What we train · Gi · NoGi · Wrestling · Kids
Train with us in Cork
Gi BJJ
Gi Jiu-Jitsu Cork
The foundation. Training in the gi sharpens grips, control and patience, and it’s where most people build their game. Sessions are coached from current research in skill acquisition rather than tradition — you practise under the conditions you’ll actually need it in, not in isolation.
Gi runs four days a week, lunchtime and evening. Beginners build the fundamentals, everyone rolls live, and you leave every session having learned something you can use.
Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri · Evidence-informed coaching · Ben & Barry
NoGi
NoGi Grappling Cork
Submission grappling without the gi — faster, slipperier, and a brilliant challenge whatever your level. Rounds are structured around competition conditions, so you learn to hold a position while someone is genuinely trying to take it off you.
Five sessions a week plus Saturday open mat. Great for wrestlers crossing over, and a welcoming room for anyone giving it a go — you don’t have to compete to train like it counts.
Mon & Wed lunchtime · Tue, Wed & Thu evenings · Competition-focused
Wrestling
Freestyle Wrestling Cork
Takedowns, scrambles and relentless top pressure. Freestyle wrestling for jiu-jitsu — taught inside every adults session in Cork rather than as a separate class, because standing up is half the game and most rooms skip it.
Building it in is a deliberate coaching decision, not a bolt-on. You get good at what you practise under pressure, so the standing position gets trained the same way everything else does.
Taught in every adults session · Evidence-informed coaching
Kids 4–13
Kids BJJ Cork
Kids Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Cork, built around fundamental movement skills — the coordination, balance and body awareness every sport relies on. Two classes in Ballyvolane, ages 4 to 13: Mini Grapplers at 4:30pm and Little Grapplers at 5:30pm, each running twice a week.
Children are placed in a class by age, size and ability, so contact Yvonne before the first session — spaces are limited and classes fill.
University-educated coaches · Garda vetted & insured · Mon–Thu
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Built by hand
No franchise fit-out. No flat-pack gym. The coaches built this room themselves in 2020 — reclaimed timber, salvaged steel and pallet wood, raised over months of their own sweat before a single class was ever taught.
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How we train you
(04) · Weekly schedule
BJJ class times in Cork
Gi, NoGi, kids and Saturday open mat in Ballyvolane, six days a week. Freestyle wrestling is taught inside every adults session. Adults can drop in on any class that fits — your first one is on us. Kids classes are arranged with Yvonne first.
Kids classes run twice a week on a fixed pair of days. Mini Grapplers is the 4:30pm session, Little Grapplers the 5:30pm one, and we recommend children attend both days of whichever class they are in. Children are allocated to a class by age, size and ability, so contact Yvonne on 085 123 4539 before the first session — spaces are limited and classes may be full.
Times may shift around competitions — message us to confirm before your first visit.
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