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Luton Grappling Club

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Brazilian jiu-jitsu in Luton

76 Stuart Place.
Your first class is free.

  • First class free
  • No experience needed
  • 7am, five mornings a week

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One class, no charge. Nothing to buy and nothing to sign before you come.

This is how we'll get back to you, usually a WhatsApp message.

Three boxes. That’s it. We’ll message you back with a class that fits.

Does any of this sound like you?

"I need to get fit first."

"I don't want to get hurt."

"I only want to train casually."

"I can't make the times."

If you’ve thought any of those, you’re in the right place. They’re the four things people tell us when they don’t start, and every one of them has an answer.

Here’s the answer to each one

You don't need to be fit first

Jiu-jitsu is a skill before it is anything else. The fitness turns up as a side effect. The entry requirement is turning up.

There's no striking

The sport has a full stop built into it: tap twice and everything stops, immediately, every time.

Twice a week is proper training

Most people here are never going to compete, and that is completely fine. Nobody is keeping score of who’s serious.

There's a class that fits

41 classes a week, from 7am to 9pm, plus Saturday and Sunday. Have a look at the timetable before you decide it won’t work.

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What jiu-jitsu actually is

Grappling. Grips, position and leverage: controlling someone rather than hitting them. Most of what you learn is what to do when somebody already has hold of you.

It’s one of the few martial arts you can take up at forty without being hit, which is why a lot of people take it up late. But the reason people stay for years isn’t the self-defence.

01DisciplineTurning up on the days you don’t feel like it. It’s the only thing that separates the people who get good from the people who don’t.
02Problem solvingEvery round is a puzzle with a person in it. You’re not counting reps, you’re working out what to do next.
03Calm under pressureYou practise being in a bad position and thinking anyway. That part travels off the mat.
04ResilienceYou will be terrible at this for a while. Everybody is. Learning to keep going while you’re bad is the whole thing.
Adults training jiu-jitsu in the gi

The offer

Your first class is free

One class, no charge. Nothing to buy, nothing to sign before you come.

Gi class? We lend you the gi. No-gi class? A t-shirt and shorts is the whole list.

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Three boxes. We’ll message you back with a class that fits.

People who were exactly where you are

Nobody was fit, nobody knew anybody, everyone came alone. Tap for sound.

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Find the class that’s yours

Four ways in. Everyone starts in the same place: knowing nothing.

  • 18classes a week

    Adults

    From complete beginner upwards. Gi and no-gi, mornings through to late evening.

  • 3classes a week

    Women only

    Women training with women, every week. You will not be the only one in the room.

  • 20classes a week

    Kids, 4 to 13

    Two age groups, boys and girls separately. No striking, at any age.

  • 7classes a week

    No-gi

    The same jiu-jitsu without the suit. A rash guard and shorts is the whole list.

Adults training no-gi

When we train in Luton

41 classes a week: 18 for adults, 3 women only and 20 for children.

Adults timetable at Luton Grappling Club
DayTimeClass
Monday7.00 – 8.00amGi
1.00 – 2.00pmNo-gi
7.30 – 9.00pmGi
Tuesday7.00 – 8.00amNo-gi
12.00 – 1.00pmGi
7.30 – 9.00pmNo-gi
Wednesday7.00 – 8.00amGi
12.00 – 1.00pmNo-gi
7.30 – 9.00pmGi
Thursday7.00 – 8.00amNo-gi
1.00 – 2.00pmGi
7.30 – 9.00pmNo-gi
Friday7.00 – 8.00amGi
7.30 – 9.00pmGi
Saturday8.00 – 9.00amCompetition class
6.00 – 7.30pmNo-gi
Sunday5.00 – 6.30pmGi
6.30 – 7.15pmBeginners & Over 35s
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Where this started

This room is where it started.

Faisal Kayani and Dr Salaman Iqbal opened this club on Stuart Place with one idea: build a place where people of any age could learn jiu-jitsu and belong to something.

Mikael Rhaillander joined them on the mats. Between them they put hundreds of children and adults through a first class, and produced competitors along the way.

Nothing about that idea has changed since.

Faisal Kayani
Faisal Kayani
Dr Salaman Iqbal
Dr Salaman Iqbal
Mikael Rhaillander
Mikael Rhaillander

Founders

One class. That’s the whole commitment.

Come as you are. We’ll do the rest.

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Who teaches

Four black belts, a brown and a purple.

Dr Salaman Iqbal
FounderDr Salaman Iqbal2nd degree black beltHead instructor
Faisal Kayani
FounderFaisal KayaniBlack beltInstructor#1 in the UK
Mikael Rhaillander
FounderMikael RhaillanderBlack beltHead gi coachWorld champion
Faris Benlamkadem
Faris BenlamkademBlack beltHead no-gi coachWorld champion
Ali Mahmood
Ali MahmoodPurple beltHead of the boys’ classes
Fernanda Dassoler
Fernanda DassolerBrown beltHead female coach, and coaches the girls’ classes

Nobody gets smashed here for someone else’s ego.

What it costs

Membership runs month to month. If you want to stop, you tell us a month before, and that’s the end of it.

Gold
£95a month

Unlimited classes, every session on the timetable, including the competition class.

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Silver
£70a month

Eight sessions a month. Built for twice a week, which is how most people here train.

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University Student
£50a month

Unlimited classes for under-25s with a student ID.

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Ladies BJJ & Self Defence
£40a month

Unlimited, built around the three women-only sessions each week.

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Beginners / Self Defence
£40a month

Unlimited classes, for people starting from nothing. Does not include the fitness studio.

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Under 18
£40a month

Unlimited classes in the children's groups, 4 to 13.

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Fitness Studio
£25a month

The gym floor on its own, without the jiu-jitsu classes.

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Day Pass
£20one day

Every class running that day, as many as you can take.

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Your first class is free either way.

Questions people actually ask

I can only train before work.
There's a class at 7am from Monday to Friday.
I'm over 35 and I've never done this.
There's a class on Sunday evening called Beginners & Over 35s. That's the name on the timetable, and it's there for the reason you'd expect.
Do I need to be fit to start?
No. You get fit by turning up, not before turning up.
Do you train no-gi as well?
Seven of the eighteen adult classes here are no-gi.
Do you do MMA, boxing or kickboxing?
No. There's no striking in jiu-jitsu. It's grips, position and leverage.
How old do children have to be?
From 4 to 13. Boys and girls train separately.

Still not sure? Message us on WhatsApp. We’d rather answer a question than lose you.

Kids jiu-jitsu in Luton

Children train from 4 to 13. Boys and girls train separately.

There is no striking in what they learn. It’s grips, position and leverage, and the first thing anyone is taught is how to stop. Their first class is free too.

Children training jiu-jitsu
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Women-only jiu-jitsu in Luton

three classes a week are women only. All in the gi.

Jiu-jitsu is grappling, so most of what you learn is what to do when somebody already has hold of you. It’s taught over time, as a skill, not as a weekend course.

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The club, and how to find it

The building from the street, so you know it when you get there.
Luton Grappling Club
76 Stuart PlaceLutonLU1 5DL
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