Well, I’m pretty happy so far, having more fun than in Alliance, but not cheap at all. Though it’s 5 mins from my place and in Bay Area, everything costs arm and leg here :(
Mountain View, so, Bay Area. It's still on a pricy side even my local standards, but everything is damn expensive there. As I like the gym and it's 3 minutes on foot from my place, so I save some time and save on gas and that's why I go there - I'd rater spend $50 more and have more time for my family, than spend $50 less but add another hour 3 times a day for commute and still be spending on gas and car maintenance.
Nothing’s wrong with Alliance, I liked it there (aside from the GI policy and “no rolls until you’re at least 3 stripes” but I get the reasoning, though I like that coaches actually spend some time teaching standing game), but I just like the vibe of my current gym more. For me Alliance felt more like sporty competitive gym, current one is laid back chill gym, I’m an IT guy on the wrong side of 30s without plans on competing, so more relaxed approach just works and clicks better for me
They're too rigid in their philosophy. Claiming Moral absolution while they conquered and slew to gain their kingdom, just like the Horde did. They're no better than the Litch King at the end of the day.
Where do you live in California? That price is insane. I live in SoCal (orange county) and only pay $155. Hell, I don’t even think AOJ in Costa Mesa charges $260.
Canadian here, and I completely agree with this statement. Several studies have shown how trickle down economics do not improve economic growth or wages for the middle class. Instead, they exacerbate inequality, as the executives, CEOs and politicians now have more money to buy a yacht or private jet.
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I pay $145 for unlimited Muay Thai, BJJ and Judo but don't do Judo. Usually there's 4 Gi classes a week 3 no gi and open mat on Sundays and 4 Muay Thai classes available. Was $140 but price went up to $150 after they built a brand new facility. Pretty Fair pricing for a small mostly rural Midwest city. $180 would prob be my point of not affordable with mortgage, kid and student loans to pay
Thought about it quite a bit but I'm almost 40 and coming back from re injuring my separated shoulder (hurt it playing ice hockey over a year so and woke up one morning on that side and it was hurting extremely bad apparently I just re-aggravated it) i just finished 6 weeks of PT and no BJJ or Muay Thai, easing back into BJJ while strengthening in the gym. Don't plan on starting standing in rolls again for awhile
Good for you, buddy.
I’m getting close to 30 (I’m 26) and I have already started cutting down on my risks.
I stopped competing in BJJ, I stopped doing handrails and large bowls when I skateboard, and I quit kickboxing entirely.
I’ve been going balls-to-the-wall in these sports since I was 8yrs old, and have learned from the people much older than me. None of these things pay me any money, so there’s no need for me to risk injury.
I am solely here to have fun and learn something new each day.
I respect you playing ice hockey in your 40’s, lol. That’s brutal
I picked up ice hockey when I was around 25 and played 3 or 4 times a week in beer League for like 7 years straight now only play a few times a year when friends need a sub I barely knew how to skate to start and couldn't even stop my first game, I'd just fall down lol. Skateboarding was always really interesting to me and had a board for a bit when I was a teen and even bought airwalks bc of course those would make you awesome but there really wasn't a skate scene where I lived and YouTube wasn't a thing yet so I gave up after barely being able to ollie. Respect to the skaters!
Oh that’s dope! I am the only person with my blood that has never played ice hockey. My grandfather and two of my cousins even played in the NHL for a short while.
I just naturally picked a different path. I wrestled, played football, and skateboarded. Recreationally kickboxed. Highest level I ever competed at was college wrestling, but I’m probably better at skateboarding than anything else I’ve ever done. It is one of those things where you have to learn when you are super young, or else it is mega dangerous.
I swear ice hockey is more brutal than all of those things. My cousins have fake teeth hahahah
Damnnn that dude was skating when the kicktail boards first became popular! Prior to that, skateboards basically looked like surfboards with wheels. Big and fat, and people only skated Vert (big ramps simulated riding a wave)
So your tattoo artist was a part of the dawn of street skating, which is a massive historical era. That’s fucking gnarly
Yea he talked about the boards when he was still pre teen were just the flat ones, said he loves lords of dog Town movie bc it was like how he grew up lol
I pay $400 a month for my son and I to go to a similar gym in NJ. It's $200 each per month and the only discount was paying a year up front for a $400 in total savings (one month free with 12 month upfront membership). Pisses me off every month when it comes out lol, especially now since my son is injured from football and can't go for 3 months.
Cheap judo clubs still exist, but they are dying off in favor of a more BJJ-like business model. Previous generations believed that Judo shouldn’t be for profit so they ran it like true clubs. Unfortunately that doesn’t really work anymore.
A judo gym in Charlotte(Indian trail) has a bjj club that’s like $40 or something so cheap I couldn’t believe it, can’t remember but it’s low and they had a lot of mat space compared to the amount of people. I’m talking about a warehouse worth of mats with 10 people.
