Map of every Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in Northern Ireland (Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Derry/Londonderry, Tyrone)

This website provides a map of BJJ Clubs in Northern Ireland, and a table listing every Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) academy with a BJJ blue belt and above instructor, for counties Antrim, Armagh, Derry/Londonderry, Down, Tyrone and Fermanagh. The information presented here is intended, solely, for the purpose of helping prospective students find a nearby Brazilian Jiu Jitsu academy, whether they be in Belfast or Derry, Newry of Armagh. If you have any corrections or additions, then please contact the site admin.

BJJ Clubs in Northern Ireland

Town or City	Academy Name	County	Head Instructor	Email	Telephone	Website	Social Media
Belfast	QUB BJJ De La Riva	Antrim	Waqar Ahmed	Email			Facebook
Belfast	Gracie Barra Belfast	Antrim	Professor Graham Keys - Black Belt	Email		Website	Facebook
Belfast	Kyoujin Fight Academy	Antrim	Professor Peter Lavery - Black Belt	Email		Website	Facebook
Belfast	SBG Belfast	Antrim	Damien Mulgrave	Email	07788 963026		Facebook
Ballymena	Next Generation / Gracie Barra	Antrim	Rodney Moore	Email	07708 713494	Website	Facebook
Belfast	Jiu-Jitsu Brotherhood Belfast	Antrim	Cole Porter		028 9031 2377		Facebook
Newtonabbey	RMNU Ireland	Antrim	Justin McGibbon	Email	07340 707859	Website	Facebook
Ballymoney/Ballycastle	Kyoujin Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Ballymoney & Ballycastle	Antrim	David O'Neill	Email			Facebook
Craigavon	Kyoujin/BJJ Revolution Craigavon	Armagh					Facebook
Derry	Team Torres Derry	Derry/Londonderry	Professor Martin McLaughlin - Black Belt		07835 635306		Facebook
Derry	Team Evolve / Team Ryano BJJ Revolution Team	Derry/Londonderry	Jason McCabe		078 1237 7469	Website	Facebook
Coleraine	Causeway Combatives Brazilian Jiu Jitsu	Derry/Londonderry		Email	07882 498001		Facebook
Limavady	Team Torres Limavady	Derry/Londonderry		Email			Facebook
Magherafelt	Yodha Martial Arts	Derry/Londonderry	Ryan Roddy		07821230873	Website
Newry	Team Torres Newry	Down	Professor Sebastian Torres - Black Belt		07754665215	Website	Facebook
Carryduff/Belfast	BJJ School Belfast	Down	Professor Alan Lowry - Black Belt Professor Eddie Salisbury - Black Belt Professor Ciaran Toal - Black Belt	Email		Website	Facebook
Enniskillen	Team Torres Fermanagh	Fermanagh			07955 351818		Facebook
Strabane	SBG Strabane	Tyrone	Garath Vaughan	Email	+353 87 928 2358		Facebook
Dungannon	Black Dragon Brazilian Jitsu	Tyrone	Ray Coleman				Facebook
Holywood	Forge Grappling	Down	Mike Summers
Belfast	Trickster BJJ	Antrim	Waqar Ahmed			Trickster BJJ
Belfast	New Ground Jiu Jitsu Academy	Antrim	Simon Hutchinson			New Ground
Newtonards	Stealth BJJ NI	Down	Karl Casey			Kinetic BJJ " target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stealth BJJ NI
Ballymena	Kinetic BJJ	Antrim	Martin Brammfield / Gavin Whyte			Kinetic BJJ

BJJ in Northern Ireland

The history of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) in Northern Ireland starts in the late 1990s.  As of 2018 there are eight black belts from Northern Ireland, they are:

1. Graham Keys (2012)
2. Paul McVeigh (2013)
3. Alan Lowry (2015)
4. Peter Lavery (2015)
5. Martin McLaughlin (2015)
6. Ciaran Toal (2016)
7. Edward Salisbury (2016)
8. John McTasney (2018)
9. Conor Dunbar (2018)
10. Seamie Strain (2019)
11. Robert Cullinan (2019)
12. Waqar Ahmend (2019)
13. Marty Knocker (2020)
14. Justin McGibbon (2021)*
15. Jonny Burrows (2022)
16. Mark Hance (2022)
17. Aaron Devin (2022)
18. Simon Hutchinson (2022)

Note: Sebastian Torres teaches and trains in Northern Ireland, but he is from Brazil.

*Note: Justin is South African.