Adults and teens new to jiu-jitsu start in the Fundamentals classes at Vaughan Jiu-Jitsu Academy: Gi Fundamentals Monday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and No-Gi Fundamentals Tuesday, Friday and Sunday evenings. Morning classes run 6:30 AM Tuesday to Friday. The first class is free.
How beginners start
Every adult starts in Fundamentals. Classes cover movement, escapes, positional control and self-defence, taught in small steps and drilled with a partner. Live training is introduced gradually, and you can always sit a round out.
Then you move up
Once you've earned two stripes on your belt, Gi Comprehensive opens up: applied technique, live rolling and deeper strategy for intermediate and advanced students. No-Gi Comprehensive is open to students 13 and up.
Classes that fit a real schedule
- Before work: 6:30 AM classes Tuesday to Friday.
- Lunch: a noon drill class every weekday, 12:00 to 1:30 PM.
- Evenings: fundamentals six nights a week.
- Weekends: Sunday community open mat.
"I'm not in shape." Good.
You do jiu-jitsu to get fit, not the other way around. The technique protects you, the pace is yours, and the people next to you remember their first week. Members regularly start in their 30s, 40s and 50s. Read am I too old to start BJJ?