This Week
This week
- New seminars added to Events, including Shawn Melanson in Maine, Michael Pixley in Phoenix, Zé Radiola in Brazil, and Alexandre Dantas in São Paulo.
- Amsterdam gym schedules refreshed: BJJ Academy Amsterdam now shows its full weekly lineup including Saturday classes, and Focus Jiu-Jitsu Amsterdam has updated class names and times across the week.
- Gracie Amsterdam verified — current schedule confirmed with corrected training signals.
Fixes / Stability
- Gracie Amsterdam verified — current schedule confirmed with corrected training signals.
- DeLaRiva Jiu-Jitsu Al Raha in Abu Dhabi training signals corrected to match its actual class schedule.
Data / Events
- New seminars added to Events, including Shawn Melanson in Maine, Michael Pixley in Phoenix, Zé Radiola in Brazil, and Alexandre Dantas in São Paulo.
Marketing / Pages
- Tri-Force Antwerp pricing updated to reflect current membership rates (adult, student, and women rates now listed).
General
- Amsterdam gym schedules refreshed: BJJ Academy Amsterdam now shows its full weekly lineup including Saturday classes, and Focus Jiu-Jitsu Amsterdam has updated class names and times across the week.
- San Diego gym data checked and cleaned up across several gyms.
- Orange County gym sources verified — 5 gyms reviewed for current data.
Fixes / Stability
- Barum Jiu-Jitsu weekend open mat times are corrected and Sunday open mat was removed.
Product / UI
- Atos Jiu-Jitsu Philippines HQ schedule refreshed with current class times and new program offerings from their January 2026 update, now showing 19 weekly adult sessions plus yoga.
General
- San Diego gym schedules refreshed. Atos Jiu Jitsu HQ now shows its full morning, midday, and evening lineup across all days. 37 weekly adult sessions instead of 23.
- Clark Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy has an updated schedule with adjusted evening class offerings.
- Grappling Dynamics classes are now listed under their current names and include Youth Advanced on Thursdays and Saturdays.
- Legacy BJJ has a new class schedule with updated times, class names, and an additional open mat on Fridays.
- Legion AJJ San Diego HQ schedule refreshed with adjusted morning and class times across the week, now showing 38 weekly adult sessions.
- Rasai Jiu-Jitsu schedule verified and a session count correction was applied for accuracy.
- Studio 540 kids class names were updated to match their current program names.
Data / Events
- Several coaches' profile photos and links now appear on their past event pages.
- New seminars were added to Events, including Mikey Musumeci's South Korea tour, Mario Sperry in Porto Alegre, a Pedro Sauer Winter Camp 2027, and a Michael Pixley seminar in Stockport.
Product / UI
- Search now shows city matches first, so typing a city name like Taipei gets you to the city page faster.
General
- Wristlock Jiu-Jitsu Academy Tucheng is now listed in Taipei with schedule, location, and contact details.
- Taipei coverage now includes 8 curated Jiu Jitsu gyms.
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June 2026
Product / UI
- Coach profile links are cleaner now, with simple icon buttons in one row.
Data / Events
- New seminars were added to Events, including Roy Dean in Sioux Falls, Sebastian Serpa in Hackensack, and a Shuhari Academy opening day seminar.
General
- Coach pages now let you follow coaches and see their follower count.
Data / Events
- You can still find training through Coaches, Cities, and Events.
General
- Member-submitted experience signals are no longer shown on gym pages.
- You can still flag inaccurate gym info from any gym page.
- Learn is no longer available on the site.
May 2026
Product / UI
- Coach profiles now have a share card you can download. Each card includes a QR code that links to the coach's full profile.
General
- Tom DeBlass added to the coaches directory — 3x ADCC veteran, No-Gi World Champion, and former UFC and Bellator fighter.
Marketing / Pages
- Wire Jiu-Jitsu HQ and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Gangnam gym profiles are now fully updated with current schedules, pricing, and contact details.
- Seoul now has 7 curated gyms with clear training schedules so you can compare class times, session density, and pricing across the city.
Routing / Infra
- Seoul coverage expanded with 3 new gyms: John Frankl Namsan, Hongdae Jiujitsu, and Sinsa JiuJitsu.
General
- Urban JiuJitsu HQ and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Gangnam address info and contact details were refreshed for accuracy.
Product / UI
- The home page got a complete refresh with a cleaner, more focused layout.
- City cards now include background photos, flag icons, and gym counts for quicker browsing.
- An interactive world map makes it easy to explore training destinations anywhere.
- The page flows naturally from search through nearby gyms and cities to the map.
General
- A new hero video background sets the tone for finding your next training spot.
- Search is now front and center. Type any gym, city, or coach to find it fast.
- Nearby gyms show up first when location is available, with popular gyms as a fallback.
Data / Events
- You can browse Learn from the site navigation alongside Cities, Coaches, and Events.
General
- JKTJJ Learn is now live as a new section for studying BJJ technique breakdowns.
- The first curated technique videos will be added soon with structured notes, timestamp chapters, and a distraction free focus mode.
Marketing / Pages
- Alliance BJJ Da Nang now shows public adult pricing and drop-in information.
General
- Da Nang coverage is now stronger with 4 curated Jiu Jitsu gyms.
- Blue Zone BJJ and Alliance BJJ Da Nang are now listed with schedules, locations, and contact details.
- Da Nang gym pages are easier to compare by training times, class types, and open mat availability.
- Gym pages can now show a short background video when a gym has one available.
- Gym pages still use the regular photo background when no video is available.
Fixes / Stability
- Gym data cleanup across Boston, Miami, Montreal, Rome, Sacramento, and Zurich — gym pages are easier to compare now.
Product / UI
- Find Kaohsiung on the city list and map to start exploring training in Taiwan.
Marketing / Pages
- Catch Jiu Jitsu, Kaohsiung BJJ & MMA, and Northside Jiu Jitsu & Submission Wrestling now show complete schedules and pricing.
