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Moving to Tokyo in a few months and my office will be right between roppongi-itchome station and kamiyacho station. I'm currently a blue belt looking for bjj gyms within a half hour of either of those stations. Language isn't an issue and early morning classes would be ideal.

So far I've found a bunch of gyms online (like triforce aoyama or paraestra shibuya) but would be really appreciative if anyone already training in Tokyo has any insight about good places to train in that general area?
 
The Kodokan and asked for Koji Komuro, he has competed in BJJ tournaments and great matwork!
 
AXIS is good,...but a pain in the ass to get to from where you are.

Omori near you has AACC (Abe Ani and Megumi Fujii) and is a great facility (Golds Gym) and Abe is a VERY solid teacher. Has many foreign students dropping in because Abe's English is good, and you get BJJ, Wrestling, MMA and heaps of drop ins like Joachim Hansen, Josh Barnett, Caol Uno, etc. I train here 3 times a year on stints (I live in Australia and Abe is my wrestling coach) and it's ALWAYS an awesome time.

Also in Omori is Sakuraba's Laughter 7 gym,..never been there, but heard he's rarely there nowadays.

Also,..I'm sure KID Yamamoto's Krazy Bee gym is near you...heard great things about it.

Hope this helps..
 
There is a lot of good gyms around where you'll be living. I'm preferential to Paraestra but I doubt you'll find early morning classes anywhere.
 
It depends on where you will be living too... I work right where your office will be and I train at Axis because its easy to get to from my house. For straight up BJJ and good teaching, I recommend Axis. I went and checked out a lot of MMA gyms, but the teaching at Axis was best (even though it was just BJJ). For all-round MMA, I liked A-Square near Nogizaka.
But, like I say, it depends on where you'll be living. Let me know and I can give you more details.
 
Tha Mza said:
It depends on where you will be living too... I work right where your office will be and I train at Axis because its easy to get to from my house. For straight up BJJ and good teaching, I recommend Axis. I went and checked out a lot of MMA gyms, but the teaching at Axis was best (even though it was just BJJ). For all-round MMA, I liked A-Square near Nogizaka.
But, like I say, it depends on where you'll be living. Let me know and I can give you more details.
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Thanks everyone for your responses. To the above, my work has pretty shitty hours, especially late at night so missing the last train is an issue, so I'll probably try to live nearby. Right now I think Hiroo/Ebisu and Aoyama are the frontrunners with the Yoyogi-koen area as the furthest out place in consideration. Axis and AACC sound great but they're both a little far. Any details you can provide would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
 
Something tells me you're gonna end up going with Tri Force.
 
Where are you now?

I haven't been to Japan for going on ten years. Damn, I miss it.
 
Calibur said:
Something tells me you're gonna end up going with Tri Force.
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Have you ever trained there or can you tell me anything you've heard about them? I'm currently in NYC training at Renzo's and am really worried I won't be able to find a comparable gym I can get to consistently (i.e. a good mix of gi and no gi, great instructors, training partners who can rip my face off, etc.).

Does anyone have any experience with the AACC branch in Harajuku or the Reversal gym in Yoyogi?
 
I couldn't tell you much about Tri Force except that it's near your location and they cater to foreigners in a career similar to yours.

I know someone who trained at Reversal. I'll ask about it.

The closest you're really gonna get to a Renzo gym vibe is Axis. Sorry. :/ not to much nogi at Axis from what I've heard.
 
Paraestra Shibuya does a morning class twice (maybe three times) a week. And that instructor does both gi and nogi sparring every class.

Ive been to the Reversal Gym once. They had a decent number of people and one pro Shooto fighter. I wasnt entirely impressed when I went, but it was only once so I dont know how good their regulars are.
 
Yeah, it looks like as everyone has already suggested, AACC and Triforce might be good given your location. Once you've settled into your routine and know your hours you should visit Axis. And there is always the DEEP gym, which is known for its grapplers, but I have never trained there so cannot vouch. http://www.deep2001.com/gym/index.html
 
Maybe this will help you out... http://jmmadojo.com/

As for gyms, out your Tokyo address into google maps along with a key word (preferably in Japanese), like jujutsu or MMA. Then you'll see everything and how near it is to you.
 
I currently train at Tri Force Ikebukuro and I can say from my experience that the training is very good.

The Aoyama branch has multiple black belt instructors, good group of active competitors, No-gi, few big guys (220lbs+) and lots of English speakers.

I have sparred with a few of the guys from the Aoyama branch and they have all been very tough and very nice guys.

Any specific questions feel free to ask.
 
I'm from the states but currently train at Evolve MMA in Singapore. I am relocating to Tokyo in September and have been weighing the various training options. I train with a few people that have experience training in Tokyo (both Japanese and gaijin). The consensus seems to be that Tri-Force and Paraestra are the best options in terms of student quality, instructor quality, scheduling and location (both have multiple locations and offer a package that would let you bounce between locations freely).

If you search "BJJ Aoyama" on youtube you'll find a few videos with some of the stuff they're working/teaching at Tri-Force's Aoyama branch.
 
Komuro is not teaching at Kodokan anymore. He is coaching a high school team.
 
My friend is moving from Sendai to Tokyo in about a month, kinda sucks gonna miss him. But, he's been asking me for suggestions. Our teacher is a BB under Yuki Nakaii but he won't be living near Paraestra. I'm suggesting Axis
 
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