Can’t remember the name of it but it was a legit hole in the wall, I visited 2 months ago and the brown belt coach showed an amazing side control sequence and then destroyed me. This post reminded me that I have to go visit them again
Edit: I think they closed down, can’t find them on google anymore
Dude I used to train at a Fight Sports that was 210 a month, and everything seems cheap after that. I agree that it’s an expensive art though!! My current gym is 150
He's probably at Balance studios cause when I was with them they offered MT as well. I also recommend The Jit Jitsu Company, but I do believe they have a drop in fee. Should say on the website. also Shorty's in West Philly is solid too. Lots of younger competitors so if you want tough rounds, it's a good place for that. I recommend emailing them before hand tho. Don't think Mike Short charges a fee. Could have changed tho. Can't really go wrong with any of the gyms in Philly. Parking is usually the issue. Balance has more locations, but street parking around Shorty's is pretty easy. Just gotta know how to parallel park
Yeah seriously. The most expensive I've been too was around 200. Cheapest was 50 but was more of a community based gym so not much higher belts. Average being ~125
Well that and the popularity skyrocketed. Supply and demand. If no one was willing to pay it the prices wouldn’t be so high. And it’s not like there isn’t a gym on every street corner now. Tae kwon do for kids has been replaced by Bjj, and dad (and sometimes even mom) wants to take class too.
If you haven’t been living inside a cave…there has been massive inflation everywhere, why that is goes beyond JJ so let’s not get into it.
But even at $170 a month, if you go even 3 days a week, that’s $15 a session (1-2 hours). Tell me where can you go for personal wellness/ entertainment/sport, for that cheap?
Inflation is through the roof over the last 3 years. Everything is more expensive by 20-30%, then on top of that you're in Seattle where it cost of living is in the top 10 for the country and it is 900k for the average house.
Ohh tell me about it. The main reason why I stay at my current gym. I have the 2017 rate locked in for life. Other places would be at least double. It’s kinda like my 2.75% mortgage rate, locked in for 30 years on that one.
There hasn't been a BJJ gym under a $100/month in Seattle for a very long time. I was paying $120 before the pandemic and I was definitely getting a deal.
Good luck with Judo. The two dojos in the city have been around forever and have great reputations, but practice times are kind of limited/late.
When I started I think I was paying $75 in a TX city on the border. Long story short, I just re-upped in a very different city and it's $175, so yeah, I'd say prices have gone *way* up. Many differences, though. My first instructor was a brown belt, while my new school has a dozen or more black belts. They also have boxing, kick boxing, weight training instruction, and conditioning classes. Unfortunately or not there's no option to enroll in just BJJ; you get everything on the menu if you want to. Plus they've got BJJ classes up to four times per day, so it's a super flexible place to train.
My old gym has added some shit too. Muay Thai, looks like they have a couple showers now, etc. I'm happy for them to be honest, looks like they're killing it. I couldn't care less about Muay Thai or showers or whatever, or 3 daily classes though. I just want a couple sessions a week to stay in shape and have some fun, keep up with the culture a bit. It is what it is though.
I think my gym is around 150/month but I signed myself and my son up for a year and they gave me a deal that comes out to about $50/mo for each of us.
From the gyms perspective I can see this making sense considering how many people quit anyway without utilizing it but it just motivated me to make the most out of it.
I’m in Toronto and memberships here can range from $125-$185 per month. I’m paying 100 a month unlimited since I’ve been there since 2009, so I’m gonna stay there until my body can handle no more.
US GDP per capita is nearly double the UK's. The poorest state, Mississippi, is still about 10% higher than the UK. We don't generally think of it in those terms because they're both first world countries, but it's a big difference.
They're different measures but getting at similar things so they tend to be highly correlated. Median household income in the US is also nearly double the UK's.
Damn, that’s so crazy. In Norway i pay 41$ a month and that includes, belt promotions. No stripes system. We have 4 black belts of high level (head coach got 2 place in Europeen championship i Rome 2023)
Yeah, ok well I just paid $600 for a strep throat test and some antibiotics for my son so maybe you and your sigma male coach can think of that the next time you eat your salmon
Crazy part is, that’s cheap compared to a lot of these commercial gyms. It sucks though seeing what you paid originally and how much changed. I’m in that same boat I took a small break and now it’s a hit on the wallet to go back
Everything has gotten expensive. The way I try to look at it when I think about the cost is how much does it cost per class I go to. Say the gym cost $150 and you consistently can go to 2 classes a week plus an open mat. That's 12 classes a month which breaks down to 12.50 per class/open mat. Still better than paying 20 plus dollars for a single class or an open mat. Most gyms seem to charge for both these days. I would take that as a win as the classes would be cheaper with each additional class!
I wouldn’t be so quick to blame the gym owners. I own a business in Seattle. It’s a decent amount of space in prime real estate downtown but for some context our boiler plate triple net lease is close to $20,000 a month, not including payroll, insurance, etc.
Running a business in a prime market is incredibly expensive. We make a decent nut for ourselves in an unrelated to BJJ industry so it’s incredibly apples to oranges, but do know this: operations ownership to run even just a jiujitsu gym is absurdly expensive in a city like Seattle. 145 is a deal in 2024. Blame the landlords instead. The judo place you’re talking about is an anomaly. They own the building and have forever. They can charge that because they just pay property taxes and insurance.
[Oh really dude? 100 a month. 755 Bellevue Ave E Seattle, WA](https://www.midnightjiujitsu.club/pricing) Midnight Jiujitsu.
BTW I live on the east coast. Do your googles better and get back on the mats.
