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January 2024 by Steven M.
I've been attending since the beginning of the year. I was not sure what to expect, but it has been awesome! I have been trying to attend 4 days a week, and each day I always look forward to class. I have even been trying to convince a few of my friends to come with me. Instructor Gene Kim is awesome too. I look forward to continuing my Jiu Jitsu journey at Ralph Gracie, and I definitely recommend to anyone considering!
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January 2024 by Yolanda L.
My son really like it. Staff are very friendly and respectful. They care for clients safety
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January 2024 by Shanee M.
Hot headed instructors threatening to "take the students outside." Very bad ambassador of the sport, I will not be returning to this academy.
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December 2023 by D'Angelo Castillo
The professors and more experienced members are very welcoming to new people and give helpful pointers. Instruction is excellent, I've only been here a few months and I can tell I'm learning and improving. Also they have a great Black Friday sale on the year-long membership, so November is a great time to join!
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November 2023 by Kathryn H.
I'm so glad I finally signed up for jiu-jitsu and landed at a great spot with a great Professor. Parking is always easy, they do a pretty good job keeping the mat clean, and people who work there have always been very nice. I do the Tuesday and Thursday night Gi classes, they are mostly male students. I really appreciate Professor Tony, he explains things a few times before letting us go at it (very helpful), and when Im doing anything wrong he does such a good job at identifying what needs to be tweaked for me/us to get it right, even when there are 12 different groups on the mat I feel like his personal attention is given to everybody. He's A+. The other students are also great, the majority of them know a lot more than I do and they're always very helpful with letting you know what you can and how you can improve, as well. Which is very gracious of them because I imagine it might be frustrating that they sometimes have to roll with somebody who is half of their size (me) and they can't go as hard as they'd want to. I appreciate them, too. They do have a girls class on Saturday at the Santa Clara location, for anybody interested. Can't wait to get back at it!
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July 2023 by 石田隆章
I am totally satisfied with their Kick Boxing class! I started joining the class when I came to Santa Clara, one and half years ago. At that time I just take the class as drop-in member but I sifted to monthly membership because the class was pretty nice, useful, and fun! Especially trainers are pretty good and kind for both beginners and experienced people. Now I take 3 times a week after finishing daily works. I recommend you to join for physical and mental health. Average people who join a class are 10 and now increasing. Women are more than 40 %. The monthly fee has been lowered, making it easier to participate!
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September 2022 by eric w.
My son was in Judo from age5-8. He dominated so I asked him to try Jujitsu. The Judo location we used did not allow chokes until 11 years old. Something he needed to learn. I took Ethan to the San Jose location. The instructors at the San Jose location were responsive. The children in the class were positive. It was a comforting environment. At the time of this review, Ethan attended four classes in San jose. He enjoys the training and he gets excercise. Thank you Dorian and Darron for taking time to teach Ethan. His confidence is sky high right now.
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July 2022 by Michael P.
I highly recommend Ralph Gracie SJ/SC. I began training several months ago, firmly in middle age and with no prior experience in any martial arts, wrestling, etc. From the first class, which I entered with some fear of looking completely foolish, the instructors and fellow students have been nothing but welcoming, helpful and encouraging. Due to my schedule, I usually train in the morning classes and have primarily trained with Adisa, Sarge, Darren and David as instructors. I cannot speak highly enough of each of them both in the way teach, each in a distinctive style, and the way they support and encourage each student. Every class they will instruct every student from the most experienced to novices like me in minor details that add up to big improvements. As great as the instructors have been, I find that the classmates have been every bit as great in teaching, encouraging and making me feel part of the community. Not a class goes by when some other student doesn't go out of their way to say an encouraging word or give some crucial advice. Finally, I noticed a few reviews criticizing issues related to payments, refunds etc. While I cannot comment on those, I can say my experience was the complete opposite. I had a minor billing issue and as soon as I alerted them to the problem, they responded immediately and fixed the issue.
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July 2022 by Nikki V.
I am writing this review today in hopes that I can help another parent not be scammed from this business. Currently Ralph Gracie Jiu-Jitsu owes us $1400 that was promised to be refunded and we still have not received even a portion of it. Back story: We had two sons that attended Ralph Gracie Jiu-Jitsu since April 2021. For our younger son, we paid 3 months in advance on 10/03/2021 ($467). We then proceeded to pay 3 months in advance for our older son on 11/14/2021 ($550). A few weeks later they were having a Black Friday Special if you paid in advance for an entire year. We decided to pay this for both our boys and paid $2400 on November 28th. So our youngest son was paid up through January 3, 2023. Our oldest was paid through until February 14th, 2023. Fast forward to June 7th, 2022, this was the day that the business owner, Dorian, got verbally aggressive with my husband in front of our children. In the months prior, my husband had been voicing his valid concerns privately to Dorian regarding the favoritism he would show certain students. He told us that we had two options. Option one was "To sit down and shut up". Option two was for our children to leave Ralph Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and receive a refund for the remaining time we had already prepaid for. Obviously we took option two as we did not feel safe taking our children to a location with an aggressive business owner. I do hope this review will help others not make the same mistake we did into trusting this business. It has been nearly 4 weeks and we still have not received the $1400 that Dorian promised would be returned for services we did not receive.
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February 2022 by Hugo Montaño
The good work that the coaches do with the students. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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December 2021 by Donald N.
My 10yo son has been going to Ralph Gracie SanJose/Santa Clara for the last half year. It's been remarkable to watch my son's coordination and physical competence grow in both his private instruction and group classes. The instructors are patient to a fault with the kids and offer lots of encouragement. It's a great studio for both kids & youth from personal experience. The adults seem to be having fun choking each other out, so I suppose that's an option as well. Don N.
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October 2021 by Andrew B.
This is supposed to a good school but they do not enforce face mask here. No common sense at all.
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August 2021 by Mari Perez
Ralph Gracie Jim Jitsu is a great school with some really talented, hard working people. The gym is very clean and inviting. I was having a hard time finding a place that fit after moving here from Chicago. I called and was invited to drop in and check out a class for free, so I stopped by in one evening and loved it. Everyone is very accomodating to your skill level. The school has great instructors and makes sure to not make you feel out of place or intimidated when you first start out.A couple of months before COVID I decided to enroll my 10 year old daughter. The classes has already taught her flexibility, control, discipline and respect along with the fundamentals of jiu-jitsu She is super excited and looking forward to go to class and the best part learning how to protect herself. We are both patient looking forward to getting back in the gym.
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July 2021 by David Goossens
I enjoy training here. The instructors are great and the atmosphere is welcoming to new people. Higher belts have been very helpful and patient with me while rolling. Highly Recommended.
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July 2021 by Patrick McGee
The instructors are patient and knowledgeable. The other students are very welcoming. This is a great place to train, for beginners or experienced people alike.
