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Learning jiu-jitsu in the Zona Leste, São Paulo

This guide covers the 67 rooms of São Paulo's east — Mooca and Tatuapé through Penha and Vila Matilde, out to Itaquera, São Mateus and Cidade Tiradentes. The east is where the free onboarding runs deepest: Alliance Juventus gives an adult beginner three free classes — a one-on-one intro plus two private lessons — before the first group class, and Alliance Vila Matilde counts your first 60 classes in a beginners' group it describes as an environment without sparring pressure. The zone's first published day rate lives at Alliance Mooca — Visita Diária R$ 90.00 — beside a cancellation clause worth reading before you sign: in person only, one month's fee. For someone just starting, the real question is not "which academy is best" but "which one fits me."

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Alliance Jiu Jitsu Juventus
The richest free onboarding in the city — and the rare Alliance room that publishes every price. An adult who has never trained gets a free one-on-one intro class, and, on enrolling, TWO more free private lessons before ever joining the beginners' group — three free classes deep before you're in a room full of strangers, a shape no other recorded São Paulo school runs. When you do sign, the sheet is fully public: recurring R$320.00/month (adults), kids from R$290.00, annual R$3,480.00, privates from R$700.00/month — no day-rate, though; visitors passing through want Alliance Mooca instead. The mat is Professor Thiago Arimura's — a 2006 black belt of Mestre 'Casquinha', the Alliance Mooca founder — inside the Elite Fitness e Clinic complex on Rua Juventus, 179 (the site's own contact page says 181; same block either way), doors 6:00–22:00 weekdays. Its own award banner — 'best Alliance academy in Brazil' — is the room's claim, quoted as such

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Alliance Jiu Jitsu Mooca
The room that brought the published day-rate to Zona Leste — and São Paulo's sharpest lesson in reading the fences before you go. The drop-in ladder is real and byte-published: R$ 90.00 a day for outside visitors, R$ 50.00 if you're an Alliance member or train at an affiliate (the cheapest member rate any Alliance room in the city has printed), kimono rental R$ 70.00, official uniform required — kimono with a rashguard under it — and classes run 60 minutes. But read the membership terms as carefully as the ladder: cancellation is only done in person, and leaving costs a full month's fee — the first in-person-cancellation fence recorded in São Paulo. The school is Mestre 'Casquinha's room, running since 1997, 22-thousand-follower estate, eight programs from beginners to competition including kids, no-gi and a women's program. Book the Alliance 'Introclass' by WhatsApp at R. Tobias Barreto, 847, Mooca — and note the site's own price page shows two sets of plan numbers, so confirm the current figure on WhatsApp before you sign anything

Mooca, São Paulo Franchise networkPricing publishedDrop-ins welcomeKids classesNo-giWomen's program
Alliance Jiu Jitsu Tatuapé
The Alliance room that talks like the rest of the city: its front door is a plain 'aula experimental' — offered for kids, adults and women, booked by form or phone — not the network's usual 'Introclass', and it's the first Alliance site in São Paulo to drop that word entirely. It's also rare among Alliance rooms for naming its professor: mestre Ricardo Sardinha leads the team, per the site itself. The address is byte-published with postcode — Rua Azevedo Soares, 2267, Vila Gomes Cardim (the room's own refinement of 'Tatuapé') — and the estate lists a coworking space and one true novelty: entry and attendance by facial recognition, the first such fence this guide has recorded anywhere. What it doesn't publish is any price — every plan is behind the consult funnel, so ask when you book

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Alliance Jiu Jitsu Vila Matilde
The gentlest on-ramp in Vila Matilde, stated as policy: your trial class is free AND one-on-one, and once you join, you spend your first 60 classes — the room counts them — in a beginners' group it explicitly describes as an environment without sparring pressure. No other recorded São Paulo school publishes a counted beginner fence like that, and for a nervous first-timer it is the single most useful sentence a gym can print. The estate is grown-up in other ways too: a real published door (Av. Marcondes de Brito, 246, CEP 03509-000 — the first address this school has published anywhere), a CNPJ in the footer, running since 2016 under the Alliance flag. What it withholds: every price (the PLANOS page is a contact form with no numbers) and any instructor's name — book the free trial through the site form or email and ask both there

