Kids Jiu Jitsu · Ages 6–12 · Chatsworth
No punches, no kicks. Your child learns to escape, hold position and stay calm.
Rated 5.0 on Google (101 reviews) as of September 2026
Your first class is free. No commitment.
Takes under a minute. We call or text you to confirm Tuesday 5:00 PM or Friday 4:00 PM.
Part of Renzo Gracie Los Angeles, an official Renzo Gracie affiliate academy.
"The teachers care and will listen with patience and kindness. I signed up all 4 of my kids."
Alice Elias, via Google
Who this is for
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She speaks in a small voice and backs away from anything physical. You worry a martial arts class will be loud and rough, and that she will cry and want to leave. The room here is kids aged 6 to 12, and the coach is on the mat with them. The class follows a set curriculum, so your child knows what they are working on. The curriculum starts with guard positions and escapes, so the first wins are small ones: a grip that holds, an escape that works.
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He has energy to burn after school, and team sports have not held his attention. This class keeps kids moving, on a set curriculum, with a coach who runs the room. The energy has somewhere to go.
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Someone at school called him a name, or pushed him, and he stopped talking about it. You want him to be able to handle himself without turning into the kid who hits back. Jiu jitsu has no punches and no kicks. Your child learns to stay calm, get out from under someone bigger, and walk away. A kid who knows how to get out of a hold stands differently, and other kids notice.
What happens
9745 Independence Ave, Chatsworth, with parking on site. Get there a little before the start time so your child can see the room before class begins, and bring a water bottle.
The class is 60 minutes and Carter Lee is the Kids Jiu Jitsu coach. Your child works on technique and drills it with a partner. Kids learn to escape bad positions before they learn to finish. Control before finish, always. When kids roll, it is with partners at similar levels. Always coached, always purposeful. Any child can stop a round by tapping or by telling the coach.
Pick Tuesday 5:00 PM or Friday 4:00 PM for the free class.
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Kids who train BJJ carry themselves differently: not with aggression, but with self-assurance. Jiu jitsu has no punches and no kicks, so the class is grips, escapes and holds, and the confidence comes from knowing how to get out from under someone.
Sixty minutes on a set curriculum: technique, drilling with a partner, and coached rounds. Kids know what they are working on, and a coach is on the mat the whole time.
On the mat you tap when you're caught. No ego survives BJJ. Kids learn that losing is part of learning, and that respecting your training partner is non-negotiable. Progress here is earned, and the pride that comes with it is something no participation trophy can replicate.
Tuesdays 5:00 PM and Fridays 4:00 PM, 60 minutes each, and neither one is right before bedtime. Two classes a week is how the program is built. Pick either one for the free class.
Who teaches
Coach Carter Lee, BJJ purple belt and Hapkido black belt, about 20 years in martial arts.
Carter is the Kids Jiu Jitsu coach at Renzo Gracie Evolution.
He also teaches Hapkido here.
The academy is led by Professor Jaime Mendez, black belt under Shawn Williams (5th-degree Renzo Gracie black belt).
The offer
We give the first class away because the class makes a better argument than a web page.
After the free class, kids memberships start at $129/month.
Jiu jitsu as taught here has no punches and no kicks. Kids learn to escape bad positions before they learn to finish. The first skill your child owns on the mat is a way out. Control before finish, always. Kids bump into each other in any contact sport. We will not pretend otherwise. The part we control is how the room is run: a coach on the mat the whole time, partners at similar levels, and a round that ends the moment a child taps or tells the coach.
This is not a striking class. Your child learns to get out of a bad position and control what happens next without hurting anyone. On the mat, the calmest kid is the one who wins position. Losing is part of learning here: you tap when you're caught, and you respect the partner who caught you. Posture and eye contact tend to change before the skills do. We make no promises about your child's behavior at school. A 2017 review of 12 studies covering 507 children aged 6 to 18 found that martial arts training reduced aggression.*
* Harwood, Lavidor and Rassovsky, Aggression and Violent Behavior 34 (2017): 96–101.
Both get the same class: a room of kids aged 6 to 12, with Coach Carter Lee running the hour. For the shy one, any round ends the moment she taps or tells the coach, so she decides how rough it gets. For the one who can't sit still, the hour has a set curriculum and a coach who runs the room. Your kid may cry the first day. Most come back.
Kids Jiu Jitsu is for ages 6 to 12. Classes run Tuesdays 5:00 PM and Fridays 4:00 PM, 60 minutes each. Two classes a week is the design, and neither slot is right before bedtime. Pick either one for the free class. Under 6? Tiny Tigers Hapkido (ages 4–6) is the place to start. For more mat days, Kids Muay Thai meets Monday and Thursday at 5:00 PM.
Kids memberships start at $129/month. Your first class is free. No commitment.
Tuesday 5:00 PM · Friday 4:00 PM
Bring them in, let them try a class, meet the coaches, and see how they feel. Your first class is free. No commitment.
Questions first? Call 818-850-0671.
Also here
Kids start at age 4 here with Tiny Tigers Hapkido, and older kids can train Hapkido, Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai in the same building. Ask us which plan covers which classes.
Your first class is free. No commitment.
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