Grappling · 13 classes a week
Jiu-Jitsu (gi)
The house's foundation. Ground fighting in the kimono, where the grip on the cloth is half the technique. The fundamentals classes are for white belts — and for anyone wanting to revisit the basics; the advanced class asks for blue or above. Gradings twice a year.
September 2026 · Tatame Matosinhos
When there is Jiu-Jitsu (gi)
Sign in to enrol — a monthly enrolment holds your place every week.
13 classes a week in September. Tap one to try it — the first is on us.
Monday · today
- See details — Monday 07:00, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), All belts, Sofia Brandão 07:00–08:00 Sofia Brandão · Tatame All belts Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Monday 07:00
- See details — Monday 19:30, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), White belt, Rui Salgado 19:30–21:00 Rui Salgado · Tatame White belt Fundamentals Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Monday 19:30
- See details — Monday 21:00, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), Blue belt, Rui Salgado 21:00–22:00 Rui Salgado · Tatame Blue belt Advanced — blue belt or above Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Monday 21:00
Tuesday
- See details — Tuesday 12:30, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), All belts, Sofia Brandão 12:30–13:30 Sofia Brandão · Tatame All belts Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Tuesday 12:30
- See details — Tuesday 19:30, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), White belt, Tomás Guedes 19:30–21:00 Tomás Guedes · Tatame White belt Fundamentals Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Tuesday 19:30
Wednesday
- See details — Wednesday 07:00, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), All belts, Sofia Brandão 07:00–08:00 Sofia Brandão · Tatame All belts Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Wednesday 07:00
- See details — Wednesday 19:30, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), White belt, Rui Salgado 19:30–21:00 Rui Salgado · Tatame White belt Fundamentals Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Wednesday 19:30
- See details — Wednesday 21:00, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), Blue belt, Rui Salgado 21:00–22:00 Rui Salgado · Tatame Blue belt Advanced — blue belt or above Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Wednesday 21:00
Thursday
- See details — Thursday 18:30, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), White belt, Sofia Brandão 18:30–19:30 Sofia Brandão · Tatame White belt Fundamentals Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Thursday 18:30
- See details — Thursday 21:00, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), Purple belt, Rui Salgado 21:00–22:00 Rui Salgado · Tatame Purple belt Competition group — purple belt or above, closed group Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Thursday 21:00
Friday
- See details — Friday 07:00, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), All belts, Sofia Brandão 07:00–08:00 Sofia Brandão · Tatame All belts Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Friday 07:00
- See details — Friday 19:45, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), All belts, Rui Salgado 19:45–21:15 Rui Salgado · Tatame All belts Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Friday 19:45
Saturday
- See details — Saturday 11:30, Jiu-Jitsu (gi), All belts, Rui Salgado 11:30–13:00 Rui Salgado · Tatame All belts Open mat — free training, gi or no-gi Try it Jiu-Jitsu (gi) — Saturday 11:30
Who runs the sessions
Teachers of Jiu-Jitsu (gi)
- Rui Salgado Jiu-Jitsu (gi) · Jiu-Jitsu (no-gi) Jiu-Jitsu black belt and head coach. He competed abroad for ten years, between Rio de Janeiro and California, and came home to Matosinhos in 2017 to open Tatame. He teaches the fundamentals, …
- Sofia Brandão Jiu-Jitsu (gi) · Jiu-Jitsu (no-gi) Purple belt. She teaches the seven-in-the-morning sessions — gi, all belts — and Thursday's fundamentals. A physiotherapist by day, which shows in how she insists on the warm-up.
- Tomás Guedes Jiu-Jitsu (gi) · Jiu-Jitsu (no-gi) Brown belt, and Rui's first student in Matosinhos. He teaches the lunchtime no-gi and Tuesday's fundamentals, and he is the one who explains the same grip four ways until one of them …
Your first session is free
Try Jiu-Jitsu (gi)
Tell us which discipline calls you — or whether it is for a child — and we will tell you which session to turn up to this week. Bring sports clothes; we lend the rest.
Rather talk to us? Call, or drop by the reception between 5 and 9 pm.