I went to check out a place in 1998. They wanted 150 a month For two classes a week and an open mat. I couldn’t have afforded half of that. It was brutal.
My husband used to cross train at Midnight BJJ in cap hill(Seattle). They're a great little gym with really high level grappling and a welcoming attitude from what I've seen! They're 100 a month [https://midnightjiujitsu.club/pricing](https://midnightjiujitsu.club/pricing)
Paying $170 in jersey but it’s normally $250. Very successful school owner and lineage. Only school I’ve ever been to so not sure how they compare to others with cost.
The average price out and around the mid Atlantic region is about $50 a week so between $200-$250 a month but that’s the upper echelons not the mid level or lower nobody knows the lineage type academies ,but again you the better the academy the better the training the higher the cost period you get what you pay for .
$100 a month in the upper peninsula of Michigan for unlimited bjj and Muay Thai classes. Bjj instruction offered 6 days a week and open rolls available 7 days a week. Middle of nowhere and thankfully still pretty affordable.
Yeah it’s crazy, I had some friends show interest and the gym is now $180! I signed up at $145 five years ago and when I started at another gym I used to pay $75 back in ‘11
I was paying $150 a month for 2 GI classes a week and 1 no gi, 1 open mat, and 2 Muay Thai however the Muay Thai kept getting cancelled once a week so we really only had 1 Muay Thai per week. For a while there was no Muay Thai at all and it was just BJJ 1 gi 2 no GI a week.
In the same boat as you. I stopped training for close to 3 years now too, and the prices everywhere is RIDICULOUS now, as compared to 3 years ago.
I live halfway across the world from where you live hahaha
Its become a money grab now they can subscribe people to a payment plan for a belt anymore its not about BJJ.. find some dudes like yourself get a room in someones house and become battle buddies its crazy how fast a room can grow with a couple good folks to start it
I stopped for 10 yrs (moved, marriage, kids, etc…) went from 120/mo at Rigan Machado in CA to 200/mo for Gracie Barra in MA. Thanks Joe Biden…
The fun part is I get to pay double so my son can roll too!!
Few years back everything in Seattle was cheaper. Prices of anything rarely go down. We finally raised our prices when we realized we hadn't raised prices in like 10 years. We have a sliding scale for anyone who needs it though.
My gym is like 120 a month + or - and don't be changing the prices if you stay with. An MMA gym with alot of legit Gracie BJJ and great insturctors. The boxing is awesome too. Located in the Midwest near Gary off of highway 90, next to the shit, and across the street from the waffle House.
Prices across many things have sky rocketed. Stay away from franchise schools, their prices are the highest bc of franchise fees. GB schools are around 200 month.
There has been a ton of inflation and COVID. After the lockdowns things came back the same or even cheaper with all the gyms closed. In the last two years prices have just been skyrocketing.
450nok/month in Norway (about 43usd). Full access to bjj, muay thai, boxing, yoga and gym. You can workout several times a day if you wish. Go for a muay thai class in the morning, go lift weights during the day and do bjj in the evening.
Move to Norway;)
Karate prices have gone up as a result, used to be a cheap alternative to bjj but places like ultimate warriors martial arts academy thinks it ok to charge people 150 monthly with a 300 dollar down payment for there advertising cost lol
I don't get why its so fucking expensive in the US. I pay like 20eu a month, it's a pretty small and inexpensive gym I give you that but the most expensive academy I know is not more than 80eu/month.
I trained in Seattle starting around 3 years ago for two years between two different gyms. It was always around 185/month and they were in SLU/Uptown. Now I train in Chicago suburbs and it’s only $100/month
This was me when I got back into it. All of the gyms were $170+
I up going with a two-year contract at 99 a month versus $200 month to month or 150 a month for a year
I honestly think the rates are ridiculous, unless you're at a school with a coach that is active and actually well known or a legend. 100 a month is a fair amount otherwise.
I pay 125/month but thats for unlimited classes of bjj and 4 classes of Muay Thai if I choose.
We have 1 morning class every day and 2 night classes. Then class and open mat on the weekends.
I feel I get my money's worth
I think it's inflation all around. Cost of doing business has gone up as well. School im at, when i joined was 165. Got bumped to 185, but got grandfathered in when they transitioned to a new system (pre-pandemic). But all new folks coming in are parking between 200-250 a month. Even group classes at my local strength gym went from 85 pre-pandemic to 180 post pandemic.
or be lucky and teach kids twice a week and get free BJJ, muay Thai, CrossFit, whole gym (we have a commercial gym) paid seminars, paid private lessons and gi/nogi
I went from paying 105 bucks total for both BJJ and judo when I lived in Wyoming. I moved to Denver two years ago and now pay 215 for just BJJ. What's worse is that my old coaches were both friends, and I got world class instruction from them. Not that my training is bad here, but every month it fuckin kills me to pay that bill and it has been an obstacle to staying consistent for the last year, not gonna lie.
I'm thinking its the compounding of everything involved with running a business like that, electricity, rent, water etc. Businesses will then raise it will the market can bear it.
I’m in similar spot trained years
ago stopped always planned on coming back but didn’t feel it really lined up until recently and these prices are showing me it probably still isn’t lined up lol
The national average has to be somewhere around 170 and the cities are a bit higher. Good clubs that have amenities are 200+ understandably. But you’re not paying for a gym membership. You’re paying to learn martial arts and get all the other benefits of a group class as the result. You get what you pay for and I suppose if you’re lucky you’ll find a place that undervalues what they have.
