01
You arrive
Ten minutes early, in gym kit, with a bottle of water. Someone will meet you at the door, take your name and introduce you to whoever is teaching. Shoes off at the edge of the mat.
Your first class is free
Free
Free
Jujutsu class.
Tell us which night suits you and we will do the rest. One of the instructors messages you back to confirm — that is the whole process.
- Genuinely free. No card details, no deposit, nothing to cancel.
- No contract if you decide to stay — just a £30 annual TJK membership, which covers your insurance.
- A beginners-only class every Tuesday at 6pm.
- Gym kit and a bottle of water is all you need to bring.
- Everyone from teens to sixties trains on the same mat.
"Since there was a free trial I decided to give it a go. As a complete beginner, I never felt out of place or that I don't know enough."
Luka Wo · Facebook
Book your free class
Our classes in Tewkesbury are adult classes age 16+ beginners can train at any class, Tuesdays 6pm are best if you have no experience.
We'll use your details to arrange your class and to send you occasional club news and offers by email. We never pass them to anyone else, and you can unsubscribe in one click from any email we send.
Where
Wheatpieces Community Centre, Tewkesbury GL20 7SP. Free parking on site.
When
Tuesday 6pm (beginners only), Thursday 7.30pm and Sunday 5pm.
What it costs after
£8 a class, pay as you go, plus a £30 annual TJK membership that covers your insurance. You'll need a Gi (£48) once you start grading. No contract. Or take the White Belt Pathway — ten classes with your membership and Gi included, for £99.
Your first
hour.
Nobody is going to throw you across the room. Here is what actually happens, in order.
02
Warm-up
Ten minutes of movement to get you loose. It's a warm-up, not a fitness test — work at whatever pace you're comfortable with and nobody will say a word.
03
Breakfalls
Before you learn to throw anyone, you learn to land. Breakfalling is the first skill every Jujutsu student is taught and the one that makes everything afterwards safe.
04
Technique
Two or three techniques from the white-belt syllabus, drilled slowly with a partner who knows you're new. On Tuesdays at 6pm that's the whole class; on other nights you'll be in with the rest of the class working beginner techniques.
05
You go home
Slightly sweaty, probably having laughed at least once, and knowing more than you did an hour earlier. Nobody will chase you for a decision.
One art.
Six skillsets.
You get the striking, the throws, the ground and the practical self-defence together. Sensei Ross founder of TJK is an 8th Dan in Jujutsu, 2nd in Dan Judo, 1st Dan in Karate and was one of the first in the UK to be taught Gracie Jiu-Jitsu directly by Master Carley Gracie.
01
Real self-defence
Reality-based scenarios, restraints, personal protection and weapon and knife defence. The core of the TJK syllabus, used by police and armed forces around the world. More →
02
Throws & takedowns
Jujutsu and Judo throws, trips and takedowns, and how to fall safely, which you'll learn in your very first hour.
03
Striking
Effective, powerful striking taught with control. Pads and partner drills first, rounds only when you want them.
04
Ground skills
Applied submission grappling groundwork. Control, escapes and submissions that work when you're not on a competition mat.
05
Sport jujutsu
Kumite, submission grappling and grapple & strike. Compete if you want to, plenty of our members never do. More →
06
Traditional roots
Japanese lineage, a structured grading syllabus, and the discipline and respect that come with it. More →
Not ready to book yet?
Preview the White belt Syllabus
Everything a white belt is working towards, in one printable handout. Read it in your own time and decide whether the pathway is for you. It is free and there is nothing to book.
- The full white belt red stripe syllabus, technique by technique
- The Japanese you will hear on the mat, translated
- What to bring, what to expect, and ten classes to tick off
We will email the handout straight away, and the occasional note about beginner courses at the club. Unsubscribe any time.
Your first class is free
Come and try
Come and try
a class. Free.
Tell us which night suits you and we will do the rest. One of the instructors messages you back to confirm — that is the whole process.
- Genuinely free. No card details, no deposit, nothing to cancel.
- No contract if you decide to stay — just a £30 annual TJK membership, which covers your insurance.
- A beginners-only class every Tuesday at 6pm.
- Gym kit and a bottle of water is all you need to bring.
- Everyone from teens to sixties trains on the same mat.
"Since there was a free trial I decided to give it a go. As a complete beginner, I never felt out of place or that I don't know enough."
Luka Wo · Facebook
Book your free class
Our classes in Tewkesbury are adult classes age 16+ beginners can train at any class, Tuesdays 6pm are best if you have no experience.
We'll use your details to arrange your class and to send you occasional club news and offers by email. We never pass them to anyone else, and you can unsubscribe in one click from any email we send.