Emily is an incredible teacher. One of the classes she teaches is for women only on Sunday. I highly recommend all women with experience and no experience to take her class.
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Posted 1 year ago
Maria Cecilia Martin Puyol
The coop has a woman’s class taught by Emely on Sundays at 3pm. This class is EVERYTHING! If you are a woman looking for a safe place, great community, a knowledgeable and patient coach, laughs and treats. Then you should definitely come here!!! I highly recommend them 😊. See y’all on the mat 🥋
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Posted 1 year ago
Francesca McKibben
Really enjoying my time at the coop so far! Love that there’s a women’s class on Sundays too! It’s difficult to find a group of women who train on the westside, so it’s awesome they have coach Emily bringing a community together. Would be great if they had more women classes or women led classes during the week.
Please add more gi classes too! This may help bring in more women students who have been interested in signing up.
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Posted 1 year ago
D K
Super cool little spot with really awesome people. I was working in the area and although there was a different gym closer to the hotel, they never responded and didn’t have as many class choices. I reached out on social media and got a very quick response. It was cool they did a super late session so I could train a little and meet new people. If you’re just visiting or looking for a new gym, consider the coop. Lots of knowledge and skill and a very cool laid back group of skilled BJJ tacticians.
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Posted 1 year ago
Sophie Hassett
The best! Huge shoutout to Emily who teaches the womens class on Sundays which has been such a game changer for me! It’s fantastic to have this kind of community and incredible instruction. She brought together a lot of wonderful people from all over LA ♥️
The Coop is exactly the kind of training I was looking for and I feel really lucky to have found it. It really is set up so everyone can train in the way that’s best for them. There are workshops before the week night open mats - shoutout to Sean too for being another killer teacher! - and everyone is so willing to give advice and answer questions.
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Posted 1 year ago
Americo Nepa
I dropped in here to train while visiting LA. I highly recommend stopping by. They have a unique concept and everyone was very friendly.
Visiting from south Florida and dropped in at an open mat today, was welcomed like I was a member at the gym and felt at home! Definitely recommend The Coop, I’ll definitely be back when I’m in Los Angeles again. 🤙🏼
Been training here for about 8 months and it’s the best gym I’ve been at in my decade of mostly off but on and off jiu jitsu training.
First, the format is amazing. If work keeps me and I’m only able to make the rolling portion, no penalty. No former Gracie shaming me and pointing to some photo of an old dude on the wall. This gym isn’t about dogma and ego.
It’s the best coaching I’ve got by a mile. Every mechanic is explained. There not just chucking systems at you en masse and moving on. I can’t believe how much I’ve improved because I know the motivations behind the techniques.
As well, one of the 300 black belts in attendance will give me more tips to incorporate what we learned into my game. They’ve helped develop my voice and style and I really appreciate that.
Everyone’s cool, no cliques, good music. (Shout out whoever has gang Starr on their playlist)
The members are frankly really good here. Any bad habit is exposed but every time I’ve gotten immediate feedback.
Lastly, after sparring with the coaches, competitors, wrestler dudes, and just kinda some of the athletic freaks at this gym, I have to say something -
I’ve never been cranked. Not even close. I’m blown away. It’s the hardest I’ve ever rolled and yet no meat head presence (eat your heart out celestial titled jiu jitsu gyms, the earth is round, thanks for taking me knee)
In short, train here
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Posted 2 years ago
Margot Robbie
There is a guy who teaches here on Thursdays. He is so handsome, I love his accent and his car that makes loud noises. The rest of the guys are pretty good too. But I really love Professor Veloso
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Posted 2 years ago
V. Ricardo
Guy that teaches on Thursday night 🤙
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Posted 2 years ago
Randall Wall
I went for a Saturday Open Roll and had a blast. Brought my female friend who’s been rolling for all of three minutes and they were extremely helpful in easing her into it. Great place.
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Posted 2 years ago
Arun Sharma
I've been training for half of my life. Suffice to say, I just need a place where I can show up and train, whenever I want, however I want - without any politics, unnecessary warm ups, or ironic lectures on morality. The Coop is exactly that - a friendly and inclusive space that provides high level training at a super affordable rate. There's honestly nothing else like that in LA. Come train, learn stuff, make friends, and have fun :)
Very happy I became a member, I've been at the coop for several months now and it's by far my favorite place to roll in LA. Much less formal than other gyms I've gone too (which I consider a good thing) and a fantastic group of skilled and kind grapplers that show up regularly. A great gym and great community.
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Posted 2 years ago
Anthony Khaletsky
Very welcoming and extremely high quality training. I’ve never had the opportunity to train with so many black belts so frequently.
