Where BJJ gyms are no-gi only
14% of gyms run a no-gi only week. San Diego is highest at 35%.
190 mapped gyms (14%) publish no-gi and no gi class. The highest shares are San Diego (35%), Phoenix (34%), and Portland (30%). Houston, Atlanta, Orlando, Tampa, Washington, Dallas, and Boston sit at 5% or below. A directory checkbox for “has no-gi” stays high almost everywhere. This chart is gyms whose published week has no gi class.
- Gi and no-gi 982 · 72%
- No-gi only 190 · 14%
- Gi only 101 · 7%
- Neither on the week 91 · 7%
No-gi BJJ by city
Cite this data
OpenMapp, “Where BJJ gyms are no-gi only,” State of BJJ in America, October 2026, https://www.openmapp.com/data/no-gi-bjj-gyms
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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.