Kids Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Ages 4-14

At Elev8 BJJ we run dedicated classes for  kids jiu jitsu in Haslemere  twice a week. These classes are taught by our two head-coaches (Brown and Black belt) who strive to deliver an excellent level of coaching with a great attention to detail to safety and creating a learning environment that is welcoming and inclusive to all.

What is BJJ/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a grappling martial art, meaning there are no strikes, punches or kicks practiced. Its quite similar to judo but whereas judo focuses more on takedowns/throws, BJJ's focus is the control of an opponent once on the ground.

As well as the benefits you can expect from enrolling in other kids martial arts club such as confidence, discipline, exercise and improved focus, our BJJ classes will provide legitimate self-defence skills also. 

Our Kids BJJ  classes are on  Tuesday at 16.30-17.30 and Saturdays at 9.15-10.15. Both classes are for all ages (4-14).

What will my child learn in BJJ classes?

With safety/injury prevention our highest priority, each class begins with a full warmup including BJJ movement drills. These drills are sport specific movements such as shrimps (moving one’s hips up and away from the ground  to create space), bearcrawls and breakfalls (learning how to fall safely).

These warmups not only ensure the students are ready physically but also this period of exercise will help students focus as we move onto more technical learning.

After we have covered the basis of falling safely and moving correctly; our next focus with our students  as we go from solo exercise drills in the warmup to partner drills; is to make sure each and every student understands to be respectful and courteous of their training partner and to  stop rolling/drilling with their training partner immediately if they verbally ask or “tap” for any reason at all.

What’s great about BJJ is that as soon as we’re confident that these rules are understood by the students we can move onto teaching them  the same jiu-jitsu we teach in the adults class! BJJ is such a vast and constantly evolving martial art but we enjoy teaching tried and tested BJJ techniques that  can be applied in both sport jiu-jitsu and  self defence.