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Arte Vital Jiu-Jitsu
The most beginner-legible independent room in Mooca: a genuinely FREE trial — 'aula experimental grátis', said three times on one page, booked by WhatsApp — and a full two-mat timetable published down to the class level, which almost no room in this city does: adult gi at 7:00 and noon every day (rare daytime coverage), a dedicated beginners' hour at 19:00, kids at 18:00, no-gi on Fridays, boxing twice a week, Saturdays included. The room describes its own build — Tarum mats, air conditioning, new infrastructure — and sits at Rua da Mooca, 1854, a byte-published address. Two things it withholds: every price (the 'Consulte-nos' funnel — recurring-debit plans with no numbers) and any instructor's name, so ask both on WhatsApp

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CT Jangada Fight
A capoeira-born fight house in Parque Paulistano that says 'Zona Leste' in its own strapline — and publishes the most honest asterisk in the city. The bundle is real: from R$ 125.00 a month for boxing, capoeira, Muay Thai and MMA, all modalities included — except jiu-jitsu, carved out in the page's own parenthesis and priced only on request. So walk in knowing the mat you want is the one the bundle doesn't cover, and start with the free class instead: 'Agende uma aula gratuita', offered three times over. The house's lineage is capoeira — Grupo Jangada, founded in Bahia in 1987 by Mestre Jangada and run today by his sons, with three Contramestres on staff — and no BJJ-specific professor is named, so ask who runs the jiu-jitsu program when you book. Door per the site's own footer: Av. Oliveira Freire, 1731 (the registry says 1721 — trust the site), phone +55 11 91517-7529

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JFC Almeida JJ (Almeida Jiu-Jitsu Headquarters)
The headquarters of the Almeida Jiu-Jitsu team — Itaquera's biggest verified mat presence, a 27-thousand-follower estate that states its pitch in one bio line: focus, discipline, self-confidence, a safe family environment, 9x Paulista champions by its own count. The visitor path is the bio itself — 'Agende sua aula experimental', booked through the profile's link or DM — and the door is Av. Pires do Rio, 4503. Two honest caveats: whether the trial is free isn't stated on any surface we can read (the one page that may say so sits behind a bot wall we respect), and no schedule or price is published — ask both when you book

Itaquera, São Paulo Franchise network
Resolute Fight
Itaquera's most legible first visit: the trial button opens WhatsApp with your message already written for you — 'I'd like to book a trial class at Resolute Fight' — and the timetable behind it is fully public, with genuine early-morning (7:00/8:00) and lunchtime (12:30) adult slots that almost nothing else in the zone publishes. Parents get the clearest kids offer in the corridor: a three-tier age ladder — 4-5, 6-8 and 9-15 — each tier with its own evenings. The mat belongs to Professor Willian 'Liw' Rodrigues, two decades in per the school's own page, and the door is byte-published with its CEP: Rua Augusto Cavalcanti, 43, José Bonifácio. What it withholds: every price — nothing on the estate — so ask when the prefilled message sends

Itaquera (José Bonifácio), São Paulo Kids classesEarly morning classesDaytime classes
Rooster Jiu-Jitsu
The evenings-and-Saturday room of Vila Ema — and the easiest first message you'll ever send: every 'Agendar Aula Experimental' button opens WhatsApp with the message already written for you, and kids get their own pre-written booking line, a funnel no other recorded São Paulo room runs. The mat is Professor Daniel Galo's — a CBJJ-certified black belt whose mat name ('Galo', rooster) named the club — with Muay Thai and boxing coaches alongside. Doors run Monday–Friday 19:00–22:00 plus Saturday mornings, so this is a room for people who train after work, not at dawn. Address per the club's own site: Av. Vila Ema, 2929 - Altos (the registry says 2970 — trust the site). What it doesn't publish: any price — nothing on the whole estate — so ask on WhatsApp when the prefilled message sends

