Can anyone recommend the cheapest BJJ school with quality instructors?
Also, probably Kyokushin school with legit instructors and cheap monthly fees?
I've seen that the cheapest ones are concessions, but how much do you pay in your BJJ gym per month?
Thanks mate, but I used to have a dummy for grappling while watching Roy Dean, but for me the DVD of Robson Moura is one of the best. I'd rather train than do drilling with a dummy these days, but budget is an issue so trying to find a cheaper school.
So…. Where are you based?
Brisbane
There goes my recommendation
If you do BJJ, how much do you pay monthly?
I used to. But now my kids are the bullies, so we don’t need to go any more.
:)
And good luck finding a “cheap” BJJ school. All the ones around here are as expensive as hell. All the ones where I was in Melbourne were as expensive as hell. I think UFC being popular makes BJJ popular, and therefore, expensive.
Another consideration is maybe Judo. It’s more of a stand up take down martial art, but a lot of local PCYC used to run Judo classes and they were much cheaper.
I’ve only done Karate and TKD and a short stint at Aikido (which was a joke). Sadly, I have no ground game. :(
Thanks mate, but Judo is no longer for me, I believe, due to age, it takes too much toll on the body due to throws, BJJ causes too much injury but at least it's not as much as Judo. And yes, quite expensive to train these days so I'm thinking of just the instructionals and making my own grappling dummy again as I did before. I did Kyokushin for some years as well but I can't find a decent dojo these days, so I'm keen on BJJ instead…
I believe, due to age, it takes too much toll on the body
Same here. That's why I started studying The Force.
I've been to two BJJ gyms and paid ~$150 per fortnight. This is in Sydney and Melbourne. I don't know if Brisbane would be cheaper or actually more expensive because maybe there aren't as many gyms there?
I suggest you Google for gyms around you, most gyms offer a trial class or week. Go around to a few gyms and assess the cleanliness, friendliness, curriculum structure, instructors etc. and just pick which one feels the best to you.
Brothers jiu jitsu in seventeen mile rocks.
https://brothersbrazilianjiujitsu.com/pricing/
It's a very strong club. I did traditional ju jutsu back in high school so I have some experience with grappling. Be warned though, at least in my experience, I feel like I'm always struggling with some kind of injury. It's quite hard on the body.
$35 a week.
I paint and make pottery with my wife.
It's non contact marital arts for us !
I have a black belt in Karaoke
Mine's in Origami.
I got mine in Bento Boxing…
Unpopular opinion here, so feel free not to read. If I lived in the US, I'd probably learn martial arts. In Australia, I think it's mostly or completely a waste of time. The times in your life you would need it are exceedingly rare, if not zero for most people.
Learning any kind of violent/self-defence art increases your confidence in a violent situation, which increases the likelihood that you will fight instead of deescalating the situation or walking/running away. The safest thing you can do is to deescalate or walk/run away. So in a relatively safe place like Australia, I think martial arts actually increases your risk of being injured in a confrontation.
I actually learned karate as a teenager (paid for it myself), but now wish I had used that time for something more productive, or pretty much any other sport/exercise.
I feel there is more purpose to learn it in Aus than in the US.
If you're in the US, you'll get shot before you can defend yourself.
In Australia, you're less likely to have a life threatening altercation, but it's more likely for martial arts to be useful in the event of that altercation.
That's my 2c anyway.
I respect your opinion, but in the US most people carry guns, but having a skill which you might not use after all, than having nothing at all, is for me, the right choice. I was living in one of the safest countries in the world, and yet I had to use it which saved me a lot of pain and injury. De-escalation is always the number choice, but sometimes you need to protect yourself from further harm if nothing works.
YouTube tutorials o.O
Eddie bravo instructional dvd's are worth a watch if you haven't yet