Youth Lab
Kids Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Leverage, control and problem-solving — built for kids.
Youth Lab
Leverage, control and problem-solving — built for kids.
Overview
Kids Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu teaches children to control and defend using leverage and technique rather than size or strength — a confidence-builder that works for every body type.
Through games, drills and supervised rolling, kids develop coordination, focus and resilience on the mat. Gi and No-Gi classes run through the week, with a competition track for keen young grapplers.
It is also the least alarming martial art to put a child into, and the numbers say so: no strikes are thrown, so the worst outcome of a bad exchange is being stuck underneath somebody until you work out how to get free. Children spend the hour solving that problem over and over, and the sport is essentially a physical argument that they are allowed to lose safely.
That is why it is the busiest thing on our youth timetable by a distance. Gi classes wear the traditional uniform and reward patient grip-fighting; No-Gi is faster and closer to wrestling. Most kids do both without ever being asked to choose, and the ones who catch the competition bug have a stream to move into when they are ready.
Why train Kids Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
A child will have their position taken dozens of times an hour, reset and go again. Few things at that age offer that much low-stakes practice at being beaten and carrying on.
Leverage and technique are the whole sport. Being the smallest in the room turns from a disadvantage into a reason to get better at the details.
Rolling is live problem-solving against someone who is also thinking. It holds attention in a way that repeating a movement to a count never does.
For a parent weighing up martial arts for the first time, this is usually the deciding fact. Nothing in the class involves hitting anybody.
Weekly schedule
6 sessions a week, pulled live from the full timetable so this page cannot fall out of date. Nothing needs booking and there is no term to join — if it is on the grid, turn up.
| Day | Classes |
|---|---|
| Mon | 5pm Kids BJJ No-Gi6pm Kids BJJ No-Gi |
| Tue | 5pm Kids BJJ GiComp6pm Kids BJJ Gi |
| Wed | 5pm Kids BJJ No-Gi6pm Kids BJJ No-Gi |
| Thu | 5pm Kids BJJ GiComp6pm Kids BJJ-Gi |
| Fri | 6pm Kids BJJ No-Gi |
| Sat | 10am Kids BJJ-Gi11am Kids BJJ No-Gi |
Who you’ll train with
The coaches below compete in Kids Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu — these are not classes covered by generalists between their own sessions. Each card carries the record it is claiming, so you can judge it rather than take our word for it.
PAUL With over 15 years of grappling experience paul has been around the highest levels of grappling. An apprentice of Wagney Fabiano (Head of Nova Uniao Canada) he became the first person to advance from white belt to black belt while training at Xtreme Couture. Paul has traveled internationally to compete and train among the world’s best. With over 10 years of coaching experience, Paul continues to expand his role at Xtreme Couture. Working with all levels and ages of BJJ students, Paul teaches our Adult Gi program and has been instrumental in creating and developing one of the city’s top BJJ kids programs.
Mike Imperato is a top ranked fighter who has fought in 4 different weight divisions. He has 13 professional wins (9 of them being first round finishes) and has never been finished in a fight before. He is a BJJ Black Belt, with a grappling record of 256 wins and 9 losses; Mike has competed across the world and has received numerous gold and silver medals at the highest level. He has had multiple fight contract offers with the UFC and is a practicing UFC coach and cornerman.
Stu is a private Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu trainer, with 15 years of experience. He has been training No-Gi long enough to have a good combination of old school BJJ and new school style, which brings the inverted guard and ankle locks into play. His hands-on approach to private training makes the most technical aspects of the sport understandable and obtainable for people of all skill levels.
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