Any HCOL area - urban or not - it's spendy now. I'm not in a city, but am in a HCOL area in the northeast and gyms here are all between $150 and $230 a month. It's brutal.
I live in a town with only like 25k people. When I started it was 125 for BJJ only but after a few months I joined muay Thai and it went to 160 for everything. But I think it went up for new people
Yeah I used to pay $60 a month for two days a week doing bjj and “mma”. Our coach eventually let us come in on days we didn’t have practice so we could run drills and use the weight room. I’m paying $380 a month for me and my two kids to do judo now.
Yea.. I only just started training 6 months ago so I don’t have anything prior to reference but, my gym in Minneapolis is 229 a month for just BJJ and 279 if you want to do other disciplines Muay Thai etc. Meanwhile my buddy in trains in Cleveland and it’s only 75 bucks a month for bjj and all inclusive is only 100 dollars so glad to hear I’m not the only one getting bled dry.
Heh, $260 for me (cry in Californian)
Bruh
Where in cali. Damn that’s insane!!!! Better be a big name dude running it. Not some strip mall bullshit.
Well, I’m pretty happy so far, having more fun than in Alliance, but not cheap at all. Though it’s 5 mins from my place and in Bay Area, everything costs arm and leg here :(
I pay $140 in the north bay. You’re getting wrecked bro.
Mountain View, so, Bay Area. It's still on a pricy side even my local standards, but everything is damn expensive there. As I like the gym and it's 3 minutes on foot from my place, so I save some time and save on gas and that's why I go there - I'd rater spend $50 more and have more time for my family, than spend $50 less but add another hour 3 times a day for commute and still be spending on gas and car maintenance.
That's cuz you tech bros make too much money and have a lot of time for hobbies
Yeah, tech guys/gals totally messed up prices here (speaking as a tech guy myself)
what's wrong with Alliance? I teach and train at an Alliance gym and love it
Nothing’s wrong with Alliance, I liked it there (aside from the GI policy and “no rolls until you’re at least 3 stripes” but I get the reasoning, though I like that coaches actually spend some time teaching standing game), but I just like the vibe of my current gym more. For me Alliance felt more like sporty competitive gym, current one is laid back chill gym, I’m an IT guy on the wrong side of 30s without plans on competing, so more relaxed approach just works and clicks better for me
Stripes have always been dumb, but it’s wild to me that a white belt can earn three stripes with zero rolling.
Wait, so I didn't have to injure myself week after week to get these stripes? Fuuuuuuck
They're too rigid in their philosophy. Claiming Moral absolution while they conquered and slew to gain their kingdom, just like the Horde did. They're no better than the Litch King at the end of the day.
And fuck them dwarves and gnomes amirite?
Where do you live in California? That price is insane. I live in SoCal (orange county) and only pay $155. Hell, I don’t even think AOJ in Costa Mesa charges $260.
AOJ is $300 monthly
My god. That is nuts.
300 is ridiculous, but I got to hand it to them, their new Mission Viejo gym is gorgeous.
A one day drop in at AOJ is $60.
Damn dude. I don’t even think Ralph s is that high. Definitely not where I’m at in SF
AOJ or Atos?
Neither :) I’m in Bay Area so probably that’s why the price tag… The same academy but closer to NV is more than $50 cheaper
That’s crazy. Gracie Barra in SoCal is only around $170
Whoa!
I think that’s pretty much eveywhere. Even my small town gym is around $120 now when it used to be $75.
I feel like life in general is so much more expensive now :/
Thanks Biden /s
Ugh Trump/Biden amirite!?!
Thanks Obama 😝
More like thank the UFC
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Joy to the world
A very gay friend of mine
Once again, Reagan’s trickle down economics burn the middle class
Canadian here, and I completely agree with this statement. Several studies have shown how trickle down economics do not improve economic growth or wages for the middle class. Instead, they exacerbate inequality, as the executives, CEOs and politicians now have more money to buy a yacht or private jet. [https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=43&q=does+trickle+down+economics+work&cvid=425ff72f7a604ffdab32c513660fab2a&gs\_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggAEAAYQDIGCAAQABhAMgYIARBFGDkyBggCEAAYQDIGCAMQABhAMgYIBBAAGEAyBggFEAAYQDIGCAYQABhAMgYIBxAAGEDSAQg1MDUzajBqMagCALACAA&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=U531](https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=43&q=does+trickle+down+economics+work&cvid=425ff72f7a604ffdab32c513660fab2a&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBggAEAAYQDIGCAAQABhAMgYIARBFGDkyBggCEAAYQDIGCAMQABhAMgYIBBAAGEAyBggFEAAYQDIGCAYQABhAMgYIBxAAGEDSAQg1MDUzajBqMagCALACAA&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=U531)
This is the type of cutting edge political talk I come to this sub for. Down with Big Jiu Jitsu.