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Alliance Jiu Jitsu Juventus

Who this academy suits

The richest free onboarding in the city — and the rare Alliance room that publishes every price. An adult who has never trained gets a free one-on-one intro class, and, on enrolling, TWO more free private lessons before ever joining the beginners' group — three free classes deep before you're in a room full of strangers, a shape no other recorded São Paulo school runs. When you do sign, the sheet is fully public: recurring R$320.00/month (adults), kids from R$290.00, annual R$3,480.00, privates from R$700.00/month — no day-rate, though; visitors passing through want Alliance Mooca instead. The mat is Professor Thiago Arimura's — a 2006 black belt of Mestre 'Casquinha', the Alliance Mooca founder — inside the Elite Fitness e Clinic complex on Rua Juventus, 179 (the site's own contact page says 181; same block either way), doors 6:00–22:00 weekdays. Its own award banner — 'best Alliance academy in Brazil' — is the room's claim, quoted as such

Why we say it: The three-free-class paragraph, the AULA EXPERIMENTAL GRATUITA CTA, the full /planos sheet, the Thiago Arimura lineage text, both door numbers, the Elite Fitness e Clinic venue line, the hours and the award banner are all alliancejuventus.com.br verbatim (homepage, /planos, /contato), fetched 2026-08-09; the no-diária and richest-free-onboarding observations are the Leste ledger's record (sp-verify-d2-leste.md)

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Your first visit

Free trial: The three-free-class onboarding — a shape no other recorded São Paulo room runs: your intro class is free and one-on-one, and if you decide to enroll, an adult beginner gets TWO more free private lessons before joining the beginners' group. Headline CTA: 'AGENDE SUA AULA EXPERIMENTAL GRATUITA' (book your free trial class) — book by WhatsApp (+55 11 96923-0946) or the contact form
Class schedule: Doors: Mon–Fri 6:00–22:00, Sat 8:00–14:00, closed Sunday. The kids program runs a four-tier age ladder (Baby/Little/Eagle Warrior/Eagle Youth, ages 3–15)

Classes and cost

Membership: A full published price sheet, verbatim: adults/juveniles — annual R$3,480.00 (up to 12× R$290.00), monthly R$370.00, recurring R$320.00/month. Kids — annual R$3,120.00 (12× R$260.00), monthly R$340.00, recurring R$290.00/month. Privates — 1×/week R$700.00, 2× R$1,000.00, 3× R$1,300.00 per month on the recurring plan. No day-rate — the Alliance visitas product is absent here (Mooca's, two rooms over, is the zone's only one)

Location, instructors, contact

Address: Rua Juventus, 179, Parque da Mooca, São Paulo (the site's own contact page says 181 — the estate disagrees with itself; recorded, not resolved. Inside the Elite Fitness e Clinic complex)
Instructors: Professor Thiago Arimura — trained under Alliance Mooca's founder Mestre 'Casquinha' (Luciano Nucci) from age 16 and received his black belt from him in 2006 at 21, per the room's own site

Phone +55 11 96923-0946 (phone/WhatsApp) Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Alliance Jiu Jitsu Mooca

Who this academy suits

The room that brought the published day-rate to Zona Leste — and São Paulo's sharpest lesson in reading the fences before you go. The drop-in ladder is real and byte-published: R$ 90.00 a day for outside visitors, R$ 50.00 if you're an Alliance member or train at an affiliate (the cheapest member rate any Alliance room in the city has printed), kimono rental R$ 70.00, official uniform required — kimono with a rashguard under it — and classes run 60 minutes. But read the membership terms as carefully as the ladder: cancellation is only done in person, and leaving costs a full month's fee — the first in-person-cancellation fence recorded in São Paulo. The school is Mestre 'Casquinha's room, running since 1997, 22-thousand-follower estate, eight programs from beginners to competition including kids, no-gi and a women's program. Book the Alliance 'Introclass' by WhatsApp at R. Tobias Barreto, 847, Mooca — and note the site's own price page shows two sets of plan numbers, so confirm the current figure on WhatsApp before you sign anything

Why we say it: Every rung of the visitas ladder, the uniform-fence sentence, the kimono R$ 70,00 rental, the 'Cancelamento só feito pessoalmente · Multa de cancelamento equivalente a uma mensalidade' clause, both plan blocks, the Introclass CTAs, the hours and the 847 door + CEP are alliancemooca.com.br verbatim (/planos, /contato, footer), fetched 2026-08-09; the founder line is the room's own IG bio ('Desde 1997 … Fundador @casquinhajj'); the first-Leste-diária / sixth-Alliance / cheapest-member-rate comparisons are the Leste ledger's record (Santana R$ 60 / Paraíso R$ 100)