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Posted 2 years ago
Sean Black
Dropped in at The Coop while traveling. A definite five star experience. Very welcoming. Great facility. Everyone is very friendly and helpful. Chill vibe. Can't say enough good things about them.
Dropped in on a Saturday open mat. Most people did no-gi at this time. Great facility, maximized the space for mats, so a bit difficult to walk around the floorspace. Clean bathroom, filtered water dispenser, fantastic people to roll - there's someone for most skill levels, even saw someone do wall wrestling with 4oz gloves. Awesome.
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Posted 2 years ago
Sean McDonald
This gym is absolute gold and magic! So much high level talent that are all open to help you with any questions or techniques. If you love rolling, community , and learning new techniques without egos, this is the place. So happy I discovered this community. Should our to Alex and David. 🏹
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Posted 2 years ago
Alison HEHEHEHAHAHA Ali Wali
I like the kid classes
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Posted 2 years ago
Ricky Richards
I’ve been training at the Coop for a little over a year. I arrived as a freshly minted blue belt and was amazed to find a whole room of black belts that were really generous in helping me to evolve and iron out the flaws in my game.
There’s now a multitude of belt levels from
white through to black so you can get a decent roll at all stages of your development.
The gym is very open about letting all levels roll together, which definitely speeds up the learning curve but you can also ask people to avoid certain areas (legs etc) or go easy if you’re not well versed or are looking to go slow.
The Coop also encourages members to train how they like, there’s a regular cohort of both gi and no gi training partners every day and there’s no voodoo rituals or bowing to the ‘masters’ etc that you find at other gyms.
All round it’s a great gym and a solid hang off the mats as well with many voluntary gatherings and watch parties etc.
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Posted 2 years ago
Jared Brenner-Goldstein
Great place to train with a great group. Everyone is very welcoming and always willing to share techniques. Largest quantity of black belts of any gym I’ve ever trained at. The Coop has a very high level of competition while still maintaining great camaraderie amongst the members. Many opportunities to train both gi and no-gi with a primary focus on live training. I highly recommend The Coop!
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Posted 2 years ago
Jaraad Gordon
Long time white belt. Trained bjj on and off in the east coast from 2009-2013. Checked out the coop in November 2022 and have been training consistently since. Recently checked out other LA gyms; they all had good vibes, but the skill level wasn’t the same. Also the membership price is better than pretty much every gym in LA.
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Posted 2 years ago
alicia c
great place to train
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Posted 3 years ago
Roberto Miras
Great concept for a Jiu Jitsu Gym! Came by because I was travelling trough LA and had a great workshop, followed by good rounds. Definetly recommend everyone to check The Coop BJJ out, thats how it should be done.
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Posted 3 years ago
Jonathan Creencia
Super cool concept gym. Chill vibes.
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Posted 4 years ago
Colin Greene
Extremely skilled guys, very welcoming, and a really nice space.
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Posted 4 years ago
Marco Grossi
Great place! Clean facilities, very friendly. All skill levels represented. I was traveling through LA and was able to drop in for a great night of training. I will definitely be coming back next time I’m in town!
Outstanding experience. Gym was super clean. People were very welcoming. Alex and David the owners who are black belts were wonderful host and great rolls. Strongly recommend this gym for anyone looking to sharpen their skills through sparring.
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Posted 4 years ago
Michael Pan
Great friendly place to train. As a white belt I get to train regularly with black belts, learn different techniques, and ask their advice.
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Posted 4 years ago
Erik Anderson
Concept Jiu Jitsu gym as co-op with no head instructor. With multiple black belts on the black each night, this is one of the better places to find high level training and high level technique discussion in Los Angeles.
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Posted 4 years ago
Kris Martin
A really nice facility with a unique Open mat style training, and they have tons of higher belts!
I really enjoy training here and I've been training for over 15 years - highly recommend it
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Posted 4 years ago
Tom Wasiewicz
Good instruction, good rolls, good vibes. Lots of high-level grappling on the mat. I’m glad I stopped by.
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Posted 4 years ago
dave bentley
This bunch of players will help take your game to the next, very friendly and welcoming. Cool place to train BJJ...
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Posted 4 years ago
tim peterson
I’ll be there. They’ll be there. Consider being there as well! :]
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Posted 4 years ago
Joe Cardenas
Terrible experience here. I’ve been rolling in gyms like Ralph Gracie, Kurt Osiander’s Imperial, ATOS, and others. I know that’s it’s fun to grapple and test your skills but also be mindful of your training partner. The second time I went to this gym one of the black belts shook me and put as much pressure as he could in side control and cracked my rib. I would never recommend this gym to anyone in the BJJ community. Disgusting level of professionalism
