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Absolutely! All over central asia its huge as well. Honestly not sure what happened in the uk. Think it used to be taught in schools back in the day. Hopefully with mma growing popularity it will come back to the uk. I mean when i started bjj in London we only did judo takedowns, there was no wrestling at all. source, 2025 ↗

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If you google mma for london you will see lots of gym but i dont see one just for mma exclusive. There is the Submission Academy teaching BJJ The Striking Mechanic teaching kick boxing Boomer’s Boxing London Muay Thai Genesis Striking and fitness source, 2025 ↗

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in terms of gyms with strong, solid women's teams in london, the first one to come to mind will always be fightzone london in bethnal green. then the big names like roger gracie academy, carlson gracie london, gracie barra etc all have strong womens teams. i've heard good things about grand union bjj and new school bjj brixton too. there are a couple of gyms closer to you that i haven't heard super good things about but it wouldn't be fair of me to post it publicly i think. source, 2025 ↗

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*Membership will be upwards of £230 per month, to include everything apart from the co-working space which will be offered as a bolt-on membership.* *“A big goal of ours is to get more of the general population into jiu jitsu,” says Crew.* These two sentences significantly contradict one-another. You can get top class BJJ in London for less than half the £230 they're charging - so not sure how this will be sustainable. source, 2025 ↗

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I won't address all the points BJJ attracts a disproportionate number of weirdos which is compounded by the cult like structure some gyms put in place That said, I left my first gym the day I got blue. I was nearly 2 years in, knew I was going to leave for many of the same reasons but did not want to wait 2 more years starting again at the gym I went to. I've changed gyms again as moved to the middle east but got promoted so when I go back to London it will be like just starting again at a new belt. I have no issues with white belts asking to roll but if I don't know them, I'll more than l source, 2025 ↗

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I listened to a BJJ Mental Models podcast recently the most recent Stephan Kesting episode on perseverance. He made a comment about even if he really doesn’t want to train, he will put on his gear, drive to the gym and enter. At that point if he still really doesn’t want to train he will go home. It’s non negotiable however that he will at least get ready and go but he still gives himself the choice to leave and go home after the fact. Ultimately whilst on several occasions he has returned home and not trained this is a rarity and has lead to him going to sessions he would have otherwise mi source, 2025 ↗

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Like everyone says here, if they are starting young families you will likely hardly ever see them unless they are living close to you with kids the same age as yours. Go and try a bjj gym. The tons of them in London and its a great way to scratch the social itch source, 2025 ↗

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London + those coaches + these pics = $$$$$$$$$ mostly fees. Edit: Mostly curious, but from my understanding BJJ schools in Europe are less expensive (on average) than ones in the US. In regard to monthly dues. So I wonder how this sort of place will compare to say the more expensive places in Europe and the US. source, 2024 ↗

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