Island Jiu Jitsu, LLC

760 Halekauwila St, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA

4.8 (38 reviews)

Disciplines

Gi No-Gi Self-Defense

Classes

Adults Classes

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Mat Space

Culture

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Gracie / Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes for keiki, teens, adults and women in Kakaʻako, Honolulu. No politics, no contracts — first class free for Oʻahu residents.

Class Schedule

Monday 5 classes

06:00 Adult NO GI Class

15:00 Keiki Drills (5-7 yr olds)

17:00 Youth Class (8-15 years old)

18:00 Adult Gi Class

19:00 Adult Gi Class

Tuesday 5 classes

06:00 Adult NO GI Class

15:00 Advanced Keiki Class (5-7 yr olds)

17:00 Advanced Keiki Class (8-15 yr olds)

18:00 Adult Gi Class

19:00 Adult Gi Class

Wednesday 5 classes

10:00 Adult Gi Class

15:00 Keiki Drills (5-7 yr olds) No Gi

17:00 Youth Class (8-15 yr olds) No Gi

18:00 Adult NO GI Class

19:00 Adult NO GI Class

Thursday 5 classes

06:00 Adult NO GI Class

10:00 Adult NO GI Class

17:00 Competition Class

18:00 Adult Gi Class

19:00 Adult Gi Class

Friday 4 classes

06:00 Adult NO GI Class

10:00 Adult Gi Class

18:00 Women's Only Gi Class

19:00 Adult Gi Class

Saturday 4 classes

09:00 Keiki Drills (5-7 yr olds)

10:00 Youth Class (8-15 years old)

12:00 Adult Gi Class

19:00 Adult Gi Class

Sunday 1 classes

19:00 Adult Gi Class

Coaches

Jason Vigil Owner

Black Belt

Owner/Coach. Black Belt since 2013, Jason loves seeing students excel. His teaching style is technique-oriented, with a high focus on self-defense.

Archie

Chris Ledman

black belt

Chris (aka: Chris “Gracie”) is a black belt who has been training Jiu-Jitsu since 2008. Chris began his Jiu-Jitsu career at Gracie Kailua while also training with Jason Vigil in their backyard. Chris enjoys coaching at competitions and assisting those new to the sport.

Chris Stokstad

brown belt

Chris Stokstad has been training since 2008 and received his brown belt under Jason Vigil in March 2017. He believes jiu jitsu is a practice of peace and empowerment, and looks forward to seeing it grow throughout Hawai’i.

Dan Chipchase

Kyle Oswalt

black belt

Kyle is a black belt and has been training Jiu-Jitsu since June 2014, at the Island Jiu-Jitsu Ilikai location. Kyle enjoys sharing his knowledge of jiu-jitsu and helping students get better at jiu-jitsu.

Lowen Tynanes

Nick Alcoran

Nick started training in 2014 and fell in love with Jiu-Jitsu the very first day. He finds it satisfying to teach someone how to defend themselves, and to give them the confidence to avoid adverse situations altogether.

Ocean Hay

brown belt

Ocean remembers the exact day she started training Jiu-Jitsu – February 10, 2015. Now a brown belt, Ocean helps to manage the dojo and coach the keikis.

Royal “Kawena” Mitchell

Kawena started training Jiu-Jitsu in 2008 at Gracie Kailua Jiu-Jitsu under Jason Izaguirre. He has been coaching No Gi classes at Island Jiu-Jitsu since 2015. Kawena is also a personal trainer and coaches boxing and Muay Thai.

Tammy Chang

purple belt

After two children, two careers, and 9+ years of training Jiu-Jitsu, Tammy received her purple belt in 2017. Tammy started the Women’s Self-Defense workshops at IJJ to empower females mentally, emotionally, and physically.

Taylor Kuhia

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Kevin Stoski

Awesome facility, clean and welcoming with great training partners!

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Posted 1 year ago
Spencer

Wife and I worked out here while vacationing in Oahu for a week. Every day had high quality instruction and students. Clean, welcoming, and fun! A+

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Posted 2 years ago
Jimmy kim

Came for a drop in class everyone was wicked friendly and helpful. Awesome no gi training

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Posted 2 years ago
Payton Cupp

Got to train here a few times while on island visiting family. By far the most no-gi sessions I could find for those who prefer that. All the coaches were great and a really relaxed vibe to the gym. No politics at all. Overall super thankful for getting to train there I loved it!

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Posted 2 years ago
Kz A

ワイキキから少しだけ離れているブラジリアン柔術のジムでが、The Busのバス停から近いのでアクセスは良好です。ホームページを見るとわかりますが、クラスは1時間一コマとなっていて、クラス単位で出稽古（ドロップイン）の参加が可能です。私が参加したのは平日19時のクラスで、参加者は30人ほど。1時間でアップとテクニックとその打込みをやりましたが、その後に希望者でのスパーリングが30分ほどあり、ハワイでの柔術を楽しむ事ができました。その前の18時のクラスも見学していたのですが、初心者中心でライトスパーが最後に少しある形だったので、色帯の方は最終時間のクラスに参加した方が良いかもしれません。参加を希望される方は予めサイトでサインアップと申し込みを済ませておくとスムーズです。

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Posted 2 years ago
Alan Chan

I dropped in here a couple times last week while visiting Oahu. I felt very welcome from the moment I step onto the mats. Great instruction and great rolls.

