor: 971 MMA in Al Quoz Industrial 3 (Unit 6-7, 23rd Street — the federation registry's street; the gym's own site names only Dubai) runs BJJ as its signature program under the Next Level BJJ banner, with a published head coach whose credentials the site spells out — Rogerio Alves Luz, Manaus-born, ACBJJ World Champion and 2024 AJP World Pro Qualifier Champion, top-10 at 69kg. Around the flagship sit MMA, Muay Thai, wrestling and a kids program, each with its own named coach. The door is simple and free: 'Book a Free Class' sits on the nav and every program card — and it is the only published commercial fact, because no prices are server-readable, so ask terms when you book (the gym's own line is +971 54 332 3980). A fit for an Al Quoz grappler who wants credentialed competition-line BJJ inside a big multi-art room and is happy to start with a free class and a conversation

Why we say it: The NLBJJ signature-program line, the Rogerio Alves Luz roster and credentials, the free-class CTA and the own phone are 971mma.com verbatim (/ + /about /coaches /contact, fetched 2026-08-15); the street is the AJP 13518 Location byte cited with its provenance stated in the display (the own site is city-only). The own-vs-directory phone conflict is filed with the own byte published. Per the §12 ratification the registry-PIC/press matter is a conflicts-only record and appears in no display string. No price claim is made — none is published

Free trialKids classesStriking classes too

Your first visit

Free trial
'Book a Free Class' — the nav CTA and every program card. No prices are published, so ask terms when you book

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Unit 6-7, 23rd St, Al Quoz Industrial Area 3, Dubai — the federation registry's street (the gym's own site publishes only 'Dubai, UAE')
Instructors
Rogerio Alves Luz — Head BJJ Coach; per the gym's own site: born in Manaus, ACBJJ World Champion, Grand Slam Champion (China), AJP World Pro Qualifier Champion 2024, and top-10 in the world at 69kg (black belt, AJP)

Phone +971 54 332 3980 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-15. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.

Antara Jiu Jitsu Academy

Who this academy suits

The coastal family belt's self-defense school: Antara Jiu Jitsu Academy sits in the API 1000 Building on Al Wasl Road in Umm Al Sheif — an address its own site and the UAE federation registry agree on, backing the federation's 111-member roster, the largest of the rows this research had yet to place on a map. By its own words the curriculum is self-defense-scenario based ('a little different from the average bjj school'), and the published board is genuinely broad: a juniors ladder from Little Lions at 5-6 through a separate girls' band at 11-15, TWO adult tiers (Fundamentals and Mastery) on the server-readable schedule page, and — rare on this coast — a ladies-only jiu-jitsu program alongside ladies kickboxing and Muay Thai. The door is 'Book a trial class': a paid juniors trial at AED 100 (listed value 160). The honesty notes: no adult trial product and no membership prices publish, so adults should ask terms by phone (+971 (0) 43314484 / +971 (0) 504331474) or email; which timetable slot is which class lives in the booking view; and skip the nav's 'Join Today!' button — it's a broken link, the homepage trial button works. Best for Umm Al Sheif, Umm Suqeim and Al Wasl families — especially ones wanting a girls' band and a ladies-only mat — and for adults who don't mind an ask-first membership conversation at a self-defense-first school

Why we say it: Address, phones, email, program board (incl. Ladies only Jiu-Jitsu), the self-defense FAQ line, the schedule categories (Adults Fundamentals/Mastery, the juniors ladder with the girls' band), the AED 100/160 trial bytes and the broken 'Join Today!' link are the academy's own site fresh-fetched 2026-08-15 (antarajj.com + /schedule-2/ + /antara-jiu-jitsu-trial-dubai/ + the /trial-dubai/ 404 probe; robots checked first, open). The two-surface agreement (own contact block ↔ UAEJJF 5173 Location byte-family + Website field + mirrored mission copy) is this session's fresh verification, satisfying the §13 render condition; the 111-member figure and the registry phone conflict are the UAEJJF 5173 read (crawl-delay honored). No membership price claim is made — none is published

Schedule verified Kids classesWomen's program

Your first visit

Free trial
'Book a trial class' is the door — the published trial product is a paid juniors trial (AED 100 for a full session, listed value AED 160) with booking buttons for Little Lions, Juniors 1 and Juniors 2 (boys and girls). No adult trial product publishes, so adults should ask by phone or email. Note: the nav's 'Join Today!' button is a broken link — use the homepage's trial button
Class schedule
A weekly schedule page publishes on its own site — class categories are Little Lions (ages 5-6), Junior 1 (7-10), Junior 2 (11-15, with a separate girls' band), Adults Fundamentals and Adults Mastery, so adult jiu-jitsu runs at two levels. Which slot is which class lives in the booking view — ask for your class's times when you book

