Edinburgh City Jiu Jitsu

We hope all those sweeps really swept you off your feet..

Mastering the art of perfect timing for your Okuri-Ashi-Barai can be a challenging task.. all the more reason to get to training!

It was great to host and learn from our guest Instructor, Sensei Dan. Joining us from Cambridge to take part in our celebration weekend. 🎉

We hope you no longer fear a good bit of ceilidh dancing! 😄

A great start to our Jitsu Scotlands 30th anniversary weekend ☀️

We had a fantastic weekend of training and competitions at Randori Nationals 2026!

Thank you to all who attended, trained with us, taught us and fought us. 💥

A big congratulations to our Scottish competitors, who brought home a staggering 7 medals and the 1st place Elite final trophy! 🏆

Tachi Waza (standing):

Seva Gold 🥇
Finn Silver 🥈
Hedley Silver🥈
Carola Bronze 🥉
Callum 4th

Ne Waza (ground):

Callum Bronze 🥉
Carola Bronze 🥉
Finn Bronze 🥉
Hedley 4th

And of course, our home grown Sensei, the National Elite lightweight open Randoris champion 2026..🥁

Sensei Seva ✨

A tremendous effort from everyone involved. We couldn’t be more proud of you all. 👏

We had a great weekend of training with visiting Instructor Sensei Suraj all the way up from Aston .

We were privileged to have him teaching at both our Open All Friday session and running our Saturday Brown and Dan, focusing on boxing skills.💥

It was one not to be missed!

📣 Calling all Jitsuka, Past and Present 📣

Dust off the Gi and Kilt, Jitsu Scotland turns 30!

In honour of our anniversary, marking 30 years since our Edinburgh clubs first started, we are celebrating. In true traditional form, with fighting, drinking and a ceilidh. 🎶

It will be a memorable weekend, reuniting jitsu members across the years and countries. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Share memories and book your place today:
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Makikomis Are For Everyone✨

We had a fantastic session last weekend, having Sensei Ian Lambert (7th Dan), who travelled all the way from Detroit, back on the mat in Edinburgh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

After over two decades as head of Scotland and being Chair of The Jiu Jitsu Foundation, it was a pleasure to host him. Reuniting the Edinburgh jitsu family. 🙌

Fortunately Sensei Ian will be returning to Scotland at the end of May to teach at our biggest event of the year, celebrating 30 years of Edinburgh Jitsu!🍾

- Guest Instructor Announcement for this Weekends Training Schedule -

Friday 6pm-8pm

. drumroll please 🥁..

An Atemis Dan Open Champ🏆.
With over 13 years experience as a TJJF black belt 📣.
The one and only Sensei Suraj Soren, 3rd Dan. Who has traveled all the way up from Aston to join us.

Open to Novice+

Let’s get a good turnout and show him what Scottish jitsuka are all about 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🥋

‘In a fresh dose of 30th anniversary nostalgia, we are excited to say that Sensei Ian Lambert will be our guest instructor on Saturday 7th March!

Make sure you clear your diaries for an amazing session and then pub social after so you can learn from one of the Edinburgh greats!’