Bay Jiu-Jitsu

This. I literally CAN’T AFFORD to train at a BJJ gym. Here in the Bay Area the lowest I’ve seen is $150 a month and up to $300 a month. It’s interesting because I’ve also noticed that BJJ gyms that teach it charge the same. I would happily do both if I could afford it, but it’s true. You can get great Judo instruction, values, exercise, and community for a fraction of the cost. Not to mention the NGBs keep the cost of the tournaments down. Maybe it’s the right move for Judo…there is 100% some elitism in BJJ in the San Francisco Bay Area, “Where you train, bro!?” And depending upon you’re answ source, 2023 ↗

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Most bjj/mma gyms around me in the San Francisco bay area (including AKA where Khabib, DC, etc trained) charge around $200 give or take $50. My boxing gym is a $100 though, and it looks like most boxing gyms are cheaper on average. source, 2022 ↗

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That's a pretty normal price around the San Francisco Bay Area in California, US. My gym offers unlimited classes in Muay Thai, Boxing, and Jiu-Jitsu for that price. I sometimes do about 7-10 classes/week at my gym. That usually means going 5-6 days a week and doing some double classes of padwork + sparring or boxing + muay thai. In terms of equipment, I just have a lot of wraps & workout clothes and have to wash them about 2x per week. I have two pairs of gloves that I use. I sanitize my gloves, shinguards, & headgear after every class using antibacterial spray or antibacterial wipe source, 2022 ↗

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I lived in Edinburgh and Berlin and now live in the Bay Area. A few thoughts on the US Europe comparisons. The US is a very inequitable society but there is no denying that if you make good money here, quality of life is very high. As soon as I arrived from Germany I went to the dentist and the dentistry is literally 25 years ahead here, as is most of the rest of the health care. There are also these idea that Americans have so few vacation days and work such long hours. I am sure many do. But not, in my experience, data scientists in San Francisco. Companies compete very heavily on quality source, 2021 ↗

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Tell me about, I'm a huge fan of Khabib and at the same time I'm intimidated because I don't know how demanding the training would be or what expectations he and other well-known fighters like Daniel Cormier (who frequents this gym quite often) would have for novices like myself but it's definitely worth checking out. I'd be an idiot not to lol. My supervisor, who's a practitioner of both wrestling and bjj told me the exact same thing, they pair well. Just to give greater context, I live in the San Francisco Bay Area right outside of San Jose. American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose are where source, 2021 ↗

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For a big city with awesome culture and diversity and plenty of things to do I would personally recommend San Francisco. I spent 2 summers in Berkeley right across the bay from there & loved it. There's so many activities and ways to get involved it's really easy to make new friends if you have good hobbies. I did improv comedy and brazilian jiu Jitsu, went to poetry slams while I was there. Really anywhere in the Bay Area is hard to go wrong. Everyone is super chill and laid back. I'm curious as to whether there are any other places like this or if this is where I should relocate too. source, 2020 ↗

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Do you know which neighborhood you are working / living in? That makes a difference. Bay Jiu Jitsu, Ralph's, Empire, and Alliance are all worth checking out. source, 2020 ↗

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I was just thinking of this topic yesterday when some talked about pulling guard in a street fight in San Francisco. I figured it would be better to pull guard into the SF Bay, then I got to thinking about underwater jiu jitsu. source, 2020 ↗

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