Location, instructors, contact

Address
API 1000 Building, Al Wasl Road, Umm Al Sheif, Dubai — the address its own site and the UAE federation registry agree on

Phone +971 (0) 43314484 · +971 (0) 504331474 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-15. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.
Entropy Jiu Jitsu

Entropy Jiu Jitsu

Who this academy suits

The traveler's honest door in Dubai — and the belt's price-sheet anchor: Entropy, an independent academy (by its own words) in Warehouse 05 at 14 D67, Al Quoz Industrial Area 1, publishes the first product this research has recorded in either emirate that is actually named for you — 'Drop-In Pass — AED 100 + VAT per class… for visitors, travellers, or anyone wanting to try Entropy without committing.' Beginners get the other door: first class free, no card, no joining fee. Behind both sits the richest published price grid in this research's UAE records — adults AED 700/750/1,200 a month, kids 650/700/1,100, a Ladies Only program built by women with female head professors at AED 700, women's self-defense at AED 550, privates from AED 500 + VAT open to non-members — plus a nine-week World Pro camp (from AED 3,499) if you're pointing at the Abu Dhabi event. Led by Professor Thabet Altaher, a 3rd-degree black belt; open seven days from 06:30 with walk-ins welcome to watch; and since the warehouse belt defeats map apps, take the academy's own offer of a WhatsApp pin. The fullest-disclosure academy on this side of the country — a fit for almost anyone, from a traveller with one evening to a family pricing kids' terms in plain AED

Why we say it: The Drop-In Pass, first-class-free block, full AED grid, camp tiers, hours, walk-ins line, WhatsApp-pin wayfinding, address, phones, email and the Thabet Altaher/Vinicius Cruz identities are the academy's own site byte-exact (entropyjiujitsu.com + /contact /memberships /schedule /world-pro-training-camp, fetched 2026-08-15). The 'independent' framing is the own site's self-description with the Atos-listing conflict filed and the divergence noted in the display copy. Prices carry their VAT markers as published

Pricing published Drop-ins welcomeFree trialPricing publishedKids classesWomen's programEarly morning classes

Your first visit

Free trial
Two doors. (1) The Drop-In Pass, verbatim: 'Drop-In Pass — AED 100 + VAT per class — a single class for visitors, travellers, or anyone wanting to try Entropy without committing to a membership' — the first product named 'drop-in' this research has recorded in either emirate. (2) First class free: 'Your first class is on us. No card, no commitment' (no joining fee; cancel anytime on monthly)

Classes and cost

Membership
The full grid, byte-exact from its own site (monthly, AED): Adults 14+ — Silver 3x/wk AED 700 · Gold unlimited AED 750 · Platinum AED 1,200 (incl. one private a month and year-round competition registration). Kids 3–13 — AED 650 / 700 / 1,100. Ladies Only 4x/wk AED 700. Women's Self-Defense 2x/wk AED 550. Privates from AED 500 + VAT a session, open to non-members. Long-term signups save up to AED 1,000 and earn a free gi

Location, instructors, contact

Address
14 D67, Al Quoz Industrial Area 1, Warehouse 05, Dubai — and because the warehouse belt defeats map apps, use the academy's own 'Get a WhatsApp pin' offer
Instructors
Professor Thabet Altaher — a 3rd-degree black belt with 15+ years on the mat per the academy's own site, joined by Professor Vinicius Cruz for the World Pro camp; the Ladies Only program is 'trained by female head professors' (their copy; unnamed)
Front-desk hours (not class times)
Open 7 days — Mon–Wed 06:30–21:00 … Sun 08:00–13:45 (full week published), with the academy's own line: 'Walk-ins welcome — come watch a class before booking'

Phone Reception +971 4 323 8902 · WhatsApp +971 54 994 6974 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-15. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.