General
- Kaohsiung is now live with 3 curated Jiu Jitsu gyms.
- Kaohsiung gym pages display weekly training options across morning, noon, and evening time slots.
- Chiang Mai gym pages now show accurate locations and complete weekly training schedules.
General
- City pages now have a Jobs tab for local academy hiring.
- Dubai has the first live job listing for a Jiu Jitsu coach.
- There is now a dedicated Jobs page to browse active academy roles in one place.
- Cities without active jobs show a clear example listing and a way to submit a role for review.
Data / Events
- Structured event data access is now live for approved automated tools and partners.
- The first version focuses on upcoming events, with stable fields, simple filters, and a public catalog.
- Public event pages stay free and easy to browse.
General
- Gym schedule refreshes continued across Phuket, Orange County, and Hong Kong.
- Carlson Gracie Phuket and Teragi Academy now show updated weekly training schedules.
- Several gym summaries were cleaned up so session counts, open mats, and training times are easier to compare.
- A few gyms with schedules that need direct confirmation have been set aside for manual follow-up.
General
- Los Angeles gym schedules got another refresh, including Silanoe Martial Arts.
- Silanoe now shows its current weekly class schedule with cleaner class names and times.
- Several stale gym listings were reviewed so unclear or blocked schedules can be followed up more carefully.
- Gym schedule summaries are a little cleaner and easier to compare.
Data / Events
- The Events page is easier to scan with cleaner, more compact rows.
- Upcoming events now stay focused on what is coming up soon.
- Later events are now tucked into simple month sections.
Routing / Infra
- Gym schedules were refreshed across Los Angeles, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Bali.
- Seoul gyms are live with updated schedules so you can compare training options.
General
- Los Angeles coverage now includes 20 fully updated gyms with current timetables and verified schedules.
- Kuala Lumpur gyms now show accurate session counts and cleaner training summaries.
- Hong Kong gym pages now display current class times and open mat availability.
- Bali coverage got a refresh with verified current schedules.
- Several gym pages now have clearer training density signals and more accurate session counts.
Product / UI
- Seoul city map now shows nearby metro stations, so you can plan commutes more easily.
- Gym schedules are easier to scan on mobile, with empty time blocks removed.
Data / Events
- Approved members can now submit events for free — the $5 fee is automatically skipped.
- The Events page now separates upcoming events from those that have already started, so the list stays focused on what you can still attend.
Routing / Infra
- Seoul is now live with 4 curated Jiu Jitsu gyms and current verified schedules.
General
- Open mat day filters are cleaner now, showing only days with open mat sessions.
Product / UI
- The home page is quieter now, with less prompting before you get to useful training info.
- City pages now have a Set Home City button so you can mark your preferred training location.
- City pages got a cleaner responsive layout for gym cards that works better on all screen sizes.
Data / Events
- Justin Flores seminar listings now appear more consistently on his coach profile.
- Past and upcoming Justin Flores events were cleaned up so the event list is easier to follow.
- Several duplicate seminar listings were removed.
General
- JKTJJ now takes most visitors straight to their nearest city page, so finding local gyms takes fewer clicks.
- City gym listings are now sorted by training density, so gyms with the most adult classes appear first.
- Ho Chi Minh City is now live with an initial set of Jiu Jitsu gyms.
- Several Ho Chi Minh gym schedules were added so visitors can compare training times more easily.
- The city list and home search now include Ho Chi Minh City.
Fixes / Stability
- Fixed the Ruotolo Brothers coach profile name spelling.
Data / Events
- Coach profile photos now show on event pages and downloadable event cards, even when coaches share a profile.
- Upcoming events now appear on coach profile pages more reliably.
General
- Surabaya is now live as a supported city with a focused set of Jiu Jitsu gyms.
- Surabaya listings currently show gyms with clear public schedules, so visitors can compare training options more easily.
- Jakarta is now live as a supported city with 10 Jiu Jitsu gym listings.
- Jakarta gyms now show cleaner training summaries, open mat counts, and schedule signals.
- City browsing was updated so newly supported cities appear more reliably in search and city lists.
General
- More gym schedules were refreshed across São Paulo, Sydney, Chicago, Dallas, and Abu Dhabi.
- High Rollers Jiu Jitsu in Sydney now shows its current timetable.
- Alliance Mooca in São Paulo now has a fuller schedule listed across both training areas.
- 5 Elements Studio JiuJitsu in Dallas is out of the main listing for now because its schedule page is not publicly accessible.
- Several gym pages now have clearer class times, cleaner training summaries, and better open mat counts.
Fixes / Stability
- Phuket gyms got a data refresh: AKA Thailand fixed session counts and class timing, Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA corrected adult grappling signals, Born To Roll BJJ verified current, Phuket Fight Club updated session accuracy, and Phuket Grappling Academy fixed class type flags.
- Singapore gyms refreshed: Evolve MMA now has accurate grappling session counts, Gracie JiuJitsu SAFRA corrected striking capability flag and session counts, Stronghold MMA and Tricolor MMA adjusted for accurate adult grappling counts.
- Grapple Zone Waterloo now shows accurate session counts (23 total) with corrected evening grappling classification.
- Grapple Collective London fixed evening session counting (7 instead of 8) by properly excluding striking classes from grappling counts.
- London gym profiles cleaned up: fixed emoji alignment, removed extraneous characters from fees, and standardized info field formatting across all 11 London gyms.
- Bangkok and São Paulo gym data verified current: Pom Gym and JiuJitsu Academy SP both have accurate schedules and corrected class flags.
Data / Events
- London gym data refreshed: Fortitude BJJ, BJJ ART, Carlson Gracie, Fightzone, Grand Union HQ, Grapple Collective, Grapple Zone Waterloo, London JJ Centre, Los Banditos, Roger Gracie Academy, and Roger Gracie Euston all have current verified schedules.
