Bellingham BJJ

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the City of Subdued Excitement! For self defense, for sport, for life. For everybody & every body. By Jeff Shaw & friends.

06/11/2026

Gi To Sea is complete for the year! I have about a million folks to thank, but I tried to cut it down to 10.

— Our staff like Jesse Johns Patrick DePuydt Jamie Chevalier and everyone who volunteered to help move mats to Boulevard Park
— Guest instructors Bernardo Faria Dominyka Obelenytė Seph Smith Nicolas Germanos and Doctors of Physio // Jiu Jitsu Rehab & Longevity who taught incredible stuff
— PNW academy owners like Unicorn Jiu Jitsu Hillary VanOrnum Snowblind BJJ Jesse Phillips Synapse Jiu Jitsu and Eleanor Kahn who came out and lent their support
— The Downtown Bellingham partnership which supports Downtown with amazing events and WWU SBDC which provides high quality business advice (school owners, you have to check these folks out!)
— Growing Veterans and everyone who supported the Rollathon! We’ll have a final tally for what we raised tomorrow but we exceeded my wildest dreams and I’m so grateful
— Visitors who came from a long way away, like John Michael Matta John Zanetti and Peter McGregor (who also did a lot of valuable coaching at office hours)
— Cascadia Daily News who covered the event! Support local journalism always, and they have such a talented bunch of reporters there.
— Dominyka Obelenyte who created a memorable art piece right before our eyes, down at Boulevard Park and in front of the academy
— The City of Bellingham Washington who provided a tourism grant for the second straight year, helping us go big and bold … and finally,
— Special thanks to our four new black belts, Ty Robert , Katie Fialko, Nicolas Germanos and Jacob Standaert . This was a special week for all of us, and your presence both during this week and over the years was awesome. Congratulations on this huge step in the journey.

Appreciate y’all for making this year amazing. You won’t believe what we have planned for next year 🙌🏼😍🙌🏼

05/11/2026

Do you want to look really good, get amazing prices and support the academy? THE REST OF MAY IS A HECKUVA TIME TO DO JUST THAT.

The new rashguards (Dogs of BBJJ, and ‘s guillotine rashie) are coming in soon, which means it’s crazy sale price time. For the month of May, kindly enjoy these special prices on all the gear in the academy:

All Adult rashguards (Godzilla, Kong, Bobby Hill, Campfire / Sasquatch): $25. We have limited sizes available so make sure the size you want is there! These are usually $50.
Kids Rashguards (Godzilla!): $20. Tons of sizes left.

Zip-up Hoodies. $30. (We don’t skimp on the hoodies, folks: These are the softest and coolest hoodies on the market. We’ve got some with the standard logo, and some with the hound dog logo.) These are usually $60.

Crew neck sweaters: $30. These were super-popular, and we have a few left. Don’t miss out! These are usually $60.

Godzilla T-shirts: $20
BBJJ logo t-shirts: $20
Tank Tops: $15

Hats & Beanies: $20
Sweatpants: $20
Spats: $20
Gloves & shinpads for striking classes (7 ounce fingerless gloves and 16 ounce boxing gloves): $35.

You can order in the academy by grabbing Jeff, Pat or Jesse, or you can self-pay by Venmo. You can also send us an email asking to charge your card.

Thanks for reading this novel/catalog/travelogue. See y’all in the academy soon!

05/10/2026

THIS SATURDAY! The legendary will be here. You do NOT want to miss this opportunity to train with one of the best of all time. Register at bellinghambjj dot com slash Hannette. This replaces our regular Saturday class and starts at 11 a.m.

05/07/2026

BACK AGAIN for Gi To Sea: the one and only of is coming from June 4-7! If you want to learn spectacular technique while having a great time, you want to train with Seph. If you don’t want those things, what are you even doing? Can’t wait for Seph’s latest trim to Bellingham.

05/04/2026

Want to learn the choi bar, and how it connects to kimura and triangle (among other attacks?) Check out these details from Nicolas Germanos of and come to Nicolas’ class on the position at our Gi to Sea Festival the first week of June! Nicolas is teaching Friday, June 5 at noon, and you’ll also get to learn from luminaries like Bernardo Faria, Dominyka Obelynyte, Diana from Open Mat Physio, and many more. Check out BellinghamBJJ dot com slash GiToSea for details!

05/03/2026

So proud of the whole team today! Whatever the results, everybody displayed great jiujitsu — and the results were impressive. LJ won 🥇 🥇 in gi and nogi, and also took 🥈 in nogi absolute. Herbert earned 🥇 in gi and 🥈 nogi, and Griffin took one 🥈 and one 🥉— and by the way, this was Griffin’s first tournament and blue belt and LJ’s first competition at purple belt. Riley performed well in his two matches, fighting up in weight and belt level, and Michal made his return to the competition mats as well. Huge congratulations to everyone who competed — it always yields valuable insights for improvement — and huge thanks to Tony, Pat and Kelsey for coaching. It’s gratifying for all the instructors to see everyone improve, and watching folks’ hard work pay off on the mats fills everyone with pride.

05/01/2026

Seven years of Bellingham BJJ downtown.

Seven is a number that human cultures have ascribed magical properties to for a long time. The Mesopotamians gave it mystical significance in 22nd century BCE. The Pythagoreans thought it had spiritual properties. It’s still the most likely number to be called people’s favorite number throughout western culture.

Know what’s magic to me? That we get to wake up every day and train. That almost 2,000 people have started their journey with us. And that almost everyone in this photo — which is of our very first class in the downtown space, May 1, 2019 — is still training, either here or the other places in the world they moved.

Whether you’re a day one person that’s still here, like .thompson .odonovan Matt or Derek; whether you got your start here but train elsewhere; whether you moved around the world to train and teach at other spots like Sean, Neto, or Tony; whether you tried it and are taking a break, or whether you just gave it a shot, thank you for sharing these mats with us.

We’ve got covers on them now 😜.

Here’s to the next seven years. Come celebrate.

04/30/2026

Tony taught gold lasso techniques last night, and we worked more on open guard. If you missed out, come on in tonight … especially because it’s your last chance to train with Pete McGregor until June! He’ll be back for Gi To Sea, but come in tonight and you won’t regret it. See you there.

04/28/2026

Every time Niamh from visits, we learn great new technique. This time, Jeff and Niamh team-taught a class about omoplata in the 🥋 when your partner stands to pass. Whether you were a first time omoplatist or a practiced shoulder and wristlocker, hopefully you had as much fun as we did.

Guard week rolls on tonight in nogi!

04/27/2026

TONIGHT: shows how to use the gi to slow your partner down when they stand to pass. You’ll be so efficient it’ll look like you’re moving at speed while they’re standing still.

ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT: Our new Intro To BJJ session starts! We’ve been running fun, high quality introductory cohorts for beginners downtown for almost 7 full years (uh, wow), and these are great opportunities to try jiujitsu in a safe, friendly environment. Still a few spots left!

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