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Your first visit

Free trial: 'AGENDE SUA INTROCLASS' — book the intro class by WhatsApp (+55 11 97966-8636) or a form that forks on your experience: 'I already train with another team' / 'I'm a beginner and want to learn' / kids. There's no free-class wording: the intro is offered, not priced or promised free
Class schedule: Doors: Mon–Fri 7:00–22:00 (the homepage says 23:00 — the site disagrees with itself; quoted, not resolved), Sat 9:00–12:00. Eight programs from beginners to competition, kids, no-gi and a women's program; classes run 60 minutes (advanced/competition 90)

Classes and cost

Membership: The visitor ladder — the first published day-rate in Zona Leste: 'Visita Alliance Member' R$ 50.00/day for Alliance members and affiliates' students, 'Visita Diária' R$ 90.00 for outside visitors. Uniform fence: official uniform required (kimono plus rashguard under it), classes 60 minutes (advanced/competition 90), kimono rental R$ 70.00. Group plans — the page shows TWO sets of numbers, quoted as displayed, not resolved: upper block recurring R$ 399.00/month, monthly R$ 451.00/month; lower block recurring R$ 379.90/month, annual 12× R$ 379.90, monthly R$ 429.90. Privates (both blocks agree): single R$ 300.00, 4 classes R$ 828.00, 8 classes R$ 1,556.00, 12 classes R$ 2,484.00. And the cancellation terms, verbatim: cancellation only in person, with a fine of one month's fee — the first in-person-cancellation fence recorded in São Paulo

Location, instructors, contact

Address: R. Tobias Barreto, 847, Mooca, São Paulo, 03176-000
Instructors: Founder: Mestre 'Casquinha' (Luciano Nunes Nucci) — founded 1997, per the room's own channel

Phone +55 11 2606-9250 · +55 11 97966-8636 (WhatsApp) Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Alliance Jiu Jitsu Tatuapé

Who this academy suits

The Alliance room that talks like the rest of the city: its front door is a plain 'aula experimental' — offered for kids, adults and women, booked by form or phone — not the network's usual 'Introclass', and it's the first Alliance site in São Paulo to drop that word entirely. It's also rare among Alliance rooms for naming its professor: mestre Ricardo Sardinha leads the team, per the site itself. The address is byte-published with postcode — Rua Azevedo Soares, 2267, Vila Gomes Cardim (the room's own refinement of 'Tatuapé') — and the estate lists a coworking space and one true novelty: entry and attendance by facial recognition, the first such fence this guide has recorded anywhere. What it doesn't publish is any price — every plan is behind the consult funnel, so ask when you book

Why we say it: The CTA ('AGENDE UMA AULA EXPERIMENTAL', every section), the kids/adults/women availability sentence, the mestre Ricardo Sardinha sentence, the title-borne address + CEP, the phone and the 'Acesso e presença por reconhecimento facial' facilities line are all alliancetatuape.com.br verbatim, fetched 2026-08-09; the first-to-drop-Introclass and first-facial-recognition-fence observations are the Leste ledger's findings

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Your first visit

Free trial: 'AGENDE UMA AULA EXPERIMENTAL' — a trial class offered for kids, adults and women; book via the site form or phone (+55 11 91311-8721). No free-class wording. One thing to know before you go: the school runs entry and attendance on facial recognition ('Acesso e presença por reconhecimento facial'), so expect a face-registration step if you join

Location, instructors, contact

Address: Rua Azevedo Soares, 2267, Vila Gomes Cardim, São Paulo, 03322-002
Instructors: Head of the team: mestre Ricardo Sardinha, per the room's own site

Phone +55 11 91311-8721 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Alliance Jiu Jitsu Vila Matilde