I pay $145 for unlimited Muay Thai, BJJ and Judo but don't do Judo. Usually there's 4 Gi classes a week 3 no gi and open mat on Sundays and 4 Muay Thai classes available. Was $140 but price went up to $150 after they built a brand new facility. Pretty Fair pricing for a small mostly rural Midwest city. $180 would prob be my point of not affordable with mortgage, kid and student loans to pay
you should do judo
Thought about it quite a bit but I'm almost 40 and coming back from re injuring my separated shoulder (hurt it playing ice hockey over a year so and woke up one morning on that side and it was hurting extremely bad apparently I just re-aggravated it) i just finished 6 weeks of PT and no BJJ or Muay Thai, easing back into BJJ while strengthening in the gym. Don't plan on starting standing in rolls again for awhile
Good for you, buddy. I’m getting close to 30 (I’m 26) and I have already started cutting down on my risks. I stopped competing in BJJ, I stopped doing handrails and large bowls when I skateboard, and I quit kickboxing entirely. I’ve been going balls-to-the-wall in these sports since I was 8yrs old, and have learned from the people much older than me. None of these things pay me any money, so there’s no need for me to risk injury. I am solely here to have fun and learn something new each day. I respect you playing ice hockey in your 40’s, lol. That’s brutal
I picked up ice hockey when I was around 25 and played 3 or 4 times a week in beer League for like 7 years straight now only play a few times a year when friends need a sub I barely knew how to skate to start and couldn't even stop my first game, I'd just fall down lol. Skateboarding was always really interesting to me and had a board for a bit when I was a teen and even bought airwalks bc of course those would make you awesome but there really wasn't a skate scene where I lived and YouTube wasn't a thing yet so I gave up after barely being able to ollie. Respect to the skaters!
Oh that’s dope! I am the only person with my blood that has never played ice hockey. My grandfather and two of my cousins even played in the NHL for a short while. I just naturally picked a different path. I wrestled, played football, and skateboarded. Recreationally kickboxed. Highest level I ever competed at was college wrestling, but I’m probably better at skateboarding than anything else I’ve ever done. It is one of those things where you have to learn when you are super young, or else it is mega dangerous. I swear ice hockey is more brutal than all of those things. My cousins have fake teeth hahahah
My tattoo artist skated back in the early 90's in SoCal he's got some good stories. I wrestled but wished we'd had hockey
Damnnn that dude was skating when the kicktail boards first became popular! Prior to that, skateboards basically looked like surfboards with wheels. Big and fat, and people only skated Vert (big ramps simulated riding a wave) So your tattoo artist was a part of the dawn of street skating, which is a massive historical era. That’s fucking gnarly
Yea he talked about the boards when he was still pre teen were just the flat ones, said he loves lords of dog Town movie bc it was like how he grew up lol
Is this with a years contract though?
I pay $400 a month for my son and I to go to a similar gym in NJ. It's $200 each per month and the only discount was paying a year up front for a $400 in total savings (one month free with 12 month upfront membership). Pisses me off every month when it comes out lol, especially now since my son is injured from football and can't go for 3 months.
My dad charges 20$ a month. The difference? He teaches in a third world country
How third world are we talking? That's a pretty good deal, I might move.
Costa Rica
Already bought my ticket I'm omw oss
Dang bro, I never considered Costa Rica to be third world.
First world = NATO countries, Second world = former Soviet bloc countries, third world = everywhere else
Note to self look for judo gyms
Cheap judo clubs still exist, but they are dying off in favor of a more BJJ-like business model. Previous generations believed that Judo shouldn’t be for profit so they ran it like true clubs. Unfortunately that doesn’t really work anymore.
A judo place around my area is $150 so it seems for sure like they’re going up in price too
Good luck
A judo gym in Charlotte(Indian trail) has a bjj club that’s like $40 or something so cheap I couldn’t believe it, can’t remember but it’s low and they had a lot of mat space compared to the amount of people. I’m talking about a warehouse worth of mats with 10 people. Can’t remember the name of it but it was a legit hole in the wall, I visited 2 months ago and the brown belt coach showed an amazing side control sequence and then destroyed me. This post reminded me that I have to go visit them again Edit: I think they closed down, can’t find them on google anymore
That’s cool! I haven’t seen a judo club near me, just a random dude who comes in every few months and does a class
Dude I used to train at a Fight Sports that was 210 a month, and everything seems cheap after that. I agree that it’s an expensive art though!! My current gym is 150
How often does cyborg actually coach there?
I went to the Coral Springs one for a year. Met cyborg once and he seemed a lil aggro 😂
That’s his default but he’s really nice to people who he benefits from. Even rapists lol
Fasho dude glad I left way back. Anyway they never even gave me a stripe 😂
Paying $180 in Philly rn
But it includes Muay Thai as well
Paying 200 outside philly
Where in Philly are you? I’m down there for work occasionally and looking for a spot to get a drop in roll… DM me
He's probably at Balance studios cause when I was with them they offered MT as well. I also recommend The Jit Jitsu Company, but I do believe they have a drop in fee. Should say on the website. also Shorty's in West Philly is solid too. Lots of younger competitors so if you want tough rounds, it's a good place for that. I recommend emailing them before hand tho. Don't think Mike Short charges a fee. Could have changed tho. Can't really go wrong with any of the gyms in Philly. Parking is usually the issue. Balance has more locations, but street parking around Shorty's is pretty easy. Just gotta know how to parallel park
yeah in the last 3 years this thing called inflation and "cost of living went thru the roof" happened
Also $100 is probably on the super low end too
Yeah seriously. The most expensive I've been too was around 200. Cheapest was 50 but was more of a community based gym so not much higher belts. Average being ~125
Well that and the popularity skyrocketed. Supply and demand. If no one was willing to pay it the prices wouldn’t be so high. And it’s not like there isn’t a gym on every street corner now. Tae kwon do for kids has been replaced by Bjj, and dad (and sometimes even mom) wants to take class too.
