An academy in Learning jiu-jitsu in Manhattan
Marcelo Garcia Jiu-Jitsu NYC (MGJJ)
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The decision, in short
If you may join: the free trial is for tri-state residents with ID. Adults pay $250 a month on a year's contract or $350 month to month; kids $200.
If you are visiting: a $50 day pass or a $200 two-week pass, welcome anytime with no reservation; any academy's gi is accepted and there are no rental gis; showers on site. About forty classes a week across two mats; the true-beginner Fundamental L1 class runs nine times a week, all evenings or Saturday morning, and every daytime slot requires fifty classes' attendance.
Your first visit, from the page
trial page · read 2026-09-04 · price page · read 2026-09-03 · The first-visit study, city by city
Who this academy suits
A total beginner who wants to know everything before walking in — the most legible academy in New York, with prices, the beginner class, the level ladder and the gi policy all published
Why we say it: The own site publishes full pricing, a dated grid with a printed no-experience tier, and a complete visitor FAQ (verified 2026-07-28)
A travelling white belt with honest expectations: $50 in the door, any gi, no reservation — but a never-trained visitor has one weekday class (7:15 PM), and the free trial is residents-only
Why we say it: The FAQ welcomes visitors, the published ladder confines beginners to L1's nine slots, and the trial page states the residency condition (verified 2026-07-28)
Your first visit
- Free trial
- The free trial is for tri-state residents with ID — a traveller pays the $50 day pass, but is welcome anytime: no reservation, any academy's gi accepted, no rental gis, showers on site source · 2026-09-04
- Class schedule
- Fully published, two mats, ~40 classes a week. True-beginner Fundamental L1 runs nine slots a week — all evening or Saturday morning; every daytime slot requires 50+ classes source · 2026-09-02
Classes and cost
- Membership
- Fully published: visitor $50 day / $200 two-week; adults $250/month on a year or $350 month-to-month; kids $200 source · 2026-09-03
- Programs
- Kids 5–8 and 9–14, weekday afternoons and Saturday morning; kids membership $200/month, published source · 2026-09-03
- Programs
- Gi and no-gi at every level, plus a Friday takedowns class source · 2026-07-28
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 250 W 26th St, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001 source · 2026-07-28
Questions to confirm
Before you go, confirm: whether the year's contract can be paused or cancelled early, whether a visitor may take the Fundamental L1 class.