General
- Gym pages now have a scannable QR code so you can log your session instantly when you train there.
- Scan the QR at the gym, and if you're signed in, your training log opens with the gym already filled in.
- Gym schedules were refreshed across Singapore, Boston, Sacramento, Dallas, and Los Angeles.
- Several gym pages now have cleaner class times, better open mat counts, and more accurate training signals.
- Dallas coverage got extra attention, including Marcelo Garcia Dallas and Brazilian Top Team North Dallas.
- Boston Brazilian Top Team Back Bay now shows accurate evening class counts.
- Capitol Jiujitsu (Sacramento), Marcelo Garcia Dallas, and Brazilian Top Team North Dallas all have current verified schedules.
- Sacramento Jiu Jitsu Team Maxwell and Fama Fitness & Martial Arts verified current, Gracie JiuJitsu Lavender verified current.
- BJJ ART London saw a major schedule refresh, now showing 20 adult grappling sessions instead of 13, with updated class times and better open mat counts.
Data / Events
- Events are easier to browse now, with a simpler list focused on title, city, and date.
- Event pages now keep the full details in one place, so the main list stays cleaner.
- Event titles now take you straight to the full details.
General
- Refreshed schedules for South Boston BJJ, London Grapple, and Flow Jiu-Jitsu Academy.
- Refreshed schedules for Roger Gracie Roma, Broadway JiuJitsu, Imanari JiuJitsu, Stark Jiujitsu, 305 Grappling, and Mario Sperry Jiu Jitsu.
- London Grapple now shows striking classes more accurately.
- Flow Jiu-Jitsu Academy now points to its current class page.
- Stark Jiujitsu now reflects its latest published timetable.
Product / UI
- City pages now have an Open Mats tab so visitors can find drop-in training more quickly.
- City cards now show an open mat signal when a city has open mat options.
General
- Open mats can be browsed by day when schedule details are available.
- Implemented support for multiple gym social accounts.
Product / UI
- Gym pages got a complete design refresh with bolder, more personality-driven layouts.
- Coach sections now feature prominently with larger cards and serif typography.
- Facilities section now uses a dark, dramatic card style for emphasis.
- Social links and action buttons are better organized and easier to use.
Data / Events
- Promotions and Community Events sections got new visual treatments for better scannability.
- Upcoming events discovery bar added to homepage and cities page.
- Events bar rotates through seminars from different cities every 8 seconds.
- Events page color scheme updated to match JKTJJ's gold and dark aesthetic.
Marketing / Pages
- Updates page color scheme unified with JKTJJ design language.
Fixes / Stability
- Invite bug fixes and member auth improvements.
Routing / Infra
- Gym pages now show curated experience signals: Strengths, Watchouts, and Beginner Path.
General
- Members can now share their training experience directly from gym pages.
- Anyone can report inaccurate gym info with a simple listing report form.
- Voice experience signals are tied to member accounts for better signal quality.
Fixes / Stability
- Fixed a bug where clicking section nav links on gym pages would return to the home page.
- Removed unused FontAwesome SVG packages from dependencies.
Product / UI
- Gym pages now show Follow Gym, Set as Home Gym, and Log Training action buttons.
- The Get Verified prompt on gym pages is now a quieter dashed-border pill.
- Download gym card button added to the links section.
- Copy embed code button added to the links section.
Routing / Infra
- Gym page nav links now scroll smoothly to each section instead of triggering a full navigation.
- Affiliation and team links now appear as pill badges in the hero.
- Links section now shows brand icons for each social network.
General
- JKTJJ web2 cutover
- web to web2 feedback/voice
- Gym hero now shows the city and discipline tags alongside the last updated date.
Product / UI
- Auth and user profile/training log for web2
General
- Cont migration to JKTJJ web2
- added 10p to Taipei
Fixes / Stability
- Porting web to web2: fixed City Map pin stacking bugs, then ported Coach Tour Map with its tour stop builder.
Data / Events
- Coach past seminar history panel for web2
General
- Cont migration to JKTJJ web2
April 2026
General
- Cont migration to JKTJJ web2.0
- Rate limiting middleware
- API routes table updated to describe the slim bulk response
Fixes / Stability
- The last updated date was showing twice. Fixed.
- Training session summary was leaking into the gym description on some gyms. Fixed.
Product / UI
- Gym pages got a cleaner hero. Warmer dark background, rounded corners, and a tighter layout.
- The Get Verified prompt got quieter. Smaller pill style instead of a full banner.
- The contact card sits directly under the hero now with no gap between them.
- Contact info cards dropped the retro yellow background for a cleaner neutral look.
- Action buttons got updated. Log Training is amber, Follow and Set Home are lighter.
- Mobile buttons now use short labels: Follow, Set home, and Log.
- Download and embed buttons now show on all gym pages, not just gyms with social links.
Marketing / Pages
- Embed widget now derives fee visibility from the transparentPricing flag, not raw text.
General
- Gym name now uses a condensed display font so long names stay on fewer lines.
- Hero nav tabs are now flush at the bottom of the hero instead of floating above the content.
Data / Events
- Event download cards now include a QR code that links directly to the event page.
- Coach profile photos now show on event pages when the coach is listed on JKTJJ.
- Coach photos also show on downloadable event cards. Multiple coaches get a portrait row with names overlaid.
Data / Events
- 2 new gyms added to Sydney
Fixes / Stability
- Code cleanup: Auth, Homepage Map
General
- City pages now show follower count.
Fixes / Stability
- Coach download cards got a small fix.
Product / UI
- Now users can scan QR for gym info from downloadable gym card.
- Your followed coaches now show on your profile.
General
- Added Taipei.
- Added coaches Lucas Lepri and Rigan Machado.
Product / UI
- Manila is now surfaced on the homepage map.
Product / UI
- Profile now has a private invite section.
- Sent invites now show on your profile with pending and accepted states.
