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Learning jiu-jitsu in Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre is the guide's third Brazilian metro, and it is the registry city: the state federation, FJJ-RS, publishes a current-year list of its member academies with a street address and a named black-belt professor for every room — the richest state instrument this research has read in Brazil. The visitor language here splits in two: the free aula experimental (Alliance Cavalhada prints «Aula Experimental Grátis» outright) and the Guigo network's own register, «Marcar aula gratuita» — while the priced diária that defines São Paulo's Alliance pages appears nowhere in this metro; rooms here answer money questions on WhatsApp. We cover the metro in three areas: the south, the centre-north, and the towns — Canoas, Alvorada, Esteio and Novo Hamburgo. Each gets the same treatment: verified facts per academy, no rankings, and the evidence behind every claim.

What a first visit costs in Porto Alegre

Of the 7 academies this guide covers, 3 print a free first class with no condition, 0 a free one with a condition, 0 print a price for it, 1 say to book and find out, 3 publish enrolment or enquiry details without a trial offer, and 0 have no readable first-visit terms.

Fewer than 5 academies have a published monthly rate included in the study, so this hub does not show a median.

Ask before you go

  • Is the first class free for a visitor, or only for someone who intends to join?
  • Is a gi lent for the first class, and what does one cost to buy?
  • What does a month cost without a contract, and is there a joining fee?

Figures from version 2026-09-05 of the first-visit study; the study explains the method and links to the academy sources. The first-visit study, city by city · What jiu-jitsu costs per month · the printable first-visit kit

The areas

  • The south 7 academies

    Cavalhada and Ipanema through Tristeza — where Alliance Cavalhada's trial is free in the room's own words («Aula Experimental Grátis»), booked over WhatsApp, and MFT Lutas runs jiu-jitsu beside Muay Thai and MMA.

  • The centre-north 7 academies

    Santana and Passo D'Areia — the city's two official De La Riva schools, one under a third-degree black belt with 7:00 mornings and a Saturday noon open mat printed on the grid.

  • Canoas & the metro towns 7 academies

    Canoas, Alvorada, Esteio and Novo Hamburgo — two Guigo rooms with a free first class («Marcar aula gratuita», one open seven days), and Pulga BJJ's 300-student mat with its full published timetable.

Open mats in Porto Alegre

Rooms whose published schedule prints an open mat, each with the complete recorded summary of that schedule, its source and the date it was read. What an open mat is, and what a beginner does with one

The centre-north

A schedule is what the page printed on the day it was read. The academy's card carries the visitor and price facts recorded for it; where admission to an open mat, or its cost, is not published, ask the academy.

Women's classes in Porto Alegre

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

Canoas & the metro towns

  • Guigo Canoas 53 classes a week. Hours: Mon/Wed/Fri 09:00–22:00, Tue/Thu 14:00–22:00, Sat 13:00–16:00 — with programs from Iniciantes through women's, a three-band kids ladder (ages 3–13), teens, competition and conditioning source · 2026-08-24
  • Pulga BJJ Adults Mon–Fri at 6:45, 12:00 and through the 17:00–20:30 band — Iniciante/Intermediário/Avançado tiers with No-Gi slots and a women's class (Tue/Thu 18:30). Kids run in four bands (ages 3–10) plus Teens and Juvenil (11+), 09:20–20:00 source · 2026-08-24

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.

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