Between twelve and sixteen a lot changes. You get stronger, more independent and you want to train more seriously, but an adult group is often still one step too far. That is why Ruthless has a separate youth group for young people from 12 to 16.
Here you train with people your own age and are taught at a level that suits your age and experience. Through the week striking, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, grappling and MMA all come up. Not a childish version of the sport, but real technique, conditioning and teamwork under the guidance of experienced coaches.
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10:00 - 11:00
There is a fixed weekly schedule: Monday wrestling and MMA, Tuesday boxing and BJJ, Wednesday strength and conditioning and MMA, Thursday FCB and BJJ, Friday wrestling and striking, and on Saturday morning grappling. You do not have to do everything. Most choose two or three fixed moments.
Sparring only happens here when your coach thinks you are ready, with the same protective gear as the adults. It is never compulsory.
At the youth classes two or three coaches are on the mat, the same ones who run the kids group: Amir and Djamil for MMA, Leandro, Angelo and Harrold for BJJ, and Amir and Ehsan for striking.
That is why they know you after a few weeks: how you train, where you drop off and when you can handle more. You will find all Ruthless coaches on About us.
The first class is free and without obligation. Signing up can be done either way: by your parents or by yourself. A parent does not have to come along to the first class, but is always welcome to stay and watch.
You start with a solid warm up. Then the coach explains the technique of the day and you practise it calmly with a buddy. The class often ends with conditioning work and a cool down. Everyone trains at their own level and making mistakes is part of it.
You work in changing pairs, which means you get to know the group quickly. For young people that means training seriously with people their own age; for parents it means an environment where guidance, safety and respect come first.
In your first class you hear the same agreement as everyone else: what you learn on the mat stays on the mat. Not in the school playground, not on the street, not at home on your brother or sister. Here that is not a side note but a firm agreement.
If we hear that it happens anyway, there is a conversation first. If it happens again, we call in your parents. And if it keeps happening, there is no place here any more, however good someone is.
That sounds strict and it is. Anyone who learns how to put someone on the ground also has to learn when not to. That second part is just as much a part of the training here.
For children and youth there is a separate, lower rate than for adults. There is no registration fee. You choose a membership of six months or a year, with a notice period of one month after that.
Cannot your child come every week? There is a 10-class card as well. View all prices
The questions parents and young people ask us most often.
Sports clothes, a water bottle and a towel. Shoes come off and everyone walks through the foot bath first, so flip flops are handy. For the trial class you do not need to buy anything: you borrow protective gear from us. Once you become a member you do buy your own kit.
If they want to. BJJ tournaments run through Smoothcomp, in consultation with the coach. Taking part is never compulsory.
There is a class every weekday plus Saturday. Twice a week is enough to make progress.
The classes are at the end of the afternoon, from 16:00 to 17:45, plus Saturday morning. You decide how often you come: twice a week is the point where it really starts to click for most people, but once is fine too.
No, and it is the most asked question at this age. Training is done in changing pairs, so within an hour you have worked with half the group.
You do not have to. You are always welcome to stay and watch, as there are chairs along the mat, but you can just as well drop your child off and pick them up later.
Yes. What you learn on the mat stays on the mat. That is the agreement everyone hears in their first class, and we hold to it. If it does happen outside the gym, there is a conversation, then a conversation with your parents present, and if it keeps happening there is no place here any more.
From 12 up to and including 16.
Tougher, more technique, and you are addressed as an athlete instead of as a child.
Around the age of seventeen. But it is not a hard line: level and build count just as much.
Not in the regular class. On Wednesday, after the MMA class, there is room to spar; that happens at the coach’s invitation and is never compulsory.
At Ruthless you grow up through the club without having to change gyms.
From Ruthless Kids you move to the youth group at around twelve, and around seventeen you move on to the adult classes.
What does not change: the same membership, the same gym, often the same coaches. View Ruthless Kids · View all programs
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