Who this academy suits

The gentlest on-ramp in Vila Matilde, stated as policy: your trial class is free AND one-on-one, and once you join, you spend your first 60 classes — the room counts them — in a beginners' group it explicitly describes as an environment without sparring pressure. No other recorded São Paulo school publishes a counted beginner fence like that, and for a nervous first-timer it is the single most useful sentence a gym can print. The estate is grown-up in other ways too: a real published door (Av. Marcondes de Brito, 246, CEP 03509-000 — the first address this school has published anywhere), a CNPJ in the footer, running since 2016 under the Alliance flag. What it withholds: every price (the PLANOS page is a contact form with no numbers) and any instructor's name — book the free trial through the site form or email and ask both there

Why we say it: The grátis-e-individual trial text, the AULA EXPERIMENTAL GRATUITA banner, the 60-aulas iniciantes fence, the Marcondes de Brito 246 CONTATO block, the DESDE 2016 + CNPJ footer and the numbers-free PLANOS page are all alliancevilamatilde.com.br verbatim (homepage + pages-sitemap drain: /blank-1, /services-4, /blank-2), fetched 2026-08-09; the first-counted-fence and first-address observations are the Leste ledger's record (sp-verify-d2-leste.md)

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Your first visit

Free trial: A FREE trial class, in the room's own words 'grátis e individual' — free and one-on-one — under a persistent 'AULA EXPERIMENTAL GRATUITA' banner; book via the site's form. And a fence no other room states this explicitly: a new student stays in the beginners' group for a counted 60 classes 'in an environment without sparring pressure' before moving up — the first counted-classes beginner fence recorded in São Paulo

Location, instructors, contact

Address: Av. Marcondes de Brito, 246, Vila Matilde, São Paulo, 03509-000

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Arte Vital Jiu-Jitsu

Who this academy suits

The most beginner-legible independent room in Mooca: a genuinely FREE trial — 'aula experimental grátis', said three times on one page, booked by WhatsApp — and a full two-mat timetable published down to the class level, which almost no room in this city does: adult gi at 7:00 and noon every day (rare daytime coverage), a dedicated beginners' hour at 19:00, kids at 18:00, no-gi on Fridays, boxing twice a week, Saturdays included. The room describes its own build — Tarum mats, air conditioning, new infrastructure — and sits at Rua da Mooca, 1854, a byte-published address. Two things it withholds: every price (the 'Consulte-nos' funnel — recurring-debit plans with no numbers) and any instructor's name, so ask both on WhatsApp

Why we say it: The three grátis-trial placements, the two-mat grid, the address line, the phone and the numbers-free 'Consulte-nos' Planos 2026 section are all artevital.com.br verbatim, fetched 2026-08-09 (the bio's hours corroborate); the rarity observations (full grid, daytime coverage) are the Leste ledger's zone-level findings

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Your first visit

Free trial: A FREE trial class, in the room's own words three times on one page: 'Agende sua aula experimental grátis' — book it by WhatsApp. The free wording is explicit, in the city's standard dialect
Class schedule: A full two-mat timetable is published (a rarity): adult gi daily at 7:00 and 12:00, no-gi Fridays, kids 18:00, beginners 19:00–20:15, advanced 20:15–21:30, Saturday adults 8:00 and kids 9:00, boxing Tuesday/Thursday evenings. Open Monday through Saturday

Location, instructors, contact

Address: Rua da Mooca, 1854, Mooca, São Paulo

Phone +55 11 4200-0560 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

CT Jangada Fight

Who this academy suits

A capoeira-born fight house in Parque Paulistano that says 'Zona Leste' in its own strapline — and publishes the most honest asterisk in the city. The bundle is real: from R$ 125.00 a month for boxing, capoeira, Muay Thai and MMA, all modalities included — except jiu-jitsu, carved out in the page's own parenthesis and priced only on request. So walk in knowing the mat you want is the one the bundle doesn't cover, and start with the free class instead: 'Agende uma aula gratuita', offered three times over. The house's lineage is capoeira — Grupo Jangada, founded in Bahia in 1987 by Mestre Jangada and run today by his sons, with three Contramestres on staff — and no BJJ-specific professor is named, so ask who runs the jiu-jitsu program when you book. Door per the site's own footer: Av. Oliveira Freire, 1731 (the registry says 1721 — trust the site), phone +55 11 91517-7529

