OpenMat Mixed Martial Arts

02/15/2026

Tuesday February 17 - 6pm
Free for OpenMat Members
$60 for non-members

Please email to register.

02/11/2026

Black Belt! 🥋🤼‍♂️

Congratulations to OpenMat’s longest running student, on earning his well deserved black belt from Professor last night. Well deserved!!

12/22/2025

Enjoy the rest and have a safe and happy holidays.

All other days we will be open and running classes as usual.

Pay attention to emails and posts for some holiday open mat training time to be announced!

10/13/2025

Big congrats to on a stellar performance at the IBJJF No Gi Pans! The whole team fought well, but Logan really brought it, submitting his last three opponents on the way to Gold! He’s been consitently coming to class, putting in the work, training hard, and it’s been paying off - so much so, he earned his brown belt last week. Well deserved, Logan!

08/20/2025

Guest instructor alert! black belt of is in town playing the !

He is going to be teaching our 6:00 gi class! All are welcome - don’t miss it!!

08/16/2025

Hope to see y’all today! BBQ starts at 1pm. Potluck vibes, so please bring whatever you like and we’ll throw it on the fire! Classes are on as normal, so if you’re training today, get your post-workout meal with us afterwards. See you soon!

08/11/2025

Come join us for our OpenMat BBQ! 11am-5pm!
We’ll have burgers and hotdogs, but please feel free to bring whatever you like! See you there!

08/11/2025

04/22/2025

Congrats to our competitors, Charlie, Bjoern, Amber, Ron, Dan, Dan, James, Julian, Andy, Daulton, and Jake - and our kids’ competitors Adam, Tor, and Jorge - for their stellar performances this weekend at the Lutando Series BJJ tournament this weekend. Although we had a small team, OpenMat ended up placing second overall!

And huge thanks to Professor for coaching all day!

Extra congrats to:
Charlie - Gold
Bjoern - Gold
Amber - Double Gold
James - Gold
Ashley - Gold, Silver .caitlyn
Andy - Gold, Silver
Jake - Double Gold, Silver
Adam - Silver
Tor - Silver
Jorge - Silver

Stellar work, everyone!!

04/17/2025

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is an incredibly powerful, effecting, empowering, and FUN martial art, but getting started can feel intimidating.

To help make it easier for you, OpenMat is hosting Intro to BJJ: A Beginner’s Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Workshop next Saturday, April 26th from 11:30-1:00.

Whether you’re brand new to Jiu-Jitsu and martial arts, are just getting started, or are in your first year, this workshop will teach you:

- What BJJ is and how it differs from other arts.
- *Why* it works.
- The one strategy you need to protect yourself and those you care about in real self-defence situations.
- How to escape when a bigger, faster, stronger person is trying to control you.
- The four basic positions - what they are, how they relate, and what to do from each of them.
- How to put someone twice your size to sleep.
- And more!

You’ll have a blast, learn cool stuff, and meet great people. Join us! Register by emailing [email protected].

We’ll see you on the mats!

03/09/2025

In honour of International Women’s Day, we are making next Sunday’s .org2030 Women’s Self-Defence Workshop completely free!

Space is limited - email [email protected] to register!

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I’ve spent the last five years focused on growing and Impact Summit, but for the fifteen yeas prior, while building and growing OpenMat MMA, I ran more than 100 free women’s self-defence workshop for more than 2,000 women, most recently through .org2030. And if you know the program, you know that the work includes more than just trying to empower women, but also working to engage men in building a better world.

Part of the reason I’ve dedicated so much to this is that I feel strongly that learning a few simple, basic tools can change one’s sense of safety and confidence, and as important, outcomes. And student testimonials have attested to as much.

Next Sunday, March 16th, we’re running our first women’s self-defence workshop in 5+ years. If you know women in Toronto who you’d like to support in feeling more powerful, more confident, and more safe, please help spread the word.

We need to build a better, safer, healthier world. Along the way, let’s help our women realize how powerful they already are.

Space is limited. Link in bio.