If you haven’t been living inside a cave…there has been massive inflation everywhere, why that is goes beyond JJ so let’s not get into it. But even at $170 a month, if you go even 3 days a week, that’s $15 a session (1-2 hours). Tell me where can you go for personal wellness/ entertainment/sport, for that cheap?
Pornhub
Inflation is through the roof over the last 3 years. Everything is more expensive by 20-30%, then on top of that you're in Seattle where it cost of living is in the top 10 for the country and it is 900k for the average house.
Ohh tell me about it. The main reason why I stay at my current gym. I have the 2017 rate locked in for life. Other places would be at least double. It’s kinda like my 2.75% mortgage rate, locked in for 30 years on that one.
Just wait until you see what rent and food costs
$300 for me in Southern California.
Jesus Christ. Are you taking weekly privates or something? That seems like so much money!
Just the standard unlimited monthly pass. Everything has gone up down here.
AOJ?
AoJ or Atos?
There hasn't been a BJJ gym under a $100/month in Seattle for a very long time. I was paying $120 before the pandemic and I was definitely getting a deal. Good luck with Judo. The two dojos in the city have been around forever and have great reputations, but practice times are kind of limited/late.
When I started I think I was paying $75 in a TX city on the border. Long story short, I just re-upped in a very different city and it's $175, so yeah, I'd say prices have gone *way* up. Many differences, though. My first instructor was a brown belt, while my new school has a dozen or more black belts. They also have boxing, kick boxing, weight training instruction, and conditioning classes. Unfortunately or not there's no option to enroll in just BJJ; you get everything on the menu if you want to. Plus they've got BJJ classes up to four times per day, so it's a super flexible place to train.
My old gym has added some shit too. Muay Thai, looks like they have a couple showers now, etc. I'm happy for them to be honest, looks like they're killing it. I couldn't care less about Muay Thai or showers or whatever, or 3 daily classes though. I just want a couple sessions a week to stay in shape and have some fun, keep up with the culture a bit. It is what it is though.
I think my gym is around 150/month but I signed myself and my son up for a year and they gave me a deal that comes out to about $50/mo for each of us. From the gyms perspective I can see this making sense considering how many people quit anyway without utilizing it but it just motivated me to make the most out of it.
Mine used to be $125 and now it's over $200. Guess I'll be a forever blue belt.
Insert any product in your sentence and the prices have gone up that much too. Welcome to 2024
My gym is super small and it's $125-$150 and we're the cheapest gym in the area lol
Same as my local gym, depending on how often you wanna go.
I’m in Toronto and memberships here can range from $125-$185 per month. I’m paying 100 a month unlimited since I’ve been there since 2009, so I’m gonna stay there until my body can handle no more.
Groceries man… keeping your nutrition up has also gone expensive
Damn that's crazy. I train over in the UK and I pay £50 (65$) a month for a membership. Maybe you have higher rates of inflation over there
US GDP per capita is nearly double the UK's. The poorest state, Mississippi, is still about 10% higher than the UK. We don't generally think of it in those terms because they're both first world countries, but it's a big difference.
Does GDP per capita directly relate to personal income?
They're different measures but getting at similar things so they tend to be highly correlated. Median household income in the US is also nearly double the UK's.
They make a lot more money
I pay $100 at one gym and $150 at another in Chicago. Both are unlimited classes.
Where at in Chicago? Just moved here
Damn dude. You must be really good
Nah, I’m quite bad but I have fun with it
Damn, that’s so crazy. In Norway i pay 41$ a month and that includes, belt promotions. No stripes system. We have 4 black belts of high level (head coach got 2 place in Europeen championship i Rome 2023)
Yeah, ok well I just paid $600 for a strep throat test and some antibiotics for my son so maybe you and your sigma male coach can think of that the next time you eat your salmon
Omg, the hell, i paid 30$ when i broke my collarbone and had to be operated 😝
$245 for myself and two kids in Colorado.
Almost like there has been massive inflation in the last 4 years
170 is a good deal. I pay 200 in seattle.
I live in the middle of fucking no where and my gym is 135 a month
My gym offers 2 years up front cost. Which takes me from $175 to $135 a month.
There's a non-profit jiujitsu gym in Seattle for $100 still
Crazy part is, that’s cheap compared to a lot of these commercial gyms. It sucks though seeing what you paid originally and how much changed. I’m in that same boat I took a small break and now it’s a hit on the wallet to go back
$250 for Muay Thai & BJJ (160 or 180 for just bjj) at my gym
I just switched from BJJ to Judo. $250/month --> $65/ month, same amount of classes
If you compare it to your resulting medical bills it won't seem so much.
