Ranking of Cambridge/Boston BJJ (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) ...

MassBJJ — I attended a 7:00 a.m. class. The location is great for people in Cambridge, as traffic is really bearable, and also, there is a bike lane right along Mass Ave. Before the class, people were already doing some friendly, easy-going rolling (after the class, they stayed for rolling, too). A brown belt instructor taught the class. There were plenty of students — mostly white belts, but a couple of blue belts, too. The class was well-planned, and it was visible that it was a part of a [...] Ginsberg Academy — As it is conveniently located near Porter Square, I jumped on a bike and dropped to a 6:30 a.m. class. A black belt instructor taught it. It turned out to be a no-gi class, though, and it seems that it is the instructor who decides if the class is a gi or no-gi, on the day before (depending on the weather, as other students told me, as it is pretty hot in the summer, and pretty cold in the winter). The class was well-designed, and there was a lot of emphasis on safety in [...] 617 — I attended a 6:30 a.m. class. The instructor was a brown belt. Three other students showed up (one blue belt and two white belts). There was no stretching or joint lubricating (limb/ head circling) before class, which I found problematic (as mentioned, as a 48-year-old, I really prefer to avoid injuries). The class began with running and general strength exercises (sit-ups, scissors, etc.), which took about 25 minutes. 10–15 more minutes were dedicated to another set of strength