Our style aims to be effective for recreation, competition and self defence. We believe our members should know how best to defend themselves in danger and succeed in competition. You’ll learn how to free yourself from holds and from perilous situations. You’ll also learn how to neutralise danger while sustaining and dealing a minimum amount of damage. BJJ is characterised by the fact that you don’t have to necessarily be strong, faster or heavier that the one you are fighting to be effective in self defence.

In our classes we emphasise a feeling of collaborative progression. We are all on the same path and we realise that we can all learn from each other. We have a very clear curriculum, but we also have an open view for personal contributions and style. Members won’t just learn to perform techniques, but also how they can effectively discover their own, to expand and evolve their game. Groundfighting is a chain of puzzles that challenge you mentally and physically. At BJJ Haarlem you’ll learn how to solve these puzzles for yourself.