GMNSM Academy

Who this academy suits

The Downtown estate that ended the 'empty core' story: GMNSM Academy is a kids-first jiu-jitsu franchise whose HQ sits at Burj Vista Tower 1 (2nd floor) in Downtown Dubai — the federation registry's own address, venue-matched by the academy's enrollment form — with further Dubai floors at Palm Jumeirah, Rimal 3 in JBR and BC Academy in Umm Suqeim 2, and rooms in Abu Dhabi ('Abu Dhabi. Now open.', its homepage says of Reem Mall), Qatar and Cyprus. The register is unapologetically family-first — 'Your child's future depends on you' is the hero line, and the age ladder runs from 2-3 year-olds up through 10-16 — but the form's list does include an 'Adults' group. The door is 'Try Now', the estate's own enrollment form: pick your venue and age group and submit. The honesty notes: no prices, no timetable and no named coaches are published anywhere readable, and nothing is promised free — so ask terms, times and who teaches when the academy calls back (+971 451 22 000, as the site prints it). A fit for Downtown, JBR, Palm and Umm Suqeim families who want a multi-venue kids program bookable through one form — adults can enroll too, but should expect a kids-first house

Why we say it: The venue list, age variants (incl. 'Adults'), hero line, 'Abu Dhabi. Now open.' byte, 'Try Now' form, phone and footer sics are gmnsm.com verbatim (fetched fresh 2026-08-15; robots checked first — Tilda page-specific disallows, open; the form read, never submitted). The HQ address is U6351's Location byte verbatim, venue-matched by the own form — the two-surface agreement satisfying the §14 render condition; member counts (62/102) and the PIC/Contact identities are the D2 registry reads (dubai-verify-d2-east.md §RESIDUE row 64; crawl-delay honored). The one-estate-dossier seat is the §14 ruling; no price, timetable or coach claim is made — none is published

Franchise networkKids classes

Your first visit

Free trial
'Try Now' — the estate's own enrollment form is the door: pick one of the seven venues and an age group (2-3 y.o. through 10-16 y.o. kids, plus 'Adults'). Nothing is promised free and no prices are published, so ask terms when you enroll

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Burj Vista Tower 1, 2nd floor, Downtown, Dubai — the federation registry's HQ address, venue-matched by the academy's own enrollment form (pick your training venue in the form)

Phone +971 451 22 000 (as the site prints it) Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-15. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.
Gracie Barra JBR

Gracie Barra JBR

Who this academy suits

The beachfront Gracie Barra: a shopfront room in Al Fattan Marine Towers (Shop 14) on JBR's The Walk, with the address and phone agreeing byte-for-byte across the academy's own site and the brand's UAE estate — as solid as this research gets in Dubai. The program spread is the GB standard: adults gi and no-gi for men and women, kids and teens from ages 2–15, and privates. The door is a trial funnel — fill the form and the academy books your visit over WhatsApp, with the estate card promising a free trial — and that funnel is the only published path: no prices and no timetable are readable, so ask both when the WhatsApp message comes. One address caution our research carries: the GB global locator still says 'Marina Tower' — trust the tower the academy itself names, Al Fattan Marine Towers on the same beachfront strip. A fit for Marina and JBR residents and beach-holiday visitors who want GB curriculum at a verified address and don't mind a form-first first contact

Why we say it: The venue, phone, program lines and the form→WhatsApp trial flow are the academy's own funnel site verbatim (bjjdubai.com, fetched 2026-08-15; form read, never submitted); the estate corroboration and 'BOOK FREE TRIAL' are graciebarrauae.com's locations grid, same day. The 'Marina Tower' caution is the filed GB-locator conflict (own + estate bytes win). No price or timetable claim is made — none is published

Franchise networkKids classesWomen's programFree trialNo-gi

Your first visit

Free trial
A trial funnel: fill the form on its own site and 'You'll receive a message by WhatsApp to book your visit'; the brand's UAE estate card carries 'BOOK FREE TRIAL'. No prices are published — ask when you book

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Al Fattan Marine Towers, Shop 14, JBR (Jumeirah Beach Residence), Dubai — an address the academy's own site and the Gracie Barra UAE estate agree on byte-for-byte

Phone +971 56 562 7762 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-15. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.
Gracie Humaita Dubai

Gracie Humaita Dubai

Who this academy suits

The lineage room of the coastal belt: Gracie Humaita Dubai carries the Carlos-and-Royler Gracie line onto Al Wasl Road at Al Ferdous Center 3 — an address its own site and the UAE federation registry family agree on, fresh-verified — under Professor Olavo Belo, a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black belt who is also the registry's responsible byte, with a published roster that includes a dedicated Kids & Ladies coach (Joana Roza). The door is free: 'Get your Free Trial' is the site's own funnel, and families get a real priced product too — a December kids camp (ages 4–6 and 7–12) at AED 225 a day, or 200 a day booked by the full week, on the kids line +971 4 884 3640. The honesty notes our research carries: no membership prices are published anywhere readable, and the timetable the site serves still says 'Ramadan Schedule 2026' in August — adult, ladies-only, self-defense, no-gi and kids classes are all listed, but confirm current times on 056 169 0269 when you book. A fit for Jumeirah and Umm Suqeim families — especially those wanting a named ladies-and-kids coaching line — and for anyone who wants Gracie-lineage fundamentals behind a free first class

