BJJ in Liverpool

Liverpool is the directory's **third-deepest English BJJ city** with **25 listings** across Merseyside — a heavily independent grappling scene without a dominant single-brand chain. The city sits at the affordable end of the English pricing spectrum: state average **£73/mo** with most adult unlimited tickets clustered at **£55–£94.50/mo**, drop-in fees notably low at an average **~£9**. Affiliation-wise, "Independent / Unaffiliated" is the modal label here — Liverpool's mat scene is built around long-running local coaches and dedicated MMA gyms rather than franchised network branches. Adjacent satellite cities like Bootle, Birkenhead, Wallasey, Wirral, Saint Helens and Prescot have their own single-academy slugs in this directory. The headline coach in the metro is **Jason Tan** at **The MMA Academy** (the city's senior MMA / BJJ academy), whose lineage threads through several other Liverpool rooms — most notably **The MMA Academy Formby** under his student **James "Jay" Owen** BB. **Next Generation MMA Liverpool** under **Paul Rimmer** BB at £94.50/mo flat is one of the city's most established MMA + BJJ gyms (with a Birkenhead satellite as its own city slug). **Engine Room Gym** and **Red To Black Ju-Jitsu Club** appear as senior Liverpool listings but without confirmed BJJ-specific lineage data — included for completeness. **Training Grounds- Maghull** under **Kevin McAlister** BB at £90/mo, **Art of Grappling Liverpool** under **Kieran Fletcher** BB at £60/mo, **Kasai Brazilian Jiu Jitsu** under **Marc Morrell** BB at £55–£75/mo, **Yokai Grappling Academy** under **Phil Bennett** BB (Roger Gracie lineage — the city's confirmed Roger Gracie / Renzo Gracie line representative) at £70/mo, **Levels Brazilian Jiu Jitsu** under Martin at £60–£70/mo, **Budokan MMA** under **Paul McLoughlin** BB at £60/mo, and **Aspire Combat Sports Academy** under **Phil Turner** BB at £130/mo (the city's premium-end ticket) form the spine of the Liverpool BJJ + grappling academy bench. **Team Sukata** under **Mario Sukata** BB and **Tony Bebbington Ju-Jitsu Academy** under **Tony Bebbington** are older listings — Tony Bebbington being a long-running Liverpool Japanese-rooted Ju-Jitsu / grappling figure included here for completeness, distinct from the Brazilian system. **4 Corner Combat And Fitness Gym** (Independent) at £60–£80/mo and **MMA DEFENCE** round out the rest of the directory's Liverpool list. Liverpool is one of the only top-10 English cities without a confirmed Gracie Barra branch directly inside the city limits (Halton/Widnes covers the nearest GB room).