BJJ Gyms in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's BJJ footprint in this directory is **11 gyms — all in Belfast** — making it one of the smallest national entries and a true single-city scene. Pricing is in GBP and adult unlimited sits in a tight **£60–£75/mo** band, well below London and roughly in line with regional England, with drop-ins from £8 (Talos) to £12 (Fight Academy Ireland). The instructor bench is unusually credentialed for the country's size: **Braulio Estima** is the most-represented black-belt lineage (BASE Jiu Jitsu's deep stack, plus Lycan's Graham Keys), with additional black belts under **Zé Marcello / Icon Team** (Icon Belfast), **Peter Mamaev / Jungle BJJ Ireland** (Talos) and the **SBG (Straight Blast Gym)** network. Northern Ireland is also the home of **BASE Jiu Jitsu — BJJ School Belfast**, the country's first **IBJJF-certified** academy. The headline academies are **SBG Belfast** under **Damien Mulgrave** BB (Straight Blast Gym network, city-centre on Joy's Entry, full age-graded curriculum from 4-year-olds through Grumpy Grapplers 35+); **Icon Jiu Jitsu Belfast** under **David Terry** BB (Boucher Centre, lineage to 6th-degree **Zé Marcello** of the global Icon Team); **Talos Grappling** under co-owners **Harry Lewis** and **Conor Toland** (both BB under **Peter Mamaev**, 1st-degree black belt of **Jungle BJJ Ireland** — the most direct cross-border link tying the Belfast scene into the Republic of Ireland circuit); **Lycan Grappling Academy** under **Graham Keys** BB under **Braulio Estima** (East Belfast, formerly **Gracie Barra Belfast/NI** and still using the graciebarrabelfast Instagram handle, the only **gracie-barra** affiliation in the state); **BASE Jiu Jitsu — BJJ School Belfast** under **Alan Lowry** BB under **Braulio Estima** (NI's first **IBJJF-certified** academy in Carryduff with a stacked black-belt bench including Eddie Salisbury, Ciaran Toal, Conor Dunbar, Kevin McCall, Ronnie Malone, Aaron Rainey and Shaun Slane); **New Ground Jiu Jitsu Academy** (Union Street city centre, **ZR Team UK** affiliate under **Alain Pozo**); **Fight Academy Ireland** (one of Belfast's largest MMA clubs, with BB instructor **Luke Buchanan** — described as Ireland's youngest ever black belt — running the BJJ / no-gi track alongside head coach **Liam Shannon**); and **Trickster Jiu Jitsu** (Edinburgh Street off Lisburn Road, **UKBJJA**-registered, brown-belt led by **Conleth O'Grady**). Rounding out the city: **IFS MMA**, **Blackstaff Grappling** and **Vanquish Brazilian Jiu Jitsu** as smaller / MMA-leaning rooms. Two regional notes: (1) the Belfast scene is **organically connected to the Republic of Ireland's BJJ circuit** via the Talos / Jungle BJJ Ireland thread, with NI competitors regularly travelling south for opens and seminars; and (2) traditional **Japanese Ju-Jitsu** clubs in Northern Ireland (WJJF affiliates, Kennedy Jujitsu, Bujinkan, etc.) are **NOT BJJ** and are not counted in this directory.