About Total BJJ: Nottingham's Premier Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academy

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a martial art invented around 100 years ago in Brazil as an evolution of Judo and Japanese Jiu-Jitsu. It is now the number 1 grappling martial art in the World and is trained by every professional UFC fighter as an essential aspect of fighting / self- defence.

Grappling is the generic term for non striking based martial arts. Other grappling arts include Judo, Wrestling and Aikido. Brazilian jiu jitsu as it stands today uses techniques from every other grappling style. At Total when we say “gi BJJ classes” this simply means you will be learning all elements of grappling whilst wearing the martial arts uniform called a “gi”. And when we have “NoGi BJJ classes” this means you will be learning all elements of grappling whilst wearing t-shirt and shorts.

Yes. At the Adult Level there are White, Blue, Purple, Brown and Black. You will be awarded them when you have improved enough to deserve them. We don’t charge for gradings or belts. The day you deserve it you will get it. BJJ Black Belts are very difficult to get, with the average time to earn a black belt being around 10 years. We pride ourselves at only giving belts out to those who truely deserve them, so it wont come easily, but those who do receive them know they fully earned them. We always advise our students to not worry about the belts, it’s our instructors job to do that. So just focus on improving and staying consistent.

No! Although we have produced some of the very best competitors in UK BJJ, most of our members don’t compete. Competition is a great yardstick to demonstrate improvement, but it’s not compulsory at all. Our focus is getting everyone to the highest standard they can be, regardless whether they chose to enter a competition or not.

Yes, we have many guests who come to train with us when in town. We have a day pass option (find out more in the contact us form below). Or we have a Free Saturday Open Mat every week, running 12.30pm – 2.30pm. Find out more here (link to the timetable page).

We think so! And so do many of our members. Although a significant number of our members are from the local area in Nottingham, such as Beeston, Lenton, Wilford, West Bridgford, Nottingham City Center and Wollaton. Many of our members also commute in from the surrounding area to train with us e.g. Mansfield, Newark, Derby, Loughborough, Leicester, Chesterfield and Sheffield. For those wanting to get access to the best training available its worth the travel. This is also made possible by our shower facilities and large schedule making it convenient to train with us.

Nope. We dont believe in them, you can cancel any time. We have different options of memberships available, please fill out the “contact us form” to find out what offers we have on right now. Or if you just want to learn the basics of BJJ then simply get started with our “Beginners course” below.