Amsterdam Jiu-Jitsu Camp

4th Edition

Official start date

saturday May 16th 2020

official end date 

 Friday,may 22nd 2020

Camp Instructors 

Jean Jacques Machado

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Legend

(HQ California)

Geo "Freakazoid" Martinez

10th Planet Black Belt  

(Oceanside)

Richie "Boogeyman" Martinez

10th Planet Black Belt

(San Diego)

Masakazu Imanari

MMA & Grappling Legend 

(Tokyo)

Jeremy Fields

1oth Planet Black Belt

(Corona)

Ralf Warneking 

1oth Planet Black Belt

(Berlin)

Lauri Karppinen

10th Planet Black Belt 

(Tampere)

Elvira Karppinen

10th Planet Black Belt 

(Tampere)

Corey Guitard

10th Planet Black Belt 

(Montreal) 

Flying in and getting to the center of Amsterdam:

• • Fly into Schiphol Amsterdam (AMS) airport

  • Google Maps works great in Amsterdam for Uber + Public Transport

  • For Amsterdam Centraal, Uber is approximately ~35 euros / 30 mins and Public Transport / Train is ~5 euros, 35 mins 

Getting To and From Camp @ Amsterdam Training Center:

• • Location: Amsterdam Training Center: H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 6, 1096 AN Amsterdam

  • By Public Transport: The camp is walking distance to the Spaklerweg Metro stop. You can get a travel card at any metro station.

  • By Car: Parking is available in front of ATC.

  • By Bike: the fastest and cheapest way to get around Amsterdam is usually by bike. Just make sure to always lock it to a bike rack. If you lock it to something else that isn't a bike rack or bike parking the city might remove it. 

  • Bikes are the fastest way around Amsterdam, and are a joy to ride in nice weather. In addition to metro have the option to ride a bike.  Bikes will be available “Damstraat Rent a Bike” https://goo.gl/maps/AszCYuMDTRr.​

  • Use Google Maps/download an offline map of Amsterdam to save on data

WhatsApp Group:

• • We will have a WhatsApp group so we can communicate with all the camp members, for anyone can ask questions, find each other, etc. Send a WhatsApp to Emad at +31 6 87 131290 to add you to the Amsterdam Jiu Jitsu WhatsApp group.

Laundry