Why we say it: Name, lineage story, coach roster, address, phones, email, free-trial funnel, camp dates/prices and the 'Ramadan Schedule 2026' heading are graciehumaita.ae verbatim (single-page site, fetched fresh 2026-08-15; robots checked first — WP default, open; the trial form read, never submitted). The two-surface agreement (own footer address ↔ UAEJJF 5929 'Al ferdouse 3 jumeirah' byte family + AJP 12711 with its phone byte-match) is this session's fresh verification and satisfies the §14 render condition; member counts (116/104) are the D2 registry reads (crawl-delay honored, dubai-verify-d2-east.md §RESIDUE row 48). The schedule is held candidate for freshness — no timetable is claimed, and the staleness is stated in the display copy. Camp prices are the site's own AED bytes; no membership price is claimed — none is published

Franchise networkFree trialKids classesWomen's program

Your first visit

Free trial
'Get your Free Trial' — the site's own funnel (with a 'Book Now' CTA beside it). No membership prices are published, so ask terms when you book — and confirm current class times: the served timetable still carries a 'Ramadan Schedule 2026' heading in August

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Al Ferdous Center 3, Al Wasl Road, Dubai — the academy's own published address (the federation registry adds the Jumeirah district)
Instructors
Professor Olavo Belo — head coach, a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu black belt per the academy's own site (and the responsible byte on both federation registries); the published roster adds Tiago Bravo (Professor), Joana Roza (Kids & Ladies Coach) and Livia Fernandes (Assistant Coach)

Phone 056 169 0269 (the kids-camp booking line is +971 4 884 3640) Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-15. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.
Jesters Jiu Jitsu

Jesters Jiu Jitsu

Who this academy suits

The corridor's playful room: Jesters Jiu Jitsu is a jiu-jitsu-only academy at WH 02, Mañana Warehouse in Al Quoz Industrial 3 — an address its own site and the federation registry family agree on — that leads with joy on purpose ('precision, playfulness, and mastery' is the house line, and the coach bios are genuinely funny). The mat is led by Head Coach Antonio Vinicius, a black belt at 20 with over 21 years in the art per the site, the program board runs a dedicated Beginners Course and a 'Junior Jesters' kids program for ages 3–15, and the door is the site's own 'try a free class' button. The honesty notes our research carries: no timetable is server-readable (the schedule lives in a booking widget), and no prices are either — memberships are chosen in the academy's 'Jester Therapy' app — so take the free class and ask terms and times there (+971526451141 / info@jestersjiujitsu.com). A fit for an Al Quoz beginner who wants a jiu-jitsu-only room that takes the art seriously and itself lightly — and for parents pricing the kids ladder in person

Why we say it: The house line, archetype copy, Beginners Course and Junior Jesters programs, coach roster and bios, address and parking bytes, phone, email, 'try a free class' CTA, the heading-only memberships page and the Jester Therapy app line are www.jestersjiujitsu.com verbatim (homepage + /memberships, fetched fresh 2026-08-15; robots checked first — Wix default, open). The two-surface agreement (own 'WH 02, Mañana Warehouse Al Quoz' + 'Al Quoz Industrial Area 3' parking line ↔ AJP 13520 / U6045 byte family) is this session's fresh verification and satisfies the §14 render condition; member counts (8/37) are the D2 registry reads (dubai-verify-d2-east.md §RESIDUE row 73; crawl-delay honored). The registry-PIC divergence (Luke Blane) is a conflicts-only record per the 971-mma pattern. No price or timetable claim is made — neither is server-readable

Free trialKids classesDaily beginner classes

Your first visit

Free trial
'try a free class' — the homepage's own CTA is the door. Membership products live in the 'Jester Therapy' app and the site's memberships page is heading-only server-side — no prices are readable, so ask terms at your free class