- Member follows were simplified so profile relationships stay more stable.
Data / Events
- Gyms Added: KLNBJJ HQ and Mong Kok locations
Routing / Infra
- You can create an invite link for training partners or BJJ friends.
- Invite links now open a join page that shows who invited you.
General
- Email, SMS, WhatsApp, and LINE invite actions are now in place.
- New members must accept the invite before mutual follows are created.
- Follow counts and follow lists were updated to match the new member follow model.
Data / Events
- Jiu-Jitsu CON 2026 is now on the events calendar.
- A few event listings got cleaned up and updated.
Product / UI
- Public profiles got a few refinements.
- The fist bump on public profiles now works.
- Follow and fist bump states are clearer on public profiles.
- Mobile profile stats got cleaned up.
- Recent activity on public profiles now reflects the latest gym and city activity.
- Profile browsing feels steadier when moving between public profiles.
Data / Events
- Past events got cleaned up.
- Event coach listings got more accurate.
Routing / Infra
- You can link a featured coach or add a name manually.
General
- Belt history can now show who promoted you.
Product / UI
- Search and map sections are easier to scan.
General
- The home page got cleaned up.
- A few public page sections got tighter and simpler.
- Follow and home actions on city, gym, and coach pages now show the journal before asking you to sign up.
- New visitors get a clearer picture of what they are joining before creating an account.
Product / UI
- Mobile Journal is in development.
- A native mobile app for Training Log and Passport is coming soon.
Data / Events
- The Events page was simplified.
- Event rows are easier to scan.
- Mobile event browsing was improved.
- Event details now open more directly from the list.
- Header and footer readability on the Events page was improved.
General
- Log sessions from your phone, keep your passport on the go.
Fixes / Stability
- Fixed CSW HQ BJJ backgroundImage path.
Data / Events
- Updated gym data ingestion rules to clarify grappling definition (includes BJJ, Judo, Sambo, Sparring) and default 1-hour class duration.
General
- Orange County coverage got significantly deeper.
- Added three new gyms: One Jiu-Jitsu & Fitness, Phenom Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Teragi Academy.
- Refreshed complete schedules and contact details for Costa Mesa Jiu-Jitsu, Power Of Leverage BJJ, and Praia Checkmat.
- All Orange County gym pages now have accurate session counts, time distribution, and coordinates.
- Orange County now has 9 fully curated gyms.
Product / UI
- You can now follow a city from its page and unfollow from your profile.
- Your profile now shows the cities you follow.
- Journal now links to a demo profile so new visitors can see what a public profile looks like.
Data / Events
- Event listings got cleaner.
- Duplicate event rows were removed from the current events data.
- Event city matching is more consistent now, especially for supported city pages.
- Older city event records were normalized so event listings are easier to maintain.
Marketing / Pages
- The About page FAQ now links to the same demo profile from the public profile question.
Fixes / Stability
- Kept the public Verified Academy page on the current checkout path while the new verified gym flow is still being debugged.
Product / UI
- The Journal page now explains Training Log, Passport, and profile privacy more clearly for new members.
- Any listed gym can now embed their JKTJJ profile on their own site in two lines.
- The embed shows schedule, fees, contact, and social links. Updates automatically when the profile updates.
- Gym pages now have a copy embed button in the links section.
Data / Events
- Verified coach copy now explains follows, gym and event links, and promotion history more clearly.
- Past event pages now have a Were you there? prompt to log your attendance.
- The log CTA on event pages now shows for all event types, not just seminars and camps.
Marketing / Pages
- Started the first verified gym admin flow work.
- Verified gym copy now explains follows and Home Gym more clearly.
- The Gym Shops early access block was removed from the Verified gym page for now.
General
- Added an early gym admin area for managed gyms and pending gym submissions.
- A new for-gyms page has the full how-to.
Fixes / Stability
- events data ingestion pipleline cleanup
General
- Journal got cleaner after sign in.
- The Journal tab is now called Training Log.
- Privacy copy got shorter and clearer.
Product / UI
- Your profile now shows the gyms you follow and lets you unfollow there.
Marketing / Pages
- Verified gym and coach pages got shorter and easier to scan.
General
- Gym follows are live.
- Journal now explains itself better when you first land there.
- Gym and coach pages got cleaner up top.
Product / UI
- You can now follow public profiles and coaches.
- Your profile now shows who you follow and lets you unfollow there.
General
- Coach pages now show follower count.
- Belt promotions now start at blue belt.
Product / UI
- Public profile follows are live.
General
- Journal now opens with your home city and home gym already picked.
- Home city and home gym actions are now on city and gym pages.
- City and gym pages got cleaner up top.
Fixes / Stability
- Public profile links got fixed.
Product / UI
- Profile settings got cleaner.
Data / Events
- Logging from event pages feels smoother now.
Fixes / Stability
- Event links and imports got more reliable.
Product / UI
- Public profile routing got cleaned up.
General
- Username matching got better.
Product / UI
- Profiles now include usernames and belt history.
- Public profiles are live.
General
- Added belt promotion history.
- Journal and sign in moved into the main navigation.
- Added home city and home gym settings.
Product / UI
- Profile got its first member stats and belt info.
General
- Journal is live.
- Passport is live inside Journal.
- Sign in and sign up pages are live.
Fixes / Stability
- Trimmed weak city coverage and reactivated Montreal.
Product / UI
- Extended the map experience to New York.
- Cleaned up legacy coach profile handling.
- Refined the featured coach tour map.
- Updated coach profile presentation.
- Added Cobrinha, Beatriz Mesquita, and Leo Vieira.
Data / Events
- Reviewed city coverage and event activity.
- Simplified the Events page filter bar.
- Improved past event pages.
- Expanded the past events archive.
General
- Upgraded Singapore to the curated city stop version.
- Coach pages look better when shared around.
- Montreal remains the only remaining single-gym city.
