BJJ in Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne is the directory's deepest BJJ city in the **North East** of England with **9 listings**, anchored by two of the country's most-lineage-significant branded rooms and home to the **United Kingdom Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Association (UKBJJA)** — England's sport-BJJ governing body. Pricing is in GBP and runs **£41.67–£85/mo** at adult unlimited tickets, the most affordable major-metro pricing band in England. Adjacent satellite cities — Gateshead (3 gyms), South Shields (2), North Shields (2), Sunderland, Washington, Darlington, Middlesbrough (1 each) — each carry their own slugs and together make the wider Tyneside / Wearside / Teesside BJJ cluster one of the most distributed in the country. The headline anchor is **Alliance Jiu Jitsu Newcastle** under **Chris Short** BB (Alexandre Paiva / Romero "Jacaré" Cavalcanti lineage) — one of only **two Alliance Jiu-Jitsu branches in England** (the other being Alliance Jiu Jitsu London Imperial Wharf) and the directly-credentialed northern outpost of Alliance founder Jacaré Cavalcanti / Fabio Gurgel / Alexandre Paiva's 1993 academy system. Newcastle Alliance offers Bronze (any 2 classes/wk) £65/mo, Silver (3 classes/wk) £75/mo, Gold (unlimited) £85/mo, Kids £45/mo, plus a coaching bench of three black belts (Chris Short, Ross Lowery, Steven Alcock) and two purple belt coaches including a dedicated ladies coach (Ellen Lee). **Newcastle Fight Centre** under **Peter Irving** (Carlson Gracie / Crezio de Souza lineage) is the city's **Carlson Gracie** representative — a direct Carlson Gracie line through Crezio de Souza, distinct from the London-Carlson Gracie chain under Wilson Junior. **Team Phoenix Martial Arts** at £70/mo, **Universal Martial Arts** under **Stephen Savage** BB, **The Advanced Fighting Centre est. 1993** (one of the longest-running MMA / BJJ gyms in the North East), and **Moi Fa Martial Arts Academy** round out the city's bench. **Northern Kings Gym** appears as a senior North East combat sports listing. The **United Kingdom Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Association (UKBJJA)** is listed here at £41.67–£75/mo — note that this is the sport-BJJ governing body (membership/affiliation tiers), not a training academy itself, and that England's older Japanese-rooted Ju-Jutsu schools under the British Jiu-Jitsu Association GB (BJJAGB) / Jiu Jitsu Foundation / British Combat Association umbrellas operate separately and are not included in this BJJ directory.