Long Island City, QueensBeginners welcome
Learn practical skills, build confidence, and find your place on the mat. Beginners welcome.
Learn practical skills, build confidence, and find your place on the mat. Beginners welcome.
View Class ScheduleIntroductory offer 3 free trial classes. Arrange your first class now — the other two follow once you've been in. No commitment.
01Starting out
Every class starts the same way: a warm-up and stretching, then positional drills and a technique taught step by step. Sparring at the end is optional — watch, drill, or join in when you’re ready.
New students start in the Beginner BJJ w/Gi classes — Monday and Wednesday 6:00–7:30 PM, Saturday 2:00–3:30 PM — and are welcome in any all-levels class. You don’t need to get in shape first, and you don’t need to know anything about jiu-jitsu. For your first visit, comfortable workout clothes are all you need to wear.
Bring
Adults and kids train in separate classes. Beginner classes run three times a week and every other adult class is all levels. Women are welcome in every adult class, and have a class of their own on Tuesday evenings.
Gi · All levels
The core program. Fundamental movements, positions and techniques, trained in the traditional kimono (gi). Beginner classes three times a week; all-levels classes every weekday.
Beginner: Mon & Wed 6:00–7:30 PM, Sat 2:00–3:30 PM · All levels: Tue & Thu 9:00–10:00 AM, Mon & Fri 1:00–2:00 PM, Wed 1:00–2:30 PM.
No-Gi · All levels
The same jiu-jitsu without the kimono. You train in a rash guard and shorts, so there are no collar or sleeve grips to hold — the pace is quicker and the grips are closer to wrestling.
Tuesday and Thursday, 6:00–7:00 PM.
Kids · Gi
Warm-ups, technique and games in a class built for kids. The free trial applies to kids too — a parent or guardian sends the request and we take it from there.
Ages 6–15 (Monday's class is 9–15). Monday to Thursday 5:00–6:00 PM and Saturday 9:00–10:00 AM.
Gi · Tuesdays, plus every adult class
Women train in every adult class, and there's also a women's BJJ w/Gi class every Tuesday — the same curriculum and the same instructors, in a class of women. Sparring is optional and you decide when you're ready to start.
Women's class: Tuesday 7:00–8:00 PM.
Separate academy website
Judo runs Monday and Wednesday evenings and Saturday early afternoon, with its own membership. Everything about the judo program — classes, trial, sign-up — lives on its own site.
Also at the academy: striking (Thursday 7:00–8:00 PM and Saturday 10:30–11:30 AM), Combative Jiu-Jitsu self-defense classes by RSVP, private lessons, and a competition class arranged with Professor Marlon.
03Instructor
Black belt. Leads the evening classes.
Marlon started judo at eight in an after-school program, boxed as a teenager in Manhattan, and came to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as a parent — training alongside his own kids and never stopping. He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and runs the academy in Long Island City.
His evening classes follow a weekly theme for white, blue and purple belts, so every student knows what they’re working on and why. Morning classes are led by Instructor Chris.
04Schedule
New adults start in a Beginner BJJ class — or any all-levels class. Kids have their own sessions Monday to Thursday and Saturday morning.
Memberships
Current members add judo or Combative Jiu-Jitsu self-defense for $80 / mo. Cancellation needs 60 days' notice. Ask about striking.
05Visit
First-visit questions
No. Start in a Beginner BJJ class — Monday and Wednesday 6:00–7:30 PM or Saturday 2:00–3:30 PM — or any all-levels class. The warm-up is where your fitness begins, and you work at your own pace; nobody is keeping score.
Comfortable workout clothes for your trial classes. If you go on to join, gi classes are trained in a kimono (gi) and no-gi classes in a rash guard and shorts.
No. Sparring in the all-levels classes is optional. You can keep drilling instead and start sparring when you feel ready.
Request your first class through this site and we'll get back to you to confirm a date. After that first class you're welcome to come back for two more before deciding on a membership. There's no commitment.
Yes. Kids classes (ages 6–15; Monday's class is 9–15) run Monday to Thursday 5:00–6:00 PM and Saturday 9:00–10:00 AM, and the free trial applies to them too. Send the request as the parent or guardian and we'll suggest a class.
Judo is run by Marlon Colorado Judo on its own schedule — see marloncoloradojudo.com.
Tell us a little about yourself and we'll arrange your first visit.
Or text 917-225-8826.