Product / UI
- Redesigned partner spots into a cleaner strip.
- Added area based map guidance to the Bangkok city page.
- Bangkok gym pins now open directly to gym pages on touch devices.
- Refined the Bangkok city map experience.
- Extended the map experience to London.
- Extended the map experience to Singapore and Tokyo.
- Extended the map experience to Hong Kong.
- Extended the map experience to Kuala Lumpur.
Data / Events
- Made the Events page easier to scan.
- Added subtle trust cues to the Events index.
- Added a compact trust block to the Events page summary area.
Marketing / Pages
- Updated verification treatment for unverified gyms.
General
- Refined verification presentation on gym pages.
- The home page looks better when shared around.
- Removed old homepage code and styling.
- The coaches page looks better when shared around.
Data / Events
- Added clearer pricing snapshots where public info is available.
- Events now feel more like a serious destination.
- Seminars, camps, and workshops are better positioned.
Routing / Infra
- Cleaned up a few broken public links.
General
- Improved city pages for easier browsing.
- Tightened city summary language.
- LA coverage got refreshed.
Fixes / Stability
- Featured coach pages got cleaner and more reliable.
Data / Events
- Events now load in smaller batches and feel lighter.
- Event counts now match what you see on the page.
- Event pages can now be downloaded as cards.
General
- The BJJ Directory page got a leaner tone.
- The home page feels faster.
March 2026
Fixes / Stability
- Adult schedule counts got fixed.
Product / UI
- City maps feel steadier now.
- City schedule breakdown got rebuilt around expandable cards.
- Gym cards and map popups now show short utility notes.
- Mobile feels more consistent.
General
- Gym pages show schedules in a simpler way.
- San Diego got a data pass.
- A few pages got less busy and less over explained.
Product / UI
- Gym cards now show short utility notes.
- Added the same notes to gym map popups.
Data / Events
- Expanded sitemap coverage to event detail routes.
- The event download card got cleaner.
Marketing / Pages
- Updated empty sponsor slots to use default promos.
Data / Events
- Event cards are clearer.
- The Events page now leans harder into seminars, camps, and workshops.
- Event titles now link through properly.
General
- Voice got simpler and easier to use.
- The home page now has a nearby city shortcut if you share location.
- Share to X now includes the title and summary.
- The nearby list on city pages now starts closed.
General
- Defined the public Voice rules.
- Expanded Voice coverage in Singapore.
- Refined Voice language to stay calm and clear.
- You can now flag incorrect gym info from gym pages.
Product / UI
- Built the first full Voice flow.
Data / Events
- Seeded and surfaced the first batch of Hong Kong gym Voice data.
General
- Standardized gym page weekly schedule summaries.
- Voice copy and gym pages got cleaned up.
Product / UI
- Built the first usable Voice intake flow.
- Reworked the gym page hero for a cleaner layout.
- Built the first Voice review flow.
General
- Added a short introduction to Voice.
- Voice submissions can now be reviewed and moderated.
Product / UI
- Added TAI KOK TSUI BJJ in Hong Kong.
Marketing / Pages
- Traffic numbers got refreshed.
Product / UI
- Hong Kong now has map support.
- Added Carpe Diem Jiu Jitsu Hong Kong QB and The Tranquil JiuJitsu Hong Kong.
General
- City access notes got a clearer template.
Product / UI
- City maps behave better in full screen now.
- The focused gym card no longer gets in the way on mobile full screen.
Product / UI
- City gym cards got cleaner and made more room for training info.
- Full screen city maps now use the same filters.
Marketing / Pages
- Traffic numbers got refreshed.
General
- City pages now have a tighter filter tray.
Product / UI
- Gym cards no longer repeat the weekly training line.
Routing / Infra
- Added Urban JiuJitsu HQ in Seoul.
Data / Events
- Coach pages can now download event cards.
General
- Removed Tallinn and Zagreb.
Product / UI
- Gym pages can now be downloaded as cards.
Data / Events
- Event pages can now be downloaded as cards.
Data / Events
- Share menus are now on gyms, events, coaches, and city pages.
Product / UI
- The home page map no longer breaks if someone types a city that is not there.
General
- Added The Grappling Center in KL.
General
- Added Monarchy MMA Bangsar and Average BJJ in KL.
Data / Events
- Event import rules got cleaner.
General
- Added Monarchy MMA City Center in KL.
- Gym data got cleaned up.
General
- Added Perennial BJJ and Black Wolf in Dallas.
Product / UI
- Added Octagon MMA in Dallas.
Product / UI
- Mapped out what comes next.
General
- A bunch of site plumbing got cleaned up.
Product / UI
- Schedule Breakdown now uses the new card layout.
General
- Weekend options now means gyms with both Saturday and Sunday adult classes.
Routing / Infra
- Public links got checked and cleaned up.
General
- Added Alex Martins and 5 Elements in Dallas.
General
- The site feels lighter and faster.
Marketing / Pages
- All gyms sorting now gives a small edge to clear pricing.
General
- Added High Rollers, Legacy HQ, and Garage JJ in Sydney.
Marketing / Pages
- Clarified coach and gym inclusion policy.
- The updates page now leads with a weekly highlight.
Marketing / Pages
- Tightened verified status criteria.
General
- Added Taylor Biagi, Double Five, and Supreme in Chicago.
- Rearranged city pages for a clearer hierarchy.
Product / UI
- Dense gym cards got a cleaner layout.
Marketing / Pages
- Traffic numbers got refreshed.
General
- Added Gracie Humaita and VOW BJJ in Austin.
February 2026
General
- Added city access notes for Melbourne, San Francisco, Seattle, and Tokyo.
- All gyms sorting got updated.
- Added Top Team Jiu Jitsu Academy in Abu Dhabi.
Routing / Infra
- Coach links got more consistent.
General
- Shop pages hold up better when a brand does not have a full setup yet.
