Finding BJJ or MMA schools in Japan

[Bear-Jitsu]

I'm about to move to Japan and I am having trouble finding a directory or listing of major BJJ or MMA schools anywhere on the internet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ShanghaiBJJ]

Where will you be living?

 

[Bear-Jitsu]

Probably either in Chiba or Matsuyama, but possibly elsewhere. I have partial control over where I end up, so I'd really like to be able to see if the cities in which I am being offered jobs will have places for me to train. Though I wouldn't mention it to my employers, one of my big deciding factors with regards to job location is whether or not I will still be able to pursue my training.

 

[slideyfoot]

You could take a look at BJJ-Asia.com. Their list of clubs (scroll down, right hand side) in Japan is as follows:

* Academia Az
* Academia Reversal
* Alive Academy
* Alliance Square
* Axis Jiu-Jitsu
* Barbosa Japan
* Club Barbarian
* GRAACA
* Grabaka
* Gracie Barra Japan
* Max Jiu-Jitsu Academy
* Nova Uniao Japan
* Paraestra (Hachioji)
* Paraestra (Hakata)
* Paraestra (Niigata)
* Paraestra (Tokyo)
* Purebred (Kawaguchi)
* Purebred (Omiya & Arena)
* R Blood
* RB Academy
* Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu
* Trust Jiu-Jitsu

Links on the main site, so hopefully something near you. Alternately, I imagine if you contact whoever runs that blog, they could help you out.

 

[ShanghaiBJJ]

Cool.

I personally can't help you much, but you can maybe look in this thread, which has some good info STARTING AFTER POST 187

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=717431&page=13

And maybe ask some of the guys on there via pm, if they don't respond here.

Also you can ask here:

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread.php?t=515848&page=84

Good luck and have fun.

B

 

[Bosozoku]

Just found this website with google, looks like a very complete listing:

http://sfuk.tripod.com/sfukguide/japan_bible5.html

I know nothing about Matsuyama. Chiba would probably be a safer bet, there should be plenty of schools, but it is a big fucking prefecture: you could be close to Tokyo, or a good dojo, or you could be in the middle of nowhere. But I've known many Japanese who commute daily to Tokyo from Chiba for work. Good luck.

 

[Bear-Jitsu]

Thank you! This will be a huge help!

 

[gameclucks]

Anywhere close to the big cities you'll find lots of martial arts to train.
If you have a chance to be in Tokyo and don't mind the cramped spaces, you'll find more MMA than probably anywhere in the world.
Good luck!

 

[pattheflip]

there is a paraestra chiba, i believe.

isn't matsuyama in the sticks? might not have much luck there.

 

[pattheflip]

double post

 

[Bear-Jitsu]

Yeah it seems kinda like it's in the sticks, but it's a decently sized city, so I thought it might actually have some academies.

 

[hidden truth]

If your looking for MMA in Japan try a Shooto school. If you can go to Yori Nakamura he`ll turn you into a top level MMA fighter for sure.