TeensStrength, community, and leadership.
Teenagers can smell a watered-down program from across the room. So we do not run one. The Teens class trains real technique against real resistance, with the same standards the adults are held to.
What that produces is not just a kid who can grapple. It is a teenager who has been uncomfortable on purpose, four times a week, and learned that panic is optional. That skill transfers — to exams, to tryouts, to the parts of adolescence nobody warns you about.
And unlike almost everywhere else in a teenager’s life, the mat does not care about follower counts or who sat with whom at lunch. You either did the work or you did not. Most of them find that enormously relieving.
Our Teens program is specifically crafted for adolescents looking to master the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. We provide a safe, supportive, and high-energy environment where students develop elite skills, discipline, and the confidence to navigate the challenges of young adulthood.
Four things every Teen takes home.
Resilience & Mental Toughness
Developing the problem-solving skills needed to handle academic and social challenges with a calm, focused mind.
Strength & Conditioning
Building functional power and a genuine passion for physical fitness during these critical growth years.
Self-Defense & Finesse
Learning to use leverage and technique to neutralize conflict safely, ensuring confidence in any environment.
Life Skills
Cultivating essential values like leadership, accountability, and a strong sense of camaraderie with their peers.
Exactly what happensin a class.
No surprises. This is the shape of every session, so you know what you are walking into before you get here.
- 0–10 min
Warm-up
Movement drills and conditioning. Enough to get the heart rate up and the body honest.
- 10–35 min
Technical block
A position taught in depth — the setup, the counter, and the counter to the counter. Drilled with progressive resistance.
- 35–55 min
Live rounds
Rolling with partners matched by size and belt. Coaches circulate, stop rounds, and fix what is breaking down.
- 55–60 min
Debrief
What worked, what did not, what to think about before next class. Then bow out.
Teens on the mat.
Come to any session that fits your week. Membership is unlimited — train once a week or every day it runs.
Monday
Teens
5:30 PM – 6:30 PMGI
Tuesday
Teens
5:30 PM – 6:30 PMGI
Thursday
Teens
5:30 PM – 6:30 PMGI
The questionspeople actually ask.
- My teen is starting late. Is 15 too old to begin?
- No. Teens who start at 14, 15, 16 routinely catch and pass kids who began at eight — they learn concepts faster and they are training by choice, which matters more than any head start.
- Will they get thrown in with people much bigger than them?
- No. Rounds are matched by size and experience, and coaches actively pair the room. Training with a bigger partner is a skill we introduce deliberately, once someone has the technique to handle it safely.
- They are nervous about looking bad in front of people.
- Every person in that room has been tapped out hundreds of times. It is the most normal thing that happens here, which is exactly why the fear of looking bad tends to die in the first month — and why so many teens say this room is the easiest place they go all week.
Have them try one class. They will know within the hour whether it is for them.
801 N. 8th St., Carlsbad, NM 88220 · Call or text (575) 988-1470