- Added city access notes for Las Vegas, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Barcelona, and Cape Town.
Marketing / Pages
- Pricing got refreshed for gyms and coaches.
General
- Added city access notes for Sydney, Bali, and Atlanta.
Product / UI
- Maps feel steadier in regular mode now.
General
- Added city access notes for Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Fixes / Stability
- Last updated labels got more reliable.
Data / Events
- Events now use a simpler date range filter.
General
- City highlights now look for more balanced training options, not just volume.
- Keyboard and dialog behavior got better.
General
- Added city access notes for San Diego, Austin, Stockholm, and Los Angeles.
Fixes / Stability
- Main page full screen map got fixed up.
Product / UI
- Home page map popups got cleaner.
- City cards now show a light open mat signal when available.
- Map list headers got tighter.
- There is now a reset view icon on the map.
Fixes / Stability
- Region mapping got corrected.
Product / UI
- The home page map got easier to reset and browse.
General
- The old Regional Coverage block came off the home page.
- London got fresh training notes.
Product / UI
- The home page full screen map got cleaned up.
General
- City access notes got better in Singapore, Bangkok, and Phuket.
- City access notes got more useful.
Product / UI
- City pages feel steadier when moving in and out of full screen maps.
- The home page map updates more smoothly now.
Data / Events
- Past event loading is more consistent.
General
- Singapore got better training notes.
Fixes / Stability
- Embedded shop pages got more reliable.
Marketing / Pages
- Verified gym shop pages got cleaner.
- Expanded ecommerce support for verified gyms in Phuket.
General
- City notes now use calmer wording.
General
- Added coach Owen Livesey.
- Dallas and Phuket got refreshed.
General
- City overviews now follow one cleaner format.
- Beginner class detection got better.
General
- City overviews now read more like practitioner notes.
- City summary coverage got easier to maintain.
Product / UI
- Expanded map support for Sacramento
General
- Added SAC BJJ Maxwell in Sacramento.
Data / Events
- Event backups got better.
- Past events now have backup support too.
- Gym and event exports got cleaner.
General
- Added Brazilian Top Team Back Bay in Boston.
Product / UI
- Organizations work better on mobile now.
Data / Events
- Events filters feel more consistent.
- Event listings got cleaner.
Marketing / Pages
- Organizations got a cleaner landing page.
General
- Pedro Sauer got added to organizations.
General
- Added Tricolor MMA, Gracie JiuJitsu Lavender, Gracie JiuJitsu SAFRA CCK, and Enjoy The Process in Singapore.
Data / Events
- The Events page feels smoother when moving between the map and month list.
General
- Added Urban JiuJitsu and Estrategia Brazilian Jiu Jitsu SA in Cape Town, plus Hoga in Zurich.
Product / UI
- Map behavior got cleaned up.
- Expanded map support to Cape Town
Data / Events
- The Events page got its cork board look.
- Event location labels got cleaner.
- Add Event now matches the main Events style better.
Product / UI
- Gym map popups got a better layout.
- Map popups feel steadier now.
Fixes / Stability
- A deployment issue got fixed.
Product / UI
- Map popups and the gyms near center list got better.
General
- Time of day class counting got more accurate.
- Gym counts are more consistent now.
- Added 305 Grappling and Mario Sperry in Miami.
January 2026
Product / UI
- Coach profiles now show a simple activity summary.
General
- Coach social icons got cleaned up.
Product / UI
- Gym profiles now show a simple hosting summary.
Data / Events
- Past events now stay focused on training events.
- Archived event data got better backup support.
- City pages now show that same hosting summary above events.
Product / UI
- Expanded map support to Zurich
Product / UI
- Bali now has map support and refreshed coverage.
- Full screen maps now go edge to edge.
- Maps now have a locate control and scale line.
- Gym map popups and city cards got cleaner info.
General
- Removed Rituals JiuJitsu Bali.
- Added Braga BJJ Bali.
Product / UI
- City maps now show a gyms near center list.
- That list focuses the map better when you tap a gym.
- The overlay now stays out of the way on mobile.
General
- You can tap the header to recenter on your location.
General
- Added Imanari JiuJitsu Tokyo.
General
- Added Broadway JiuJitsu Boston.
Marketing / Pages
- Analytics settings got cleaned up.
General
- Removed Copenhagen, Fort Lauderdale, Frankfurt, Ho Chi Minh, Ljubljana, Krakow, Lyon, Munich, and Nice.
Product / UI
- Expanded map support to Boston
Data / Events
- Event submissions now show the $5 fee more clearly.
- Seminar cards got a cleaner look.
Marketing / Pages
- Coach pricing got updated.
General
- The coach lifetime option is gone.
Data / Events
- Paid event submissions are now wired up.
Data / Events
- Event submissions got an early test setup.
Data / Events
- Event intake got clearer.
- Training event imports got more consistent.
Data / Events
- City event listings now split training and competition.
- Linked event listings to their event pages.
- Event and city links got cleaner.
Product / UI
- The layout got easier to scan.
Data / Events
- The Events page now splits training and competition more clearly.
General
- Last updated labels got better.
- Top Cities now ignores online and worldwide entries.
Product / UI
- Rome now has map support and refreshed coverage.
Product / UI
- Miami now has map support and refreshed coverage.
Product / UI
- Atlanta now has map support and refreshed coverage.
Data / Events
- Event handling got cleaner.
Routing / Infra
- Organizations and affiliated gyms link together better now.
General
- Added Carpe Diem BJJ, Gracie Barra, Carlson Gracie Team, Gracie University, Nova Uniao, and Renzo Gracie Academy to organizations.
- Added Bali MMA.
Product / UI
- City cards now show coach counts when it helps.
- Organization profiles got expanded.
- Coach profiles got a lighter look.
General
- City pages now show a compact summary row.
- City coaches now sort A to Z.
- Added Gracie Humaita, AOJ, BTT, MGA, Six Blades, and Checkmat to organizations.
