Class schedule

Carlson Gracie Amsterdam runs Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes at Burgemeester de Vlugtlaan 125, Amsterdam Nieuw-West. Beginners & Intermediates classes run every weekday — mornings at 08:00 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, evenings at 18:00 Monday to Thursday. Advanced runs three evenings: Monday 19:15–20:30, Tuesday and Thursday 19:00–20:30. Friday evening belongs to Professor Olga Lyashevska: the Women's Only Class at 18:00, then No-Gi at 19:30. Open Mat runs Wednesday evening and Sunday morning — those are for members. Saturday has adult classes from 16:00, with a programme that changes week to week. Kids classes run Wednesday afternoons, and Saturday before 16:00, through the independent Kids Program.

Free trial classes run on Mondays at 08:00 and at 18:00 — the schedule shows which Mondays are running. All adult classes are taught in English. Classes are in gi, except Friday's No-Gi and any Saturday session announced as No-Gi.

Three things worth knowing before you look

Monday belongs to people arriving for the first time. Both Monday classes are a free first class, once per person, and Monday takes no paid drop-in. Those two hours are kept for whoever is walking in for the first time.

Monday's Advanced class starts at 19:15, and there is a reason. The free trial runs before it, and the fifteen minutes after that class belong to whoever came for the first time — to ask everything they want to ask, without the next class waiting on them. So Monday evening starts a quarter of an hour later than Tuesday and Thursday. Every member on the mat that night gives those fifteen minutes, and that is the arrangement.

Saturday changes every week, and that is the point of it. Gi, no-gi, self-defence or something built for that particular week, and the instructor changes too. Before 16:00 the mat belongs to the Kids Program.

Open Mat and No-Gi are for members. That is where the team trains together, and it is one of the things membership buys that a visit does not.

Before your first visit

Arrive 15–20 minutes before class. An instructor personally welcomes every first-time visitor: they explain how the academy works, answer questions, help you get ready and introduce you to the class. Once training starts the instructor is on the mat and cannot step off — so if you arrive after class has started, you will not be able to join that session. Come early.

Directions, parking and what is inside: plan your visit.