Best BJJ school/camp in Los Angeles/West LA/Beverly Hills area?

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Thinking of moving to LA in the near future and trying to further my mma skills and exposure. I plan on really committing myself with a professional approach and will be setting up my schedule in LA kind of like GSP does in Montreal. Training in 4 specific disiplines with guys that are much better then me on a daily basis. I already train with professional boxers, kickboxers and the top BJJ/wrestlers in my state. I plan on training my boxing at Wild Card/Freddie Roach's gym, Muay Thai at Sityodtong in Pasadena, but looking for the best BJJ school around the Los Angeles/West La/Hollywood/Beverly Hills area. Also any schools that have great wrestling or no gi training? I really appreaciate your help!
 
By the way, the 4 schools i'm looking at right now would
1. Rickson Gracie's school---Really interested in training and learning "invisible" jiu jitsu. Now days it seems like guys that have great basic jiu jitsu dominate in mma, and you have to believe this school has great basic and deep BJJ training...
2. Beverly Hills Jiu Jitsu Club--Heard they have some good training.
3. Gracie Barra in Culver City
4. Legends-Love that they teach no gi but i'm not a huge rubber guard fan.
Really looking to train with guys that are not only much much better then me but a place where they really want me to improve and everyone loves to teach so I can learn at a much more rapid pace.
Thanks again.
 
thanks, how good are the training partners? I'm really looking for guys that roll smart and safe but also guys that are going to whoop up on me so I can really improve to that next level.
 
I was in LA for a few days and got to check out a bunch of schools.

10th Planet/Legends - Fun place, but I get the feel that you really need to be interested in the 10th planet system, they do basic jiu jitsu but specialize in Bravo's stuff (I happen to be a fan of lockdown half guard/rubber guard so it was cool for me to go).

Gracie Barra Culver City - Most welcoming place I went to. The instruction was basic, but good. Of all the places I visited they were in the best shape, no one had to stop mid-roll because they were tired. I think we rolled for 40 minutes, with 2 or 3 of the matches being 10 minutes long.

Rey Diogo: Nice place, the people were real cool. Rey did not teach since he was on vacation but one of his blackbelts was there and was very helpful.
 
Thanks for the info, my top 3 interests in a school
1. Great technical training
2. Great Training Partners(guys that are really really good)
3. Safe Training
How good is Rickson's school? You never really hear any names in MMA training at his school. My BJJ is my weakness as a mma fighter and i'm really looking for top notch training and training partners who are safe but are amazing and can compete with the best of the best.
 
You should check out a class at the schools you are considering. You will get a sense of the instructor's abilities as a teacher/coach and the school atmosphere pretty quickly. I think you will find Hollywood BJJ to have great teachers and a collegial atmosphere conducive to learning.
 
Thinking of moving to LA in the near future and trying to further my mma skills and exposure. I plan on really committing myself with a professional approach and will be setting up my schedule in LA kind of like GSP does in Montreal. Training in 4 specific disiplines with guys that are much better then me on a daily basis. I already train with professional boxers, kickboxers and the top BJJ/wrestlers in my state. I plan on training my boxing at Wild Card/Freddie Roach's gym, Muay Thai at Sityodtong in Pasadena, but looking for the best BJJ school around the Los Angeles/West La/Hollywood/Beverly Hills area. Also any schools that have great wrestling or no gi training? I really appreaciate your help!
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Training at four different locations? That seems rather expensive. And not to be an asshole or anything, but learning four different martial arts at the same time doesnt equal great skills in any particular area.

Dont know your level of skill, and it could be rather high, but nonetheless its best to have a solid base in one particular dicipline before rounding out your skills in other areas.

I mean, GSP didnt just start training with world class guys in their respective sports right off the bat. It took him years to develop the basic skills to get there. And thats years for a guy who is incredibly athletic and one of the most physically gifted fighters in history. Doesnt make much sense to me to learn the basics of boxing from Freddie Roach, when you can learn the basics in your average MMA gym. However, after those skills are obtained i would absolutley train with the best possible trainers around.
 
BigDD said:
Thinking of moving to LA in the near future and trying to further my mma skills and exposure. I plan on really committing myself with a professional approach and will be setting up my schedule in LA kind of like GSP does in Montreal. Training in 4 specific disiplines with guys that are much better then me on a daily basis. I already train with professional boxers, kickboxers and the top BJJ/wrestlers in my state. I plan on training my boxing at Wild Card/Freddie Roach's gym, Muay Thai at Sityodtong in Pasadena, but looking for the best BJJ school around the Los Angeles/West La/Hollywood/Beverly Hills area. Also any schools that have great wrestling or no gi training? I really appreaciate your help!
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Not only expensive, as BTTinUSA said, but LA's a lot more sprawling than your normal city. On a given day Pasadena to west LA will take you 45 minutes at best, 2 1/2 hours at worst. If you want to stay on the west side, there is a Muay Thai gym just over the hill in Van Nuys which is closer than Pasadena, and also, the Inosanto Academy of Martial Arts in Marina del Rey supposedly turns out some decent Thai instruction.

I train at Rickson (although I haven't been in a few months) and the instruction is top notch. Kron trains there pretty frequently and all the other instructors are great. I'd suggest taking an intro class to see how you like it. If you don't like the school, it doesn't matter how good the instruction is, you aren't going to learn anything of value.
 
Apparently I need a thesaurus...

"Instruct" has to have a few synonyms.
 
Yeah thats a good point.

Roachs gym is in West Hollywood, Ricksons place is in Santa Monica, Pasadena is far is fuck lol...
 
Thanks for all the great info. I do have the basics down pretty well and plan on moving to LA after I get back from Thailand for a month. I know this is a grappling forum but what are some outstanding muay thai instruction around west la/beverly hills?
 
By the way, speaking of la....has anyone trained at chute boxe? how's there bjj instruction?
 
^ Its not in LA.

Its actually in Huntington Beach, which is about an hour at least from West LA on the 405 freeway(and thats assuming its not rush hour. Rush hour being 2:30-8. lol, 405 south sucks ass during that time.) Its definitaly not worth the drive.
 
I second trying out Hollywood BJJ (Hollywood Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu). But ultimately I would base your decision on your location. I don't think you grasp how shitty traffic is in LA. So wherever you end up living, find a decent gym in that area.
 
I don't think you grasp how shitty traffic is in LA.
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He will in the first week he moves here. LOL Especially West LA/Santa Monica area.

The 405 can be considered a parking lot nearly 7 days a week.
 
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He will in the first week he moves here. LOL Especially West LA/Santa Monica area.

The 405 can be considered a parking lot nearly 7 days a week.
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Join 10th Planet in Hollywood, smoke trees, fly magic carpet, problem solved.
 
i heard the traffic is very tough. according to mapquest.com Rickson's gym and Roach's gym are about 5 miles away. i live 20 miles from my main gym which takes me about 45min to 1 hour.
 
I've trained a few times at Rickson's(i'm a whitebelt). Very good training partners, they're all business there. MMA guys from there: Antoni Hardonk(i think he originally fought in K-1? and has fought a few times in the UFC), Kevin Casey(1 fight in K-1 so far I think)and Shane Rice who is King of the Cage champion of his weightclass(I think).

Honestly, L.A. is expensive and full of distractions. If you're super serious about training for mma, why not consider a place more conducive to focus like Greg Jackson's camp in New Mexico? Aint shit to do out there!
 
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