One thing that’s cool about BJJ is that whenever you travel anywhere, for the most part, there will be a BJJ academy to train at. It was my hope to be able to train while in California. California has a lot of academies throughout the whole state. So, I knew I would have no problem finding an academy to train at.
There was an academy just three miles down the road from me, and it was a reputable academy from knowing a little about the instructor. I went by and I wanted to train, but I decided I would just watch a class first.
The class was good and I could see myself getting some good training in. However, when I asked about their drop-in fee, I could not believe what their fee was. It was $35 bucks a class!
That ruined my plans to train. I can understand $20 dollars, which is what I have found to be the average going rate. I believe that their drop-in fee is so high to deter people from doing it.
So, I did some research and found two good academies that where an hour away from me. They both offered military discounts, which I thought was awesome! Way to Show Your Support!! Thank You!! They were Claudio Franca and Dave Camarillo.
Unfortunately, I did not make it to either. My schedule did not work out for a two hour drive, and with enough time to get back and get enough rest for the next day.
What do you think? Do you think they have such a pricey drop-in rate to deter people from doing?
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Being that the drop-in fee at our school is at the low end, $35 sure seems high. From a marketing standpoint, if it’s that high, they must have folks willing to pay it. I can’t see why they would discourage drop-ins. That would just be bad business. I wonder if they have steady access to drop-ins from hotels/conventions, folks that are willing to pay. Just a thought.
20 bucks is cool drop in feee…but ive found places in california where im accepted, like rodrigo texeira is a really nice guy and let me train for free while i was in town for the mundials and pan ams!
i remember BTT wanted to charge me 40 bucks..and i was like no way bro.
soo yeah im not down w/ the high prices myself.
nice blog btw! i must follow. take care.