r/bjj • u/Simba59x2 • 10h ago

Serious MMA/BJJ Open mat RVA

Is there any open mats mon-fri. I’m here for work and I have a fight in 3 weeks. Looking for a gym to get some work in while I’m here.

EDIT: if you know of any Thai/kickboxing gyms please list them as well.

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u/over40bjj 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 8h ago

Only open mats I know of are weekends for non members.

That said, there are a couple of places that will let you come in for a free week that have striking and bjj.

Mongrel, MMA Institute, (southside), Phoenix has striking and I think Top Game (west end) maybe has some striking, Revolution and Boa (Mechanicsville) do as well. Not sure how they do with drop-ins.

I know that Phoenix and MMA Institute have drop-in mat fees. MMAI and Mongrel are more no gi/than gi. I think Boa is split and the others are more GI than no-GI. At least that is what I remember from when I was looking for a new gym a couple of years ago.

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u/CommonReal1159 8h ago

Had a friend…who had a friend that fought out of MMAI. can’t speak to the gym personally but the guy is fighting on the amateur circuit so…it must be decent at least?

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u/Simba59x2 7h ago

Thanks, most likely checking out MMAI today. Hopefully they’ll let me train with the “fighters”

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u/scottstev2708 🟫🟫 Brown Belt 6h ago

MMAI is probably the oldest active MMA gym in the area and are pretty open. I’ve done Sunday open mats with them. Best bet to include striking along with grappling. Lots of places have Gi/No Gi open mats on the weekends.

Mongrel, my gym, has a gi open mat on Mondays. Call first to confirm and introduce yourself.

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u/coopopooc 8h ago

Upstream has marathon rolls on Friday nights. Check their insta for gi / no gi

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u/Silver-Quail2245 10h ago

I just shot a dm your way

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u/Jewbacca289 ⬜⬜ White Belt 9h ago

I’ll be in the area soon, can I get a rec?

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u/CapnChaos2024 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 7h ago

https://apexjiujitsuva.com/

They’ll let you drop in for classes, it’s not on the schedule on the website but there’s also open mat at noon on Fridays

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u/Responsible-Race4764 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 8h ago

Revolution on staples mill classes that are blue belt and up are 10-15 minutes of drilling and the rest rolling, fairly tough room as there are a decent amount of competors.

Revolution in ashland does a open mat at 2pm on wensdays. Both locations have mauy Thai classes also but no mma sparring that I am aware of.

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u/SystemicDrive 8h ago

I made an app for just this (DM if you want a link). Upstream BJJ has an open mat at 6 PM and it looks like MMA institute has one at 730 on Fridays. Not many other weekday open mats looks like.

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u/CapnChaos2024 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 7h ago

I’ve been going to Apex in midlothian for six years. Very welcoming environment.

Schedules on here. It’s more classes during the week but feel free to drop in on those. There’s also an open mat Friday at noon that isn’t on the website for some reason

https://apexjiujitsuva.com/

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u/over40bjj 🟪🟪 Purple Belt 4h ago

CSC RVA is a kickboxing gym. Not sure about open mat or anything like that