Why we say it: The Z/L strapline, the 1731 footer address + CEP, the R$ 125,00 bundle with its '(Exceto Jiu-Jitsu)' parenthesis, the triple 'Agende uma aula gratuita' CTA, the 1987 Bahia founding text, the Contramestre staff block, the phone and the three emails are all jangadafight.com.br verbatim, fetched 2026-08-09; the 1721 conflict is CBJJ 15269; the first-modality-excluded-bundle observation is the block ledger's record

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Your first visit

Free trial: 'Agende uma aula gratuita' — book a free class, a CTA the site repeats three times. Book via the contact form or phone (+55 11 91517-7529)

Classes and cost

Membership: From R$ 125.00/month for the all-you-can-train bundle — boxing, capoeira, Muay Thai, MMA, 'all modalities included'… except, in the page's own parenthesis, '(Exceto Jiu-Jitsu)'. The jiu-jitsu price hides behind 'Consulte valores' (ask us) — the first multi-modality gym recorded in São Paulo to price jiu-jitsu above its own bundle

Location, instructors, contact

Address: Av. Oliveira Freire, 1731, Parque Paulistano, São Paulo, 08080-570 (the CBJJ registry says nº 1721 — the site wins; conflict recorded)

Phone +55 11 91517-7529 Website Naver Map Apple Maps

JFC Almeida JJ (Almeida Jiu-Jitsu Headquarters)

Who this academy suits

The headquarters of the Almeida Jiu-Jitsu team — Itaquera's biggest verified mat presence, a 27-thousand-follower estate that states its pitch in one bio line: focus, discipline, self-confidence, a safe family environment, 9x Paulista champions by its own count. The visitor path is the bio itself — 'Agende sua aula experimental', booked through the profile's link or DM — and the door is Av. Pires do Rio, 4503. Two honest caveats: whether the trial is free isn't stated on any surface we can read (the one page that may say so sits behind a bot wall we respect), and no schedule or price is published — ask both when you book

Why we say it: The HQ display name, the 27K/3,645 og-layer read, the full bio (geo-tie + 9x Campeã Paulista + the 'Agende sua aula experimental' CTA) are the room's own IG, fetched 2026-08-09; the address is CBJJ 5174 with the bio's bairro tie; the free-wording caveat is structural — almeidajjitaquera.com.br is ClaudeBot-walled and its index snippet is never cited as the room's claim

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Your first visit

Free trial: A trial class, in the room's own bio: 'Agende sua aula experimental' — book through the Instagram profile's link or DM. Whether it's free isn't stated on the readable surface, so confirm when booking

Location, instructors, contact

Address: Av. Pires do Rio, 4503, Itaquera, São Paulo

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Resolute Fight

Who this academy suits

Itaquera's most legible first visit: the trial button opens WhatsApp with your message already written for you — 'I'd like to book a trial class at Resolute Fight' — and the timetable behind it is fully public, with genuine early-morning (7:00/8:00) and lunchtime (12:30) adult slots that almost nothing else in the zone publishes. Parents get the clearest kids offer in the corridor: a three-tier age ladder — 4-5, 6-8 and 9-15 — each tier with its own evenings. The mat belongs to Professor Willian 'Liw' Rodrigues, two decades in per the school's own page, and the door is byte-published with its CEP: Rua Augusto Cavalcanti, 43, José Bonifácio. What it withholds: every price — nothing on the estate — so ask when the prefilled message sends

Why we say it: The prefilled-WhatsApp trial CTA, the full adult grid, the three-tier kids ladder, the footer door + CEP (byte-match CBJJ 8348, CEP new) and the Liw Rodrigues bio line are all resolutefight.com.br verbatim, fetched 2026-08-09; the zone-level rarity observations (early-morning/lunch slots, clearest kids ladder) are the unresolved-c ledger's record

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Your first visit

Free trial: 'AGENDE SUA AULA EXPERIMENTAL' — the WhatsApp button opens with your first message already written ('Hi! I'd like to book a trial class at Resolute Fight'). No free-or-paid wording: the trial is offered, not priced
Class schedule: A fully published timetable: adults Mon/Wed 8:00, 12:30, 18:30, 20:30 · Tue/Thu 7:00, 12:30, 17:30, 20:30 · Fri 19:00 · Sat 8:00 — with early-morning and lunchtime slots. Kids run a three-tier age ladder: Kids I (4-5) Tue/Thu 18:30, Kids II (6-8) Tue/Thu 19:30, Kids III (9-15) Mon/Wed 19:30

