I can’t recommend this gym. The prices and contracts are outrageous ($179/month & required TWO YEAR contract) and the gym is overcrowded. New students have their names written in Sharpie on their gi lapels because the instructors simply cannot remember everybody. The turnover is very high. RABJJ feels like a business first and a BJJ school second.

Lastly, I had a 6-month contract initially and after it expired, I continued to get billed for several months. I contacted Ally Almeida, the co-owner and she had the payments ceased and promised me a refund. After almost a dozen e-mails and phone calls I never got a penny of my money back. Awful, unprofessional customer service. There are other much better gyms in the local area than this big-name business.

I’ve attended this school for a while now and believe it to be one of the best decisions that I’ve made in my life.

As the first person wrote, the names are written on everyone’s Gi, but not because the instructors don’t know the students. Actually, the instructors go out of their way to personally address each individual and get to know that person and their parents (if they are a child.)

Second, the classes are not always over crowded. Yes a lot of people do train, but you are recieving top level instruction that you can’t find anywhere else. There’s a reason that UFC fighters such as Frankie Edgar, Nick Catone, Nate Mardquardt, Brendan Schaub — come here on a consistent basis. And for those that just want to train without any aspirations of fighting, that is very encouraged as well.

Instead of taking either the positive or negative opinions of the school as the end all be all…visit the school to see if you have an interst. Learn about it on your own terms.

179 is a steal for the instruction. If your money motivated dont even do martial arts. There’s 50 dollar school out there who charge very little to get money and bounce or they are young and have no clue that they need to make a living. If your looking for the old days when martial arts was taught by a “tough” guy, with a “black” belt in an art that noone has heard of, in his garage then good luck. Fact is Martial Arts is now a serious profession. The amount of training, schooling and hours add up to more than any other profession. I don’t even train with Almeida but know his instruction is top notch. Pay the man his worth, train, and expand yourself. As far as billing, unfortunately by law all martial arts or fitness centers do not have to stop billing after contracts expire. they automatically renew. When you join any place you have to have it in writing that you will not be continuing past your contract and yes you have to make sure they have a copy and I would always suggest notifying your card company. That goes for basically any contracted service.

I took my teenage son here for a free intro lesson and I was extremely impressed with the instruction. He learned way more in that one lesson than should be possible. However, while I was talking to one of the instructors about cost, I was presented with one package, when I said I couldnt afford it, I was presented with another package which was basically the same thing for a lower price. Really? I understand the concept of Martial Arts schools needing to pay bills and thier instructors, and working with ppl to help them afford it. But it’s also basically saying if I would have accepted the first package, I’d be paying more than I could be paying. There should be one price for the same instruction not two or several. Because of that incident, I did not return.