Product / UI
- Added the ADCC organization profile.
- Added the AJP organization profile.
- Added the CBJJ organization profile.
- Added the IBJJF organization profile.
Data / Events
- Competition organizations got a better layout.
General
- Added coaches Rolker Gracie and Matheus Gabriel.
Data / Events
- Past events now stay tucked away until you ask for them.
General
- The coaches catalog got refreshed.
- The coaches page now puts active coaches first.
- Removed Family BJJ in Bangkok.
- Added coaches Justin Flores and Gabriel Sousa.
- Removed Edinburgh and Florence.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of events.
Marketing / Pages
- The landing page got lighter.
General
- Added Fightzone and Los Banditos in London, plus EAJJP in Austin.
- Some gyms now show training density.
- Removed Sofia and Vienna.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of seminars.
Marketing / Pages
- The landing page got cleaner up top.
- Sponsorship links and placement got cleaned up.
General
- Added Roger Gracie Euston and BJJ ART in London.
Product / UI
- Organization profile pages are live too.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of events.
General
- Organizations are live.
- Added The London JiuJitsu Centre in London.
- Removed Chiang Rai, Belgrade, and Antwerp.
December 2025
Product / UI
- Austin now has map support.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of seminars.
Marketing / Pages
- Gym Shops expanded on verified gym pages.
General
- Added JiuJitsu Collective and AMP BJJ in Austin.
Product / UI
- Full screen maps got cleaned up.
- You can now swipe through gym cards on the full screen city map.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of events.
General
- Added Carlson Gracie in Phuket, Grand Union in London, and Suginoharyu in Stockholm.
- Shops now work better across more cities.
- Shop embeds load more cleanly now.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of seminars.
- The Events page now has a collapsible month grid below the map.
General
- Added Pacific Beach Fight Center in San Diego, plus Gregor Gracie, AT JJ, Lotus Club, South Brooklyn BJJ, and Una BJJ in NYC.
Product / UI
- Full screen maps now have search.
- Map search can now pick up common training terms too.
General
- City pages got a smoother section order.
- City pages now have a compact jump menu.
- Added Tama JiuJitsu, Legacy BJJ, Grappling Dynamics, and Clark Gracie in San Diego.
Product / UI
- Expanded interactive map support to Melbourne, Stockholm, and Abu Dhabi.
- Business profiles now have better social and contact sections.
Data / Events
- The Events map starts faster now.
- Added a new batch of seminars.
General
- Added BTTND in Dallas, Evolution BJJ, JJ Machado, and 10th Planet in Melbourne, Praha, Aura, Cantagalo, and Crossfighters in Stockholm, plus DLR Al Raha and DLR Al Reem in Abu Dhabi.
Product / UI
- Full screen maps are live.
- Maps no longer keep pulling you back after you move them.
- Added Alliance Pinheiros in Sao Paulo and TGI in Dallas.
- The home page now uses that same full screen map style.
Data / Events
- The Events map got faster and easier to use.
Fixes / Stability
- Event updates got more reliable.
Product / UI
- Lisbon and Sydney got map support and a refresh.
- Gym map popups now link through to the gym page.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of seminars.
General
- Removed gyms that are no longer running.
- Added Fights Center New Generation in Rio.
- Gym pages now hide empty sections.
Product / UI
- Big cities now lean more into map and area browsing.
- City maps behave better on mobile.
Data / Events
- Mobile layouts got better across gym, event, and city pages.
- Added a new batch of seminars.
Marketing / Pages
- Gym Shops opened in early access for verified gyms.
Product / UI
- Wide screen and mobile maps both got better.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of seminars.
- Events now show cities with frequent event activity instead of the old instructor block.
- The Events page now has an optional competition heatmap.
- Event filters got simpler.
Fixes / Stability
- Event card city links got fixed up.
Product / UI
- Rio de Janeiro now has map support.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of seminars.
- Upcoming event detection got better across cities.
- Cities with more event activity now rise up when you filter by events.
- Event data got cleaned up.
Product / UI
- Sao Paulo now has map support.
Data / Events
- The Events page got a global map.
- Added a new batch of comps.
- City pages now pull in upcoming events and competitions from the global list.
- City cards and home page pins now show that event activity too.
Product / UI
- Desktop city cards got a tighter layout.
Data / Events
- The Events page got cleaner.
- Added a new batch of events.
- Coach seminar city links got cleaned up.
- Gym cards now show when a gym is hosting events.
General
- Gym and city pages got lighter.
- Added more East LA coverage.
Data / Events
- Added a big batch of seminars, camps, and competitions.
- Past events got handled more cleanly.
Marketing / Pages
- The coach landing page got rebuilt.
General
- Added more LA coverage in San Fernando Valley and South Bay.
Product / UI
- KLCC and Las Vegas got map support and a refresh.
- City maps load more smoothly now.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of events.
General
- Added more LA coverage in San Gabriel Valley.
- Type loading got steadier too.
Fixes / Stability
- City pages got more reliable.
Product / UI
- Seattle now has map support.
Marketing / Pages
- Placeholder sponsor cards got a better look.
General
- LA coverage expanded again.
- Empty city overviews now stay hidden.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of events.
General
- Oakland coverage is live with 10th Planet Oakland Academy, Six Blades JiuJitsu, and Dominat10n Jiu Jitsu.
- The gyms index now does a better job surfacing active cities.
- The Global BJJ Directory page is live.
Product / UI
- Maps zoom better now.
- Mobile schedules got much easier to use.
- The mobile Become Verified banner came off.
- Mobile gym pages got cleaner.
Data / Events
- Added a new batch of events.
- Promotions and community events now stay collapsed by default on mobile.
- Event filters and month sections got simpler.
Product / UI
- Gym cards now show class offerings more clearly.
- City pages got a tighter layout.
Marketing / Pages
- Pricing and review signals came off gym cards.
