No-gi jiu jitsu · SE Grand Ave, Portland

Practice Modern Jiu Jitsu

54 classes a week across two mat rooms — 2,500 square feet of mat in Portland’s Central Eastside. Three levels, so you train with people moving at your speed. No experience needed.

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Free tour · Rashguard & shorts included · No contracts

5.0
Google rating117 reviews
400
MembersBeginners to black belts
2,500
Sq ft of matAcross two rooms
54
Classes a weekFrom 6:30 AM daily

Getting started

Walking in is the hard part

And you do not have to walk in cold. Book a tour first: an instructor shows you round, explains the programs, and you decide from there.

  1. 01

    Book a tour

    Five fields, and we come back to you to fix a time — usually the same day. An instructor keeps twenty minutes free for you.

  2. 02

    Come and look

    You meet the instructor, see both mat rooms, the changing space and the showers, and go through every program and which one actually fits you. Come as you are — you are not training today.

    See the four programs

  3. 03

    Start training

    Pick the program that fits and get on the mat. Month-to-month, no contracts, pause anytime you need to — and signing up includes a rashguard and shorts, so there is no kit to buy.

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Programs

Four ways onto the mat

Adults, kids, a women’s-only room, and striking. Every one of them runs on the same curriculum-first idea: you should always know what you’re learning and why.

Two adults rolling no-gi at 10th Planet Portland, one working from guard with the 10th Planet wall banner and other pairs training behind them
40 classes a week

Adult Jiu Jitsu

Our no-gi system, split into three levels so a first-timer and a purple belt both get a room that fits. Morning, midday and evening, plus leg locks, rubberguard, judo for no-gi and Friday open mat.

  • LV1 Foundations
  • LV2 Integrated
  • LV3 Advanced
  • Ages 16+
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The curriculum

Which room do you belong in?

Plenty of gyms put a nervous beginner into whatever class happens to be running. We split the no-gi system into three tiers, and every class on the schedule is labelled with the one it is.

The three adult jiu jitsu levels compared by experience needed, classes a week, live rounds, partners, content, and who each suits
LV1 Foundations LV2 Integrated grappling LV3 Advanced performance
Experience needed None at all Any, including none An established base
Classes a week 4 14 15
Live rounds Light and supervised Full live rounds Long, high pace
Partners Chosen by a coach You choose You choose
What you work on Positions, transitions, breakfalls, tapping early The 10th Planet system in sequence — lockdown, rubber guard, the truck Leg entanglements, back exposure, finishing chains
Good if you… have never grappled and want to start properly want the room most members train in most of the week already roll and want to be pushed harder
See it on the board LV1 times LV2 times LV3 times

Not sure? Come to an LV1. If there isn’t one at a time that works, come to an LV2 anyway and tell the coach it’s your first day — that room is built to absorb beginners.

The academy · 1735 SE Grand Ave

Two mat rooms, and room to actually roll

Two mat rooms in the Central Eastside, a block off the Morrison and Hawthorne bridgeheads — a main floor of around 1,600 square feet and a second room of 800 to 1,000. It is why the 6 PM LV2 and LV3 genuinely run at the same time rather than sharing one floor. A heavy bag, a pull-up rack, and a shelf of Thai pads and shin guards that gets used every night of the week.

Two showers on site, so a lunchtime class does not have to cost you the rest of your afternoon — and a physical therapist working out of the building, for the days when something needs looking at rather than training through.

A full adult class at 10th Planet Portland working in pairs across the main mat room, the 10th Planet banner on the padded wall behind them
The main mat roomAround 1,600 sq ft
Corner view of the 10th Planet Portland mat room under exposed beams and strip lighting, a full class seated for instruction
Room for 30+Seated for instruction
A full weeknight class at 10th Planet Portland lined up on the mats, Thai pads and shin guards stacked on the shelf behind them
A weeknight classThe room at capacity
First class
6:30 am
Last finish
8:30 pm
Open mat
Friday
  • Two mat rooms
  • Two showers
  • Physical therapist on site
  • Changing space
  • Street & lot parking
  • Bike parking
  • Wheelchair accessible
Directions and parking

What 10th Planet is

No gi. No collar grips. No guesswork.

A no-gi system built around body mechanics instead of clothing grips, so what you learn transfers straight to competition, MMA and self-defence without needing to be translated first.

  1. 2003

    Royler at ADCC

    Eddie Bravo submits Royler Gracie with a triangle at the ADCC world championship — while still a brown belt. That result is what put the system on the map.

  2. 2003

    The first school

    Bravo opens 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu in Los Angeles, having earned his black belt under Jean-Jacques Machado. No gi, no kimono, rank shown on the rashguard.

  3. 2013

    Portland opens

    10th Planet Portland opens on the east side of the river and starts teaching the same curriculum, in order, to whoever walks in. Still here, still on SE Grand Ave.

  4. Today

    100+ schools

    The system runs in more than a hundred academies worldwide, taught in the same sequence, so a purple belt from here is a purple belt anywhere in it.

  • LockdownHalf guard that attacks from underneath
  • Rubber guardYour leg breaks posture, hands stay free
  • The truckBack takes, the twister, heel exposure
  • Leg locksTimetabled, not picked up by accident
Tenth Planet Jiu Jitsu Portland Oregon badge with Mount Hood and pine trees How we teach it

From the mats

Rated 5.0 on Google

117 reviews and not one below five stars. Most of them mention the same thing, and it is the room rather than the moves.

5.0 · 117 reviews Read them on Google

The second you walk in, they’re ready to make your jiu jitsu experience fun.
Alexandria Wu Member · Google review
Best decision I’ve ever made was enrolling at 10th Planet. From the very beginning everyone was super warm and welcoming.
Google review April 2026
The gym has a supportive community that brings out the best in everyone.
Mitchell Dunn Member · Google review
Modern jiu jitsu gets made here every day. Zero pretentiousness.
Google review December 2025
The 10th Planet culture is amazing, one of the best I have ever experienced.
Neil Olipani Member · Google review
Best gym ever. I love this place, everyone there is so cool and nice. I always have fun here.
Google review October 2025

Tour pass Admit one

Come and see the place first.

Twenty minutes with an instructor: both mat rooms, every program, and whatever you want to ask. Then you decide.

Call 503-974-0521
Bring
Nothing. You are not training on a tour.
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