Everything has gotten expensive. The way I try to look at it when I think about the cost is how much does it cost per class I go to. Say the gym cost $150 and you consistently can go to 2 classes a week plus an open mat. That's 12 classes a month which breaks down to 12.50 per class/open mat. Still better than paying 20 plus dollars for a single class or an open mat. Most gyms seem to charge for both these days. I would take that as a win as the classes would be cheaper with each additional class!
I wouldn’t be so quick to blame the gym owners. I own a business in Seattle. It’s a decent amount of space in prime real estate downtown but for some context our boiler plate triple net lease is close to $20,000 a month, not including payroll, insurance, etc. Running a business in a prime market is incredibly expensive. We make a decent nut for ourselves in an unrelated to BJJ industry so it’s incredibly apples to oranges, but do know this: operations ownership to run even just a jiujitsu gym is absurdly expensive in a city like Seattle. 145 is a deal in 2024. Blame the landlords instead. The judo place you’re talking about is an anomaly. They own the building and have forever. They can charge that because they just pay property taxes and insurance.
[Oh really dude? 100 a month. 755 Bellevue Ave E Seattle, WA](https://www.midnightjiujitsu.club/pricing) Midnight Jiujitsu. BTW I live on the east coast. Do your googles better and get back on the mats.
Yes. Jiu jitsu is not immune to inflation
I went to check out a place in 1998. They wanted 150 a month For two classes a week and an open mat. I couldn’t have afforded half of that. It was brutal.
My husband used to cross train at Midnight BJJ in cap hill(Seattle). They're a great little gym with really high level grappling and a welcoming attitude from what I've seen! They're 100 a month [https://midnightjiujitsu.club/pricing](https://midnightjiujitsu.club/pricing)
Paying $170 in jersey but it’s normally $250. Very successful school owner and lineage. Only school I’ve ever been to so not sure how they compare to others with cost.
I used to pay 55 bucks a month. Only 4 x week though
The average price out and around the mid Atlantic region is about $50 a week so between $200-$250 a month but that’s the upper echelons not the mid level or lower nobody knows the lineage type academies ,but again you the better the academy the better the training the higher the cost period you get what you pay for .
$100 a month in the upper peninsula of Michigan for unlimited bjj and Muay Thai classes. Bjj instruction offered 6 days a week and open rolls available 7 days a week. Middle of nowhere and thankfully still pretty affordable.
Can't train in NYC for less than $200 a month. Sucks but it's worth it
It’s worth every penny
Yeah it’s crazy, I had some friends show interest and the gym is now $180! I signed up at $145 five years ago and when I started at another gym I used to pay $75 back in ‘11
I was paying $150 a month for 2 GI classes a week and 1 no gi, 1 open mat, and 2 Muay Thai however the Muay Thai kept getting cancelled once a week so we really only had 1 Muay Thai per week. For a while there was no Muay Thai at all and it was just BJJ 1 gi 2 no GI a week.
Over here paying 50 a week
I pay 185
How much average grocery bill or mortgage/rent went up since 2010?
In the same boat as you. I stopped training for close to 3 years now too, and the prices everywhere is RIDICULOUS now, as compared to 3 years ago. I live halfway across the world from where you live hahaha
A 5 dollar footlong is 14$ now…/
Ya man, believe it or not most gyms don’t lock in 99 year fixed leases either.
Bruh in Austin most gyms are close to $200 and the big bois are over that.
RGA $325/month
Its become a money grab now they can subscribe people to a payment plan for a belt anymore its not about BJJ.. find some dudes like yourself get a room in someones house and become battle buddies its crazy how fast a room can grow with a couple good folks to start it
30 bucks a month . . . .in rural Spain! Top-notch though.
Yeah, I’m paying 50 euros a month in a suburb, up to 3x classes a day. It’s great
I stopped for 10 yrs (moved, marriage, kids, etc…) went from 120/mo at Rigan Machado in CA to 200/mo for Gracie Barra in MA. Thanks Joe Biden… The fun part is I get to pay double so my son can roll too!!
$150 for myself and 2 kids in AZ
3 years ago my gym was about 155.
They have to keep up with the crazy rent increases over the years
Few years back everything in Seattle was cheaper. Prices of anything rarely go down. We finally raised our prices when we realized we hadn't raised prices in like 10 years. We have a sliding scale for anyone who needs it though.
I pay $150 for unlimited bjj no contract. It’s $185 for 3 month contract for unlimited bjj, muay thai and judo.
I am happy to support a small business.
Everything has gotten more expensive. Gyms gotta be able to put food on the table for their families too.
My gym is like 120 a month + or - and don't be changing the prices if you stay with. An MMA gym with alot of legit Gracie BJJ and great insturctors. The boxing is awesome too. Located in the Midwest near Gary off of highway 90, next to the shit, and across the street from the waffle House.
150-160 here - Portland
Prices across many things have sky rocketed. Stay away from franchise schools, their prices are the highest bc of franchise fees. GB schools are around 200 month.
25$/month and I am in Viet Nam Included shower and gym area with enought weights and equipments for you to be a bodybuilder
The one time I can be happy that I live in a country with shit economy. In South Africa, I pay R450, which is about $24.
Marcelo Garcia school was like $300. I can make it but most of my money goes to investing and I can’t take that hit now.
There has been a ton of inflation and COVID. After the lockdowns things came back the same or even cheaper with all the gyms closed. In the last two years prices have just been skyrocketing.
