BJJ Gifts

How to pick a jiu-jitsu gift when you don't train

Start with how often they go. Someone who trains three or four nights a week lives out of a gi bag, so the useful gifts ride along: a steel bottle, the Better Training Partners gi tote or a sticker for the bottle they already carry. More of those are in BJJ accessories.

You don't need to know their belt. Most designs are about training, not rank: Better Than Yesterday, Show Up Anyway, Breathe Grip Smile Repeat. The exception is a promotion. The Earned, Not Given tee is made for that day, and if they just tied on a black belt, see black belt gifts. Ask a teammate, not them, if you want to keep it a surprise.

Then think about who it is for. If they train and you want something they will use every week, go practical: the Grappler Progress Journal for logging rolls, a steel bottle for open mat, or a piece from BJJ training gear. For the instructor who teaches your partner or child, go to gifts for BJJ coaches, and for a young grappler there are gifts for kids in BJJ.

Two safe first picks: a tee, with sizes listed on every product page, or the Grappler Progress Journal, which they can fill in after class. All of these BJJ gifts are printed to order, so it pays to order ahead of a birthday or promotion day. If they train Judo too, grappling gifts cover both mats, and the full range lives in BJJ apparel and gear.

Shop by their belt

If you know what rank they hold, these shelves are narrower and easier to choose from: BJJ gifts for white belts, blue belts, purple belts, brown belts and black belts.