No-gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for kids 4+ and adults, seven days a week in downtown Ann Arbor — 10–20 minutes from most of Washtenaw County. Members commute in from Ypsilanti, Saline, Dexter, Chelsea, Milan, and Whitmore Lake. Your first class is free.
Here's what's at the end of it: a no-gi gym led by a black belt head coach, where every class is built on live problem-solving against a partner — scaled to you, for every age on the mat.
Classes run morning, noon, and night, so the drive fits around work and school instead of the other way around. Your first class is free, and membership is month-to-month with no contract.
We're at 525 E Liberty St in downtown Ann Arbor, with public parking structures a block or two away. Here's what the trip looks like from around the county.
Straight up Washtenaw Ave or a quick hop on US-23 — Ypsilanti is our biggest out-of-town contingent. Foundations and Advanced at 6:30 PM, with members' open mat at 7:30, make it easy to train after work and still get home at a reasonable hour.
Up State St or US-12 and you're downtown. Saline families like the kids timing on Tuesday and Thursday: Kids 8–12 at 5:45 PM and Little Kids 4–7 at 6:00 PM — drop off, grab coffee on Liberty, and they're done in half an hour to 45 minutes.
Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd runs nearly door to door. If you work in Ann Arbor, the 6:00 AM and noon classes mean you can train around the workday and keep evenings at home — a lot of our morning regulars come from this side of the county.
I-94 to downtown is one of the easiest drives in the county. Chelsea families and adults usually anchor on the Tuesday and Thursday evening block — kids at 5:45–6:30, adults at 6:30 — so one trip covers the whole household.
US-23 north drops you minutes from the gym. If you want no-gi grappling taught through a problem-solving approach, it's a short, simple drive — and the 6:30 PM classes leave plenty of time to get here after work.
Straight down US-23. Whitmore Lake and the north county are closer than they think — the noon classes are a favorite for anyone with a flexible schedule, and the 6:00 AM class beats the morning traffic entirely.
You're practically neighbors — up State St or Packard and you're on the mat. Every class time works from Pittsfield, so pick whatever fits: mornings, noon, evenings, or the weekend classes.
Scio, Superior, Ann Arbor Township, York — wherever you're driving from, the first step is the same: look at the schedule and book your free first class online — adults and kids both.
Ten to twenty minutes from almost anywhere in Washtenaw County — and your first class is free when you get here.
525 E Liberty St, Suite B · Downtown Ann Arbor · Serving Washtenaw County