Location, instructors, contact

Address: Rua Augusto Cavalcanti, 43, Conjunto Residencial José Bonifácio (Itaquera), São Paulo, 08253-110
Instructors: Professor Willian Rodrigues — 'better known as Liw', with more than two decades in jiu-jitsu, per the school's own site

Phone +55 11 95194-5275 (WhatsApp — the trial booking button routes here) Website Naver Map Apple Maps

Rooster Jiu-Jitsu

Who this academy suits

The evenings-and-Saturday room of Vila Ema — and the easiest first message you'll ever send: every 'Agendar Aula Experimental' button opens WhatsApp with the message already written for you, and kids get their own pre-written booking line, a funnel no other recorded São Paulo room runs. The mat is Professor Daniel Galo's — a CBJJ-certified black belt whose mat name ('Galo', rooster) named the club — with Muay Thai and boxing coaches alongside. Doors run Monday–Friday 19:00–22:00 plus Saturday mornings, so this is a room for people who train after work, not at dawn. Address per the club's own site: Av. Vila Ema, 2929 - Altos (the registry says 2970 — trust the site). What it doesn't publish: any price — nothing on the whole estate — so ask on WhatsApp when the prefilled message sends

Why we say it: The per-program prefilled WhatsApp CTAs, the Daniel Galo / André França / Marcelo Cruz staff block, the 19:00–22:00 + Saturday hours, the 2929-Altos address + CEP and the zero-R$ finding are all the roosterfightclub.com.br JS bundle verbatim (/assets/index-Bjy5UsLf.js, fetched 2026-08-09); the 2970 registry conflict is CBJJ 12634; the first-per-program-prefill observation is the Leste ledger's record

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Your first visit

Free trial: 'Agendar Aula Experimental' — the WhatsApp button comes with the message pre-written for you ('Hi! I'd like to book a trial class'), and kids get their own prefill ('I want to book a jiu kids trial class') — the first per-program prefill recorded in São Paulo. No free-or-paid wording: the trial is offered, not priced
Class schedule: Doors: Mon–Fri 19:00–22:00, Sat 8:00–12:00 — an evenings-and-Saturday room

Location, instructors, contact

Address: Av. Vila Ema, 2929 - Altos (upper floor), Vila Ema, São Paulo, 03281-000 (the CBJJ registry says nº 2970 — the club's own site wins; conflict recorded)
Instructors: Head coach: Professor Daniel Galo — BJJ black belt (1st degree), CBJJ-certified, per the club's own site ('Galo'/rooster is the mat name the club is named for); Muay Thai under André França, boxing under Marcelo Cruz

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We are re-confirming the essentials: class schedules and trial mechanics. Each academy joins the full guide once its facts meet the bar.

Alac

R. Eng. Andrade Júnior, 279, Chácara Tatuapé, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Alliance Jiu Jitsu Anália Franco · Official site

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Alliance Jiu Jitsu Itaquera · Official site

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Alliance Pari

Av. Carlos de Campos, 243, Pari, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Anzen Lutas · Official site

Rua Santa Lina, 297, Altos (upper floor), São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Arita Jiu Jitsu Team

Rua Cachoeira Alta, 277, Itaim Paulista, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Be A Ba Jiu Jitsu

Av. Melchert, 1226, Vila Matilde corridor, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Bon-Sai Association Internacional — the Vila Dalila matriz (HQ) of an international network · Official site

Av. Dalila, 56, Vila Dalila, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Bonsai A Mais Fitness
Bravos Escola
Brv Escola

Rua Dr. Raul Manso Sayão Filho, 118, Cidade São Mateus, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
C R T N Jiu Jitsu

Rua Amaro de Abreu, 17a, Penha de França, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
CT Profight Club · Official site

Rua Francisca de Paula, 1092 (upper floor), Vila Carrão, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Cohab Team

Rua Prof. Francisco Pinheiro, 1043, Guaianases/Lajeado corridor, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Corinthians Jiu Jitsu