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Posted 3 years ago
don moon

Visiting from Louisiana, awesome vibe and good people to train with. Price was reasonable and the class was 🔥.

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Posted 3 years ago
Javin

I visit Hawaii often and never thought to train while I was on the island. This week was different as I have a competition coming up so I was looking to train. The 6am no-gi schedule was great for getting in some work while the family was sleeping at the hotel. The guys were awesome, friendly, welcoming, and made it feel like I was at my home gym as soon as I walked in. Learned some new technique that will definitely enhance my game. Had all around great training partners and competitive rolls all around. Absolutely if you want to train no-gi in Oahu this is the place to go.

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Posted 3 years ago
Garrett Forrest

Awesome gym. I decided to pop in to the morning classes. Learned a new technique, did some positional sparring, and got some live goes in. Great workout. Awesome one on one instruction as well. Very inviting atmosphere

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Posted 3 years ago
Matt Wykoff

Great experience as a visitor. Knowledgeable instructors, strong competitive open rolls, and a friendly informal atmosphere. All the quality things you can hope for at a BJJ gym. Oss.

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Posted 3 years ago
Raymond Tatang

Great school, great coaches, great community! Highly recommend the place for all levels of BJJ. Checked it out as beginner yesterday with a buddy that's already a student and will forsure be signing up to return asap 🙂

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Posted 3 years ago
Nokyo Yamamoto

The Best Spot for anyone Travelling or that resides on Oahu for Jiujitsu! Feels like Ohana ! Surfah J, coach Mitchell are the Bests & the Level of Humbleness is above expectations’ !

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Posted 3 years ago
Laurence Bueno

Welcoming gym to visitors! Excellent training routine and various themes throughout the class such as competition based and self defense. Great details with the techniques of the day and awesome talent at the end for open mat. Island Jiu Jitsu was so friendly to me! Check out their social media as well very active on it. Thank you so much for having me.

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Posted 3 years ago
carlo gonzalez

This place is an amazing place to learn jiu jitsu! Family oriented, extremely friendly, and some serious competitors trainer as well.. you won't be disappointed!

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Posted 5 years ago
Jeffrey Schildroth

IJJ is an amazing group of people doing jiu-jitsu. Professional and fun!

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Posted 5 years ago
Jose Brambila

Great training! The professor is very experienced and is able to teach all ages. They have an amazing team and I wholeheartedly recommend this place to anyone looking for a place to begin or continue the journey in Jiujitsu.

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Posted 6 years ago
Alanna Haraguchi

Love this place so much! My son just started coming a little over a month ago, and we have seen so much improvement in such a short time! With that said, my son is 8 years old with sensory processing disorder and is blind in his left eye. I never would have thought he was capable of doing a sport, but his progress has been incredible! Coaches are all so patient and encouraging! He loves attending classes and is excited to continue learning.

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Posted 6 years ago
Buddy Evans

🤙👌👏100% Aloha , and da kind rolls.

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Posted 6 years ago
robert vigil

A lot of knowledge shared !

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Posted 7 years ago
Larissa Moraes

🏆✨

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Posted 7 years ago
Cal C

Very friendly instructor. Variety of instructions. Killer competition team. Will try to go again. Highly recommended.

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Posted 7 years ago
Katrina Luke

Awesome atmosphere. Lovely people.

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Posted 7 years ago
Vaughn S

My son and I started at IJJ about a month ago. There’s always an abundance of senpai (great Coaches) at the kids classes and they keep the learning fun and engaging. Im 42 and as out of shape as I’ve ever been... AKA: I can’t walk 2 days after coming to a class (but lucky for me there are classes every 2-3 days depending on what you want to work on.) and it gets a little easier every week. (Or so I hear, lol) That said it’s probably the most fun you can legally have with your clothes on and I look forward to every class. 😎

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Posted 7 years ago
Andrew Furman

Im from out of town and dropped in for a class. Totally welcoming environment and some awesome techniques were shown. This place is legit. I will definitely be coming back if I get the chance.

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Posted 7 years ago
Kenji Lee

Great coaching and a great place to train with a relaxed atmosphere; came here for two weeks visiting home and no contracts was a great plus for me. Will be back when I'm visiting.

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Posted 8 years ago
Phil Ceberano

Island Jiu Jitsu is a great club. So much Aloha and soul in that place. The guys are great to roll with and the Jiu Jitsu is top notch. I highly recommend Island Jiu Jitsu. Ooooosss👍🏽

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Posted 9 years ago
daryl barker

Tons of Aloha great place to train

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Posted 10 years ago
jacob horton

I called ahead about a specific class and they said it was going on. I showed up and no one was there.

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Posted 3 years ago