Jiu Jitsu
Student Club
Jiu Jitsu is a comprehensive martial art, consisting of throws, submissions and striking, oriented toward practical self-defence for the modern day. Our style encourages training in a safe and collaborative manner, that allows people of all levels to develop and enjoy themselves!
We train toward gradings at the end of each term, where we demonstrate and pressure-test our techniques in order to earn new belts. In 2022/23, we achieved a 100% pass rate in all of our gradings!
Our club is part of The Jiu-Jitsu Foundation (TJJF), the largest single-style Jiu-Jitsu organisation in the UK. Which means when you join us you have access to clubs all over the country, and even internationally! So it is easy to continue on your jiu jitsu journey wherever you may be in the future.
We compete in two national Jiu Jitsu training-camp & competition weekends each year: the Atemi and Randori Championships. Where we frequently bring back medals at all grade levels, and we even won the national BUCS Team Women’s competition in 2022 and the TJJF’s Midlands Club of the Year 2023!
The first two sessions are FREE, and new members are welcome all year round. So why not pop us a message and give it a go?
Key Contact
Captain: Romain Picard-Soumagne
Treasurer: Ibrahim Malik
Social Secretary: Lucia le Caz
General Secretary: Jhundon de leon Mendi
Inclusivity Officer: Mark Elbre
Facilities
Dojo
Our Dojo is a purpose built facility within Sport & Fitness.
Gym
Our state-of-the-art gym is available for all your strength and conditioning needs.
Training Times
- Monday - 8pm - 10pm
- Thursday - 8pm - 10pm
Competition Opportunities
Compete in BUCS Jiu Jitsu Championships which allows for a range of levels to enter.
Membership Price
As part of signing up to a Sports Club you are agreeing to the Sport and Fitness Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, Sports Club Code of Conduct and other UB Sport policies. Click here to head to Sports Club Benefits to read them.
£110 (full year) or £65 (exclusively Semester 1 or Semester 2) membership includes:
- 2x 2-hour sessions per week (4 hours total)
- TJJF Member licence
- Badges included
Extra – compulsory
Gi purchase – £30 for white, £40 for blue, per person
Extra – not compulsory
- Atemi Nationals in November – TBD
- Atemis training only – TBD
- Randori Nationals in May – TBD
- Randoris training only – TBD
- Regional sessions on select weekends – Variable
- Summer sessions – £5 per person, per session
- Club related social activity
- Hoodies
*This is an approximate list of what the club membership may include. This can change at any point, so please confirm with the club directly on what this membership includes.
Trials and Tasters
Taster
Monday 30 September | 8.00pm – 10.00pm | Sports & Fitness Dojo
Thursday 3 October | 8.00pm – 10.00pm | Sports & Fitness Dojo