Location, instructors, contact

Address
WH 02, Mañana Warehouse, Al Quoz Industrial Area 3, Dubai — the address its own site and the federation registry family agree on (the registry adds 2 6A Street)
Instructors
Antonio Vinicius — Head Coach; per the academy's own site, awarded his black belt at 20 with over 21 years of training, teaching and competing (Abood Maklef assists)

Phone +971526451141 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-15. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.
Roger Gracie Academy Dubai X The Forge

Roger Gracie Academy Dubai X The Forge

Who this academy suits

The Roger Gracie flag in Dubai — the association's one UAE room, on the roof floor of API Business Suites at 321 Sheikh Zayed Road in Al Barsha First, next to alZahra Hospital. The mat is led by Marcos 'Ratinho' Santana, a black belt under Ricardo Vieira who has taught in the UAE since 2012, and the room shares its floor with Muay Thai, MMA, yoga and kids programs — BJJ-led branding, multi-art reality. The door is the site's own 'BOOK TRAIL CLASS' button (their spelling), with booking on Mindbody and the academy's own apps, and opening hours are published: Mon–Fri 7:00AM–9:00PM, weekends 8:00AM–2:00PM. Two honesty notes our research carries: no prices exist anywhere on the site (the enrollment page is an empty stub), and the class timetable lives in a booking widget this research cannot read — so ask terms and times when you book. A fit for a visitor on the Sheikh Zayed Road belt who wants RGA lineage under a named black belt and doesn't mind a booking-first first contact

Why we say it: Address, phones, emails, hours, the Ratinho bio and lineage, the 'BOOK TRAIL CLASS' CTA, the Mindbody/apps booking path and the empty enrollment stub are the academy's own site verbatim (rogergraciedubai.com + /trainer-marcos.html + /enrolment.html, fetched 2026-08-15). The API-vs-FPI address conflict is filed with the own byte cited. No price or timetable claim is made — none is server-readable

Franchise networkKids classesStriking classes too

Your first visit

Free trial
'BOOK TRAIL CLASS' — the site's own spelling — is the trial-class booking CTA; booking runs on Mindbody and the academy's branded apps. No prices are published and nothing is promised free, so ask terms when you book

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Roof floor, API Business Suites, 321 Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Barsha First, Dubai (next to alZahra Hospital)
Instructors
Antônio Marcos Santana — Marcos 'Ratinho' — a black belt under Ricardo Vieira per the academy's own trainer page, teaching in the UAE since 2012
Front-desk hours (not class times)
Published opening hours: Mon–Fri 7:00AM–9:00PM, Sat–Sun 8:00AM–2:00PM (its own site)

Phone 04-3334849 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Compiled from the academy's public materials; we have not yet visited in person. Last checked: 2026-08-15. Spot something wrong? Tell us. We review every correction and log the change.
TKMMAFIT

TKMMAFIT

Who this academy suits

The free day in Media City: TKMMAFIT, on the 9th floor of Shatha Tower, publishes what no other UAE gym in this research does — a named FREE one-day full-access pass ('GET A FREE 1 DAY FULL ACCESS PASS', booked at least 24 hours ahead), with BJJ on the booking form's class list alongside kids jiu-jitsu and a Pro Class. It is a founder-branded multi-art tower gym (Tam Khan's), and the honesty notes matter: no BJJ coach is named (the BJJ page says 'all black belts' — program copy), no prices are published, and no class schedule is server-readable — the menu's MEMBERSHIP link leads to a page with neither, so book the free day and ask times, terms and who teaches when you do. A fit for a Media City or Marina professional who wants to test a whole facility for a day at zero cost before talking money — the cleanest free door on this coast

Why we say it: The free-day-pass block, hero CTA, address, phone, email, founder line, class roster (BJJ / KIDS JIU JITSU / Pro Class) and the 'all black belts' program copy are the gym's own site verbatim (tkmmafit.com + /brazilian-jiu-jitsu-2/ + /about/timetable/, fetched 2026-08-15; booking form read, never submitted). The nav-label rot (MEMBERSHIP → neither) is recorded and the copy routes the reader to ask. No price or schedule claim is made — none is server-readable

Free trialKids classesStriking classes too

Your first visit

Free trial
A free one-day full-access pass, verbatim: 'GET A FREE 1 DAY FULL ACCESS PASS' (book at least 24 hours ahead) plus a 'GRAB YOUR FREE TRIAL' hero CTA — the first named zero-price day product this research has recorded in the UAE; the booking form's class list includes BJJ

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Shatha Tower, 9th Floor, Dubai Media City, Dubai

