New Mexico Jiujitsu Academy

I have been coming here since May 2025 and I absolutely love it! The staff are very welcoming, knowledgeable, supportive and accommodating. They are also very family friendly! My daughter is in the kids class and the improvement in her skill as well as confidence has been amazing! I definitely recommend trying the free class to see if Jiu Jitsu is for you (spoiler alert: it is for everyone) 🙂‍↕️👏🏽

Great gym to learn self defense jiu jitsu!

Thank you so much for welcoming my son into your Saturday competition class! We’re just passing through from Tucson, Arizona. Your staff made us feel so comfortable and included right away. Everyone was incredibly kind and helpful. We’re really glad we decided to stop in before his competition. It meant a lot to us! Thanks again for your hospitality!

I love this gym! They’re so thorough when explaining a new move and I always feel welcomed not just by the staff but the whole class. My favorite staff member is Apollo :)

I was going to write this review after the introductory 15 minutes I spent with Justin after having my mind BLOWN by a trap and roll, but I figured I should probably finish out the class before I jumped to conclusions.Then I realized I could never write a proper review until I finished out the free 10 day trial (which I made sure to squeeze as many classes into as possible). Once that was up I figured I should at least get my first stripe at 20 classes before I made any assumptions. Next it made complete sense to wait until I got my second stripe and was allowed to spar so my review contained all that was available (Not to mention Muay Thai, Wing Chung, and Judo). Of course, you can't REALLY review a place like this until you have spent HUNDREDS of hours there, shed blood, sweat, and tears, become a part of a huge community of some of the most wonderful people around, and allowed such an amazing lifestyle to truly propagate through your entire being….. so now, after 2 years of training, 5 days a week, getting the first stripe on my blue belt, I feel like I can say... I think i'll wait for my Purple belt! But seriously. This school has been such an integral catalyst for change in my life that I feel forever indebted to it. Justin and his team have built something truly marvelous here and they welcome new people with open arms. This is the perfect balance of self defense, exercise, community, and sport. I have come up through the ranks here with some of the finest individuals I have ever known. The children's classes are top notch and the kids get a fantastic education while having fun and learning to defend themselves. We call the kids "bully-proof" and I think it is the perfect description. If you have ever seen a UFC fight go to the ground and thought "Man, I would love to be able to do that," or you just need some more exercise, this is the place to be. I cannot wait to meet you. Chances are, I'll be there.