Rua São Jorge, 777, Tatuapé (Parque São Jorge — the Corinthians club grounds), São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Crtn Jiu Jitsu
Dojô Cachoeira BJJ · Official site

Rua José Dória de Andrade, 499, São Paulo (the CBJJ registry still says Avenida Líder, 1921 — this reads like a move the registry never caught; the card's door is the door) · +55 11 97527-3800

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Família Jiu-Jitsu/B9 · Official site

Av. Condessa Elisabeth de Robiano, 500 (inside a club ground), Tatuapé, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Forca e Coragem

Rua Ribeirão do Pinhal, 13, Jardim São Nicolau, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Game Study Bjj
Gb Itaim Paulista

Rua Tibúrcio de Sousa, 455, sobreloja (upper floor), Itaim Paulista, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Gb Jardim das Camelias

Av. Laranja da China, 211A, Jardim das Camélias, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Gb Penha

Av. Amador Bueno da Veiga, 2237, Penha de França, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Gb Tatuape

Rua Tuiuti, 2474, Tatuapé, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Gns Academy Brasil

Rua Piranguinho, 393a, Cidade Centenário, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Gracie Barra Anália Franco · Official site

Rua Apucarana, 1564, Jardim Anália Franco, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Gracie Barra Vila Curuçá · Official site

Rua Guaraitá, 93, Vila Curuçá, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Gracie Barra Vila Prudente (adults and kids jiu-jitsu and self-defense) · Official site

Rua Maria Daffre, 450, Vila Prudente, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
HST Jiu Jitsu · Official site

Av. Nordestina, 4529, Vila Nova Curuçá, São Paulo · Professor Hernandes (@hernandeshst), named in the school's own bio

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Half Half Bjj

Rua Henrique Dumont, 350, Vila Gomes Cardim, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Headquarters Pires

Rua Antônio Coutinho, 148, rooms 04-05, Jardim Helena, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Ifc Life Brothers · Official site

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Infecting Jiu Jitsu
Jcs Jiu Jitsu

Rua Mateus Mendes, 59, Parque São Rafael, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Jiu Jitsu Nossa Casa

Rua José Ramazini de Oliveira, 51, Jardim Liderança, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Legionarios Bjj

Rua Axuá, 22, Vila Jacuí, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Level Up Brasil

Av. Boturussu, 1775, Ermelino Matarazzo corridor, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Luciano Dias
Makina Bjj
Mansao Maromba

Rua Prof. Douglas Teixeira Monteiro, 138, Jardim Verônia, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Mikalkenas Jiu-Jitsu · Official site

Kids classes

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Nova Forca Brasil

Av. Fortaleza da Conceição, 81, Vila Costa Melo, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Nova União São Paulo | Mooca (jiu-jitsu and judo) · Official site

Rua do Oratório, 804, Mooca, São Paulo · Professors: Marcelo Zotovici & Keila Zotovici, per the network's own page and the room's bio

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Nxcross Fight Defense

Av. Amador Bueno da Veiga, 2935, Fundos (rear unit), Penha de França, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Pedra Xtreme Bjj

Rua Coelho Lisboa, 675, Cidade Mãe do Céu (Tatuapé corridor), São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Power Lotus Team

Av. Gov. Adhemar Pereira de Barros, 190, Jardim Aricanduva, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Projeto Afjj

Estrada da Biacica, 221, Vila Seabra, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Projeto Dojo Ican
Projeto Social Fju Bjj
Projeto Social Saito

Rua Augusto Cavalcanti, 51, Conjunto Residencial José Bonifácio, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Ps Instituto Real Sociedade

Rua Francisco Coimbra, 123, Penha de França, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Ps Recriar Xtreme Lado Leste
Pugna Jiu Jitsu

Rua Américo Vespucci, 943, Vila Prudente, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Ryan Gracie Team São Matheus · Official site

Av. Sapopemba, 12059, São Mateus, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Studio de Lutas Ponte Rasa BJJ · Official site

Rua Agenor de Barros, 342, Ponte Rasa, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Sued Bjj

Rua Irmã Úrsula, 50, Quarta Parada, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Team Rodrigues - RBJJ · Official site

Rua Lobo Leite, 10, Vila Ema, São Paulo

Last checked: 2026-08-09
Team Thome

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.