Phone +971 58 840 3718 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

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TRIPL3 MMA

TRIPL3 MMA

Who this academy suits

The room that put JLT on this research's map: TRIPL3 MMA trains MMA, jiu-jitsu (gi and no-gi), Muay Thai, boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and a ladies Muay Thai line on the ground floor of Mazaya Business Avenue's Tower AA1 — an address its own site and the federation registry agree on, the district's first own-channel mat surface — with an open-gym fitness floor and an in-house café around the mats. The practical kit is genuinely published: opening hours seven days (Mon–Fri 7:00 AM–9:30 PM, Sat 8:00 AM–5:00 PM, Sun 10:00 AM–4:00 PM), indoor parking on request, and a free first step — 'Claim your free trial.' is the site's own WhatsApp button. The honesty notes: the memberships page names its tiers and terms (kids & teens, adults with gym access, ladies — 1 month to 1 year) but prints zero prices; the timetable is a download link, not a readable grid; and no coach is named server-side (the team page 404s) — so claim the trial and ask prices, times and who leads the jiu-jitsu mat (+971 4 353 4385 / info@tripl3mma.com). A fit for a JLT or Marina-belt all-rounder who wants striking, wrestling and BJJ under one roof with a free trial to test the floor first

Why we say it: The discipline board, JLT open-gym line, jiu-jitsu program page (gi/no-gi equipment lists), café and locations pages, address and parking bytes, phones, email, opening hours, membership tier/term names with their zero-price state, the 'Claim your free trial.' WhatsApp CTA and the Our-Team 404 are tripl3mma.com verbatim (/ + /programs/jiu-jitsu/ + /memberships/ + /locations/tripl3-mma-jlt/ + /schedule/ + /about/, fetched fresh 2026-08-15; robots checked first — empty Disallow, open). The two-surface agreement (own address ↔ the registry's 'Mazaya business Avenue aa1' byte family) satisfies the §14 render condition; member counts (20/16) and the PIC byte are the D2 registry reads (dubai-verify-d2-east.md §RESIDUE row 76; crawl-delay honored). No price, timetable or coach claim is made — none is server-readable

Free trialKids classesStriking classes tooWomen's program

Your first visit

Free trial
'Claim your free trial.' — the site's own WhatsApp CTA is the door (with a 'Join us' funnel beside it). The memberships page names tiers and terms (1/3/6 months, 1 year) with zero prices printed — ask terms when you claim the trial

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Mazaya Business Avenue, Ground Floor, Tower AA1, JLT, Dubai — the address its own site and the federation registry agree on
Front-desk hours (not class times)
Published hours: Mon–Fri 7:00 AM–9:30 PM · Sat 8:00 AM–5:00 PM · Sun 10:00 AM–4:00 PM (its own site)

Phone +971 4 353 4385 / +971 50 501 6757 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

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Team Nogueira Dubai

Team Nogueira Dubai

Who this academy suits

The corridor's heritage room: Team Nogueira Dubai trains BJJ alongside MMA, Muay Thai, boxing, judo and wrestling in Al Ghurair warehouse #5 on Al Quoz 3's 4th Street (behind the Audi Showroom), founded in 2013 with Sheikh Tariq's backing per its own heritage page — and the press layer carries the deeper story its own site doesn't tell: a 2019 Gulf Today profile credits the same operator with opening Dubai's first dedicated BJJ centre back in February 2010, an identity this research has folded into this entry. The mat is alive — the news feed carried Cyborg Abreu and Mica Galvão seminars in late 2025 — and the door is 'Join Class Now' with hours published from 5:30 am on weekdays. The honesty note: membership comes as three named packages, every one of them 'Inquire Now' with no prices, so ask terms when you enquire (and confirm weekend hours — the site's two hours bytes disagree). A fit for an Al Quoz grappler who wants a big multi-art floor with real seminar traffic and doesn't mind an enquiry-first membership dance

Why we say it: Address, phone, email, hours, disciplines, the 2013/Sheikh Tariq founding, the seminar news and the three inquire-gated packages are the academy's own site verbatim (teamnogueiradubai.com + /our-heritage/, fetched 2026-08-15). The February-2010 first-BJJ-centre line is press-sourced and attributed in the copy (Gulf Today 2019-11-28, Haubert profile — the §12-ratified 56→43 merge; the own channel does not tell this part of its story, and the copy says so). No price claim is made — none is published

