An academy in Learning jiu-jitsu in Manhattan
UWS Kenshikai
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The decision, in short
If you may join: one free introductory class, booked ahead by phone or text, with no residency condition. Adults pay $225 a month with no contract, cancellation any time by e-mail, transferable never-expiring payments and unlimited freezes.
If you are visiting: there are no drop-ins after the introductory class, stated twice. Nine grappling sessions a week, all no-gi, on a dated Summer 2026 table, so there is no gi to pack.
Your first visit, from the page
trial page · read 2026-09-03 · price page · read 2026-09-03 · The first-visit study, city by city
Who this academy suits
A beginner staying uptown: the only adult mat above 86th on the west side, and the room that publishes everything others hide. All no-gi — nothing to pack. One free class, then membership or nothing
Why we say it: The site publishes price, ranks with promoting professors, and a dated table the live widget verified on the sweep day (verified 2026-07-28/29)
The intimidated beginner: a dozen to a class, seniors who walk you through the basics, open mats after every session, and an explicit inclusivity commitment
Why we say it: The adult-BJJ page publishes all four statements verbatim (verified 2026-07-28)
Your first visit
- Free trial
- One free introductory class, booked ahead by phone or text — after which 'there are no drop-ins', stated twice. The trial itself carries no residency condition source · 2026-09-03
- Class schedule
- A dated Summer 2026 HTML table: nine grappling sessions a week, all no-gi — Manhattan's only verified all-no-gi adult programme, so there's no gi to pack. A live today's-classes widget proves the day mapping source · 2026-09-01
Classes and cost
- Membership
- Published in full: adults $225/month, no contract, cancel any time by email, payments transferable and never expiring, unlimited freezes — the cleanest membership terms of any Manhattan room in this pass source · 2026-09-03
Location, instructors, contact
- Address
- 928 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY 10025 source · 2026-07-28
- Instructors
- The most precisely-evidenced bench in the pass — ranks and promoting professors both published: the owner is a karate 6th dan and BJJ 1st-degree black belt of Renzo Gracie lineage, teaching beside a second black belt and a brown belt source · 2026-09-04
Phone (212) 222-1172 to call — and a separate published SMS line, 718-249-6263 Website Apple Maps
Questions to confirm
Before you go, confirm: whether the introductory class is open to someone passing through, the current table, dated Summer 2026 when read.