ABOUT PHUKET GRAPPLING ACADEMY

Phuket Grappling Academy was founded in 2021 during the pandemic and in the midst of numerous closures and gym restrictions. Originally intended as a private mat space for a kids program and a group of friends to train, the classes quickly became more popular and it soon transitioned to being a full-time gym, charging a fraction of what the other gyms in Phuket did and making Jiu Jitsu more accessible to the people who lived on the Island and couldn’t afford access to quality training. Taking inspiration from the just released Daisy Fresh series, the small blue room that was the original gym soon became crowded and hosted some intense quality training sessions.

The first gym in SEA to adopt a No-Gi only curriculum, over 2022 the classes and reputation of the training continued to grow with classes often being frequented by UFC, One and PFL fighters as well as numerous high-profile grapplers visiting Phuket. At the end of 2022 the very first ADCC Thailand event took place with the academy beating the other Phuket gyms, which some of the biggest gyms in the world, to take the team trophy and cement its reputation as the best grappling gym in the country.

In January 2023 the gym left the 60m2 Blue room and moved into its current home. Since then the gym has continued on its upwards trajectory winning numerous ADCC open team trophies, hosting camps and training athletes from across the worlds biggest MMA organizations. Widely considered to be one of the best grappling gyms in Asia, the goal is to eventually become one of the best in the world while still keeping training affordable and accessible to regular people.