Franchise networkKids classesStriking classes too

Your first visit

Free trial
'Join Class Now' is the door. Three named packages — Fit (gym) / Fighter (one discipline) / Ultimate Warrior (all disciplines) — every one of them 'Inquire Now': no prices are published, so ask when you enquire

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Al Quoz 3, 4th Street, Al Ghurair warehouse #5, behind the Audi Showroom, Dubai
Instructors
Thiago Sá Fortes Silva — the BJJ head coach per the academy's own trainer page, a black belt under Ricardo Vieira
Founded
Founded 2013 per its own heritage page (the Team Nogueira brand itself dates to 2009)
Front-desk hours (not class times)
Published hours: Mon–Fri 5:30 am–11:00 pm (site header); the facility copy elsewhere says 'open six days a week' — confirm weekends by phone

Phone +971 4 338 8967 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

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The Alpha Club

The Alpha Club

Who this academy suits

The corridor's fight-and-fitness floor: The Alpha Club on 26th Street in Al Quoz Industrial 4 runs a 'Fight Arena' of boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu beside a strength floor and women's pilates — a gym where BJJ is one discipline in the mix, not the house identity. Our research carries the honesty notes plainly: no BJJ coach is named anywhere on the site (the named specialists cover MMA/strength and Muay Thai), no prices or phone are readable, and the doors are two buttons — 'Become a Member' and 'Book a Visit' — so book the visit and ask both the terms and who actually teaches the jiu-jitsu classes. A fit for an Al Quoz all-rounder who wants striking, wrestling and BJJ under one roof and treats the first visit as the fact-finding trip

Why we say it: The program list (typo preserved in the record), Fight Arena line, named trainers, the two JS funnels and the 'Al Quoz, Dubai' locator are thealphaclubdxb.com verbatim (fetched 2026-08-15); the street is the AJP 14826 Location byte, consistent with the own site's locator and map embed (the embed recorded as an own-channel surface; coords never stored). The no-BJJ-coach fence and the no-price/no-phone state are stated in the copy, which routes the reader to ask. No price claim is made — none is readable

Striking classes too

Your first visit

Free trial
'Become a Member' and 'Book a Visit' are the published doors — no prices or phone are readable on the site and nothing is promised free, so ask terms (and who teaches BJJ) when you book a visit

Location, instructors, contact

Address
26th Street, Al Quoz Industrial 4, Dubai — the federation registry's street, consistent with the club's own site

Website Naver Map Apple Maps

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Tsuna Jiu Jitsu Academy

Tsuna Jiu Jitsu Academy

Who this academy suits

The refined room of the warehouse belt: Tsuna Jiu Jitsu Academy pairs an 85-square-meter Dollamur-matted training floor upstairs with its own café downstairs ('It's more than a gym — it's a place to belong', in its own words) at Goshi Warehouse City, Warehouse 119 — a venue its own site and the federation registry agree on. The mat is led by Alan Roy Armesto, an Atos black belt who received his belt from André Galvão himself per the site, with 16-plus years of coaching across rooms like FitRepublik and Entropy; the published board runs Kids (3-6), Juniors (7-11), No Gi, All Levels Gi and Open Mat with Ladies Only and yoga mornings; and the whole academy books through the MAAT app — 'Join Now' is the door. The honesty notes our research carries: neither surface names a district for the warehouse-city venue (and the geocoder cannot place it either), so confirm the way on the WhatsApp line (+971585878119) before traveling; no prices are published, so ask terms in the app; and exact slot times live in the schedule widget, so pick them as you book. A fit for a grappler who values a deliberate, boutique room — coffee included — and doesn't mind an app-first membership dance with a WhatsApp map pin

Why we say it: The facility copy (85 sqm Dollamur floor, in-house café), the Alan Roy Armesto bio with the Atos/Galvão belt line, the class categories and ladies/yoga mornings, the 'Join Now' CTA, the MAAT app rail, the address and Cel/WhatsApp bytes are www.tsunajj.com verbatim (single-page site, fetched fresh 2026-08-15; robots checked first — Wix default, open; the contact form read, never submitted). The venue agreement (own 'Warehouse 119' ↔ registry 'Store 119', same venue) is the two-surface condition of §14; the district absence and the failed geocache step (Nominatim zero results ×3, 2026-08-15) are recorded in the conflict, with the provisional west seat per the ratification. No per-slot timetable is transcribed (table-widget order unreliable) and no price is claimed — none is published