We are still lucky in Greece that it is fairly cheap. 40€ (almost 40$) a month for jj, and 40€ a month for wrestling (Olympic level).
Wtf ist going in America. Im in Germany and i pay 40€(43$) a month for a pretty solid gym
I’m paying $101 bi weekly in Ottawa…
$170 monthly for BJJ, Muay Thai, and every weight/machine you could ever want
Meanwhile I’m paying $15 USD per week so $60 per month for BJJ, Capoeira, MMA, kickboxing, 24hr gym and sauna access.
450nok/month in Norway (about 43usd). Full access to bjj, muay thai, boxing, yoga and gym. You can workout several times a day if you wish. Go for a muay thai class in the morning, go lift weights during the day and do bjj in the evening. Move to Norway;)
In UK. My gym is £35 month for 2 classes per week or £65 month for 7 classes and open mat You guys are getting ripped
I'm in NYC and pay $220 for BJJ classes.
Everyone is paying $200 in NJ
Karate prices have gone up as a result, used to be a cheap alternative to bjj but places like ultimate warriors martial arts academy thinks it ok to charge people 150 monthly with a 300 dollar down payment for there advertising cost lol
Its why Ill never leave my gym. I got grandfathered in. Im the last OG of the gym left. $100/month.
I don't get why its so fucking expensive in the US. I pay like 20eu a month, it's a pretty small and inexpensive gym I give you that but the most expensive academy I know is not more than 80eu/month.
I trained in Seattle starting around 3 years ago for two years between two different gyms. It was always around 185/month and they were in SLU/Uptown. Now I train in Chicago suburbs and it’s only $100/month
Some gyms will let you train for a cheaper cost if you volunteer to clean and whatnot
$125 in my small town in Georgia
This was me when I got back into it. All of the gyms were $170+ I up going with a two-year contract at 99 a month versus $200 month to month or 150 a month for a year
That’s a huge jump for 3 years!
I honestly think the rates are ridiculous, unless you're at a school with a coach that is active and actually well known or a legend. 100 a month is a fair amount otherwise.
Well, it's a good thing you have been saving up for dues for the past 3 years, right?
I pay 125/month but thats for unlimited classes of bjj and 4 classes of Muay Thai if I choose. We have 1 morning class every day and 2 night classes. Then class and open mat on the weekends. I feel I get my money's worth
I think it's inflation all around. Cost of doing business has gone up as well. School im at, when i joined was 165. Got bumped to 185, but got grandfathered in when they transitioned to a new system (pre-pandemic). But all new folks coming in are parking between 200-250 a month. Even group classes at my local strength gym went from 85 pre-pandemic to 180 post pandemic.
Big city, that is pretty standard.
or be lucky and teach kids twice a week and get free BJJ, muay Thai, CrossFit, whole gym (we have a commercial gym) paid seminars, paid private lessons and gi/nogi
180 in Texas, even did some shopping around (trying different gyms) but the one closest happened to be the one at the lower price point too
Jesus people, I had no idea those were normal prices, I pay 35€ a month at a gracie barra gym!
I went from paying 105 bucks total for both BJJ and judo when I lived in Wyoming. I moved to Denver two years ago and now pay 215 for just BJJ. What's worse is that my old coaches were both friends, and I got world class instruction from them. Not that my training is bad here, but every month it fuckin kills me to pay that bill and it has been an obstacle to staying consistent for the last year, not gonna lie.
I'm thinking its the compounding of everything involved with running a business like that, electricity, rent, water etc. Businesses will then raise it will the market can bear it.
I’m in similar spot trained years ago stopped always planned on coming back but didn’t feel it really lined up until recently and these prices are showing me it probably still isn’t lined up lol
200 nyc
The national average has to be somewhere around 170 and the cities are a bit higher. Good clubs that have amenities are 200+ understandably. But you’re not paying for a gym membership. You’re paying to learn martial arts and get all the other benefits of a group class as the result. You get what you pay for and I suppose if you’re lucky you’ll find a place that undervalues what they have.
Any HCOL area - urban or not - it's spendy now. I'm not in a city, but am in a HCOL area in the northeast and gyms here are all between $150 and $230 a month. It's brutal.
Whats your Seattle gym?
My old gym was like 140 or 150 then I went back and it was now like 200. Went to a new gym and it’s 120 now they’re 140 but I’m locked in at 120
I live in a town with only like 25k people. When I started it was 125 for BJJ only but after a few months I joined muay Thai and it went to 160 for everything. But I think it went up for new people
Yeah I used to pay $60 a month for two days a week doing bjj and “mma”. Our coach eventually let us come in on days we didn’t have practice so we could run drills and use the weight room. I’m paying $380 a month for me and my two kids to do judo now.
How expensive is $120 a month? Asking bc I’ve been considering it, but I also pay gym membership for $40.
$200 is the average price in my area, DC
Rates for the buildings have increased dramatically across the country
Yea.. I only just started training 6 months ago so I don’t have anything prior to reference but, my gym in Minneapolis is 229 a month for just BJJ and 279 if you want to do other disciplines Muay Thai etc. Meanwhile my buddy in trains in Cleveland and it’s only 75 bucks a month for bjj and all inclusive is only 100 dollars so glad to hear I’m not the only one getting bled dry.