General
- City training notes are now live for LA, San Diego, Bangkok, NYC, Chicago, London, Seattle, Atlanta, Barcelona, and Phuket.
Product / UI
- Search feels quicker now.
- The main map got a clearer regional legend.
- Mobile region picking got simpler.
- Tokyo now has map support.
- The gyms index and city cards got easier to scan.
General
- The home page got faster and cleaner.
- Header and footer got cleaned up.
Product / UI
- San Francisco now has map support.
Data / Events
- Added the latest batch of global seminars.
- Event updates got faster and steadier.
General
- Tap Cancer Out 2026 got added.
Product / UI
- Paris, Phuket, and Toronto now have map support.
Data / Events
- Gym and event data got sharper.
- Added the latest batch of global seminars.
- Added the latest batch of adult IBJJF comps.
Product / UI
- Chicago now has map support.
- City maps got cleaner spacing.
- City cards got simpler.
Data / Events
- Event updates got faster.
- Added the latest batch of global seminars.
Product / UI
- Mobile gym cards got cleaner.
- City pins now cluster on mobile.
Data / Events
- Map popups and badges now show event counts.
- Added the latest batch of global seminars.
- Competition events are now part of the calendar too.
General
- Home page navigation got clearer.
Product / UI
- The redesigned global home page is live.
- NYC, CDMX, Dubai, London, Barcelona, and Singapore now have map support.
Data / Events
- Added the latest batch of global seminars.
General
- The /gyms directory is live.
- Pages feel lighter and load cleaner now.
Product / UI
- Interactive maps are live on selected city and gym pages.
- City pages now place maps in a better spot.
- Gym maps work better on mobile.
- Gym map popups now link out to map apps.
Data / Events
- Added new seminars.
- The updates page got a cleaner archive layout.
Product / UI
- Coach profiles got more consistent.
- City pages feel better on mobile.
Data / Events
- Added new seminars in several regions and cleaned up duplicates.
Marketing / Pages
- Traffic numbers got refreshed.
General
- Unsupported cities are handled better now.
- The footer got better on small screens.
Data / Events
- Added new seminars and removed duplicates.
- The Events page now groups things by month.
- LA and NYC event mapping got better.
- Event month sections got cleaner.
- Event dates now use long form formatting.
Data / Events
- Added new global events.
- The Events hero got simpler.
General
- Placeholder coaches now match the featured style better.
- Added Stronghold MMA in Singapore.
Fixes / Stability
- Coach profiles got more reliable.
Product / UI
- Coach page layout got clearer.
Routing / Infra
- Older coach paths got cleaned up.
General
- Share actions on coach pages got better.
Data / Events
- Traffic snapshot blocks got more consistent.
- Added the latest batch of global events.
- Event cards got a cleaner look.
Marketing / Pages
- Coach pricing and signup are live.
Routing / Infra
- The coach setup page moved to /coaches with redirects from the old paths.
Fixes / Stability
- Coach profiles are now more consistent and reliable.
Product / UI
- Gym card motion got smoother.
Routing / Infra
- Added a sample link in bio page.
General
- London subregions got added.
- Submission forms got clearer.
- Header and footer accents got updated.
November 2025
Product / UI
- Mini Profiles picked up quick actions and schedule summaries.
Marketing / Pages
- Added sponsorship placements across city pages.
- Sponsor blocks got a more flexible layout.
- Mini Profiles are live for verified gyms.
- Added preview GIF to the Verified landing page.
Product / UI
- Gym profiles got a small inline verify badge.
Marketing / Pages
- Added WordPress comparison section to the landing page.
- Sponsorship slots got more flexible.
General
- Add gym intake got opened up for broader submissions.
Marketing / Pages
- Updated unverified gym prompts and added a mobile verify bar.
- Traffic and sponsorship numbers got refreshed.
General
- Footer calls to action got cleaned up.
Product / UI
- Gym profile search signals got safer.
Data / Events
- Home page event pills behave better now.
- Event and coach links got more accurate.
- Added new seminars and workshops.
Marketing / Pages
- The Verified Gym signup flow got updated.
General
- Region selection got better on smaller screens.
Data / Events
- Added new retreats and seminars across multiple regions.
- Event categories and listings got refreshed.
- Event cards moved to a poster style.
- Traffic snapshot and analytics visuals got expanded.
- Gyms and events now show last updated stamps.
Marketing / Pages
- The About page got simpler.
General
- The home page now shows live platform numbers.
Data / Events
- Added timestamp labels to Events and Gym pages.
- Added new Beijing and Rio seminars.
- Traffic snapshot blocks are now reusable.
Marketing / Pages
- Sponsorship analytics got cleaner.
General
- Added Arete Minburi to Bangkok coverage.
- Pattaya coverage is live with Rage Fight Academy.
Product / UI
- Schedules look better on mobile.
Marketing / Pages
- The updates page got pagination.
General
- Integrated Space Grotesk across the site.
- City pages now have an overview field.
- Region selection got better on small screens.
- Back to Top got smoother.
- Added Family BJJ in Bangkok.
Data / Events
- Introduced Community Events for Verified gyms.
- Added six new global seminars.
Marketing / Pages
- The Sponsorship page is live with traffic numbers.
Data / Events
- Added new seminars for multiple regions.
- Host profile links on city event listings got better.
Marketing / Pages
- Launched the Updates page.
Product / UI
- Promotion cards got better on mobile.
- Sample city cards now show calls to action more clearly.
Data / Events
- Added multiple new seminars across several regions.
Marketing / Pages
- Privacy focused analytics are live across the site.
Data / Events
- Added new seminars including Serrano and Origin Camp.
- Event badges now behave the same across the site.
General
- Added Masterskya HQ under New York.
Product / UI
- Business Promotion got a cleaner layout.
General
- San Diego coverage got deeper.
- Added Barum, Atos, and Studio 540.