Do BJJ gyms let visitors drop in?
97% of gyms with a recorded policy welcome visitors to class.
Where both class and open-mat policy are answered (621 gyms), 87 welcome a visitor into class and keep the open mat for members. Where contact-before is answered (745), 710 want a message first and 35 do not.
Class drop-in and open-mat drop-in
Among gyms where both answers are recorded.
- Class and open mat 513 · 83%
- Class only 87 · 14%
- Open mat only 1 · 0%
- Neither 20 · 3%
Write first
Among gyms where contact-before is recorded.
- Write first 710 · 95%
- No need to write first 35 · 5%
Drop-ins by city
Cite this data
OpenMapp, “Do BJJ gyms let visitors drop in?,” State of BJJ in America, October 2026, https://www.openmapp.com/data/bjj-drop-in-policies
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How we count
Every figure comes from the 1,364 US Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gyms on OpenMapp with a published weekly timetable and a saved location. Class times come from each gym’s own schedule. Visitor policies and drop-in prices count only where the gym states them; anything unstated stays out of the totals rather than being guessed. Per-capita figures divide by the population of the whole metropolitan area, not the city limits.