Schedule verified Kids classesNo-giWomen's program

Your first visit

Free trial
'Join Now' is the door — booking runs on the academy's MAAT app, with the WhatsApp line (+971585878119) for questions. Nothing is promised free and no prices are published, so ask terms when you join
Class schedule
A weekly timetable publishes on its own site — the class categories are Kids (3-6), Juniors (7-11), No Gi, All Levels Gi and Open Mat, with Ladies Only and yoga sessions in the mornings; confirm exact slot times as you book in the MAAT app

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Goshi Warehouse City, Warehouse 119, Dubai — the venue its own site and the federation registry agree on (neither surface names a district, so confirm the way by WhatsApp before traveling)
Instructors
Alan Roy Armesto — Head Coach and academy manager; per the academy's own site an Atos black belt who received his belt from André Galvão, with over 16 years of coaching including FitRepublik, Bali MMA and Entropy Jiu Jitsu

Phone +971585878119 (the same number is the WhatsApp line) Website Naver Map Apple Maps

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Warrior Academy Al Quoz

Warrior Academy Al Quoz

Who this academy suits

The family academy of the Al Quoz belt: Warrior Academy's Dubai mat at Al Joud Centre (Office M16, 15A Street) is the same kids-first school that runs its Abu Dhabi room — a ladder from Little Warriors at ages 2-3 up through Teens, published opening hours and a live weekly timetable, and its own claim of families driving in from Al Safa, Umm Suqeim, Al Wasl, Al Manara and Al Barsha 1. Adults get two timetable entries — an Adults slot and a respectfully noted 7:30 pm Adult Ladies Only slot — and here the honesty notes transfer straight from our Abu Dhabi research: BJJ is one of the school's arts and the timetable never says which discipline an adult slot is, so confirm by phone (+971 58 542 4089 — a line shared with the school's Jumeirah Islands room) that you would be training jiu-jitsu; and no prices are published, so ask when you book. Best for parents on the Al Safa–Al Barsha family belt who want a schedule-visible kids program with jiu-jitsu in the mix — adults, and especially women eyeing the ladies-only hour, should call first

Why we say it: Address, phone, opening times, the live timetable with its Adults and Adult Ladies Only slots, the kids ladder, the multi-art program line, the catchment copy and the 'Book a Class' funnel are the school's own site verbatim (warrioracademy.ae/class-times/dubai-al-quoz-class-times/ + /class-times/, fetched 2026-08-15). The discipline-share caution transfers from the AD estate read (D2); the Smoothcomp-absence registry fact is the D1/D2 record. No price claim is made — none is published

Schedule verified Kids classesStriking classes too

Your first visit

Free trial
'Book a Class' funnel — no prices published, nothing promised free. Confirm on booking that the class you want is jiu-jitsu
Class schedule
A live timetable on its own site — an Adults slot and a 7:30 pm Adult Ladies Only slot inside a kids-first ladder (ages 2-3 through 13+). Caution: whether the adult slots are jiu-jitsu is not server-readable — the school teaches karate, jiu-jitsu and more; confirm by phone

Location, instructors, contact

Address
Al Joud Centre, Office M16, 15A St, Al Quoz, Dubai
Front-desk hours (not class times)
Published opening times: Mon 11:30–20:30 … Sun 08:00–19:00 (full week on its own site)

Phone +971 58 542 4089 (the same line also serves the Jumeirah Islands room) Website Naver Map Apple Maps

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    Green Lakes S2, ground level (lake side), Cluster S, Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT), Dubai — the federation registry's address (the brand's website serves only its Tashkent home gym, so confirm the room is operating before traveling)
    Last checked: 2026-08-15
  • Falcons MMA · Official site
    Striking classes tooNo-gi
    Pinnacle Building, Al Barsha 1, Dubai — the federation registry's address (the own channel publishes none) · +971 50 864 8360
    Last checked: 2026-08-15
  • Marcio Silva
  • Renzo Gracie Dubai
    Al Quoz Industrial Area 4, Dubai — the live directory's listed address (the academy's own websites are down and only its Instagram is active — confirm the room is operating via @renzograciedubai before traveling)
    Last checked: 2026-08-15
  • Warrior Academy Jumeirah Islands · Official site
    Kids classes
    347W+QPC, Al Thanyah Fifth, Jumeirah Heights, Jumeirah Islands, Dubai — the operator's own page's address, given as a plus code rather than a street (a single surface so far; confirm the location by phone before visiting) · +971 58 542 4089 (the same line as the Al Quoz room — confirm on the call that you're asking about Jumeirah Islands classes)
    Last checked: 2026-08-15

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.