How much does BJJ cost in Singapore?

What this academy charges

A one-off trial class is $30. Adult membership is $250 a month and includes 12 classes, which works out at $20.83 a class if you use all twelve. Every class on the timetable is no-gi. Anyone under 24 pays $200 a month; the academy has not confirmed how many classes that rate includes, so ask about it rather than assuming it matches the adult twelve.

There is no franchise fee and no registration fee, because the academy is independent rather than part of a chain. There is also no gi to buy, since every session is no-gi.

Prices are in Singapore dollars. The payment schedule, minimum commitment, cancellation notice, pauses and refunds are not published here, so confirm those by message before signing up.

Check our beginner and all levels class options against the days you can train, then confirm the session you want with the academy before you travel.

The fees that catch people out

Registration or joining fees. Some gyms charge a one-off amount on top of the first month, and franchised academies sometimes add an association or federation registration fee on top of that.

Minimum contract terms. A price quoted per month is not the same as a price you can stop paying next month. Ask what the minimum commitment is and what the cancellation notice period is before you sign.

Grading fees. Some martial arts charge for belt tests. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu generally does not, since promotion is usually handed out in class, but it is worth asking.

Peak and off peak restrictions. A cheaper membership sometimes excludes evening classes, which are the ones most working people can actually attend.

Kit costs beyond the membership

A gi, if the academy you pick trains in one. Prices range widely and you never need one on day one. At an all no-gi academy there is no gi cost at all, which removes the single biggest kit expense.

A rash guard and shorts you can probably supply from existing gym clothes. A mouthguard is optional in a standard class. Beyond that, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is unusually cheap to equip compared with striking arts, which need gloves, wraps, shin guards and often a bag.

What the monthly fee works out at per class

On the adult rate the arithmetic is settled: $250 for 12 classes is $20.83 a class if you use all of them, $31.25 if you make eight and $62.50 if you make four. The fee does not change with attendance, so the only variable is you. On the $200 under-24 rate the same sums give $50 for four and $25 for eight, but these remain budgeting examples rather than a per-class tariff, because that rate's class allowance is unconfirmed.

Treat the $30 trial as its own purchase. If you join afterwards, ask whether it is charged separately or credited; no automatic credit is promised here. Do not count a refundable deposit as a recurring fee, but include any amount held when calculating your initial cash requirement.

See the current trial and membership pricing before requesting the terms of your chosen plan.

Seven answers to get before you join

Ask for the total payable at signup; the minimum commitment; the cancellation notice; whether a month can be paused or a missed class made up; any extra charges for kit, grading or other services; and, if you are under 24, how many classes the $200 rate includes. The adult allowance is already answered at 12 classes a month.

A published monthly price does not settle any of those contract terms. Compare written quotations for the same intended attendance, and separate the academy's confirmed terms from what another gym includes.

How to compare gyms on price

Work out the cost per class you will realistically attend, not the headline monthly figure. A cheaper membership you use once a week is worse value than a dearer one you use three times.

Then check what is included, and whether the timetable has classes at hours you can actually make. That is the difference that decides whether you keep going. A membership you stop using is the most expensive option available.

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