Roger Gracie Jiu Jitsu Darlington

Good luck, Jay! 👊

Wishing Jay Whattam the very best as he heads to Kraków, Poland to compete at the ADCC Amateur World Championship tomorrow. 🇵🇱

Even better seeing RGA Darlington represented on the kit!

Go do your thing, Jay. The whole team is behind you.

11.09.26 | Kraków, Poland

The difference is in the details.

A grip a few centimetres higher.
A better angle.
The right pressure.
Knowing when to move, not just where.

Jiu-Jitsu isn’t about collecting hundreds of techniques — it’s understanding why they work.

Learn it. Drill it. Test it. Refine it.

That’s how progress is made on these mats.

📍 RGA Darlington
All levels welcome — including complete beginners.

What’s one tiny detail that completely changed a technique for you? 👇

Wednesday at RGA Darlington!

Early riser? We’ve got you.
Lunch break roll? Yep.
Kids on the mats? Absolutely.
Evening training? Of course.

Five classes. One Wednesday. Plenty of excuses removed. 👀

🥋 6:15am — Adult No-Gi
🥋 11:00am — Adult Gi
🥋 4:45pm — Little Jiu Jitsu (4–8)
🥋 5:30pm — Junior Gi
🥋 6:30pm — Adult Gi

New to Jiu-Jitsu? You don’t have to be good to start. You just have to start.

📍 RGA Darlington
See you on the mats.

Nobody starts Jiu-Jitsu because they’re already good at Jiu-Jitsu.

You start awkward.
You get things wrong.
You forget what you were shown 30 seconds ago.
You tap. A lot. 😂

And then one day, you’re the person helping someone through their first class.

You don’t need experience.
You don’t need to be fit first.
You just need to start.

📍 RGA Darlington
Minis 4–8 | Juniors 8–15 | Adults All Ages
Beginners welcome.

👇 Members — what do you wish you’d known before your first class?

Bank Holiday Monday = no Gi, no No-Gi, no “I’ll just pop in for a quick roll” 😂

RGA Darlington is CLOSED tomorrow, Monday 31st August — no classes as usual.

Give the washing pile a day off, let the fingers recover and enjoy your Bank Holiday!

We’ll see you back on the mats after the break, ready to pretend we haven’t eaten our bodyweight in food. 👀

Enjoy your Bank Holiday, team! 🖤🤍

DarlingtonBJJ

BACK TO SCHOOL. BACK TO THE MAT.

September means new routines, new goals… and the perfect time to start something new.

At Roger Gracie Academy Darlington, our Kids Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu programme is about so much more than learning techniques. We help children build:

🥋 Confidence
💪 Fitness
🧠 Discipline & focus
🤝 Friendships
⭐ Resilience and skills that last a lifetime

Kids memberships are just £50 per month.

Whether they’ve trained before or have never stepped onto a mat, beginners are always welcome.

📍 RGA Darlington
📩 Drop us a DM to get your child started
🌐 rgadarlington.com

Back to school. Back to the mat. Let’s make this their strongest year yet.!!

What a seminar! 🥋🔥

A huge thank you to Rayron Gracie for joining us at RGA Darlington on Friday and delivering an incredible session!

So much knowledge, technique and detail packed into one seminar — an amazing opportunity for our members to learn directly from one of the very best. 👊

We’re incredibly grateful for the time, energy and knowledge you shared with everyone on the mats.

Thank you, Rayron! 🇧🇷❤️

A huge well done to everyone who graded on Sunday!

Another fantastic grading day at RGA Darlington. It was brilliant to see all the hard work, commitment and progress on display.

Every stripe and every belt has been earned through consistency, resilience and hours on the mats. We couldn’t be prouder of every student who stepped up.

A big thank you to all of our coaches, volunteers and parents for your continued support – our club wouldn’t be what it is without you.

Congratulations to everyone who received a promotion… now it’s back to work!

📸 Swipe through to see some of our junior team smashing another milestone.

Summer Grading 2026.

Another grading day done.

Massive congratulations to everyone who stepped onto the mats and earned their next belt. Every stripe, every belt and every promotion is the result of hours of hard work, consistency and showing up when it isn’t always easy.

Whether this was your first grading or your tenth, you should be proud of how far you’ve come.

A huge thank you to all of our coaches, teammates and families for supporting each other throughout the day. That’s what makes RGA Darlington what it is. 👊

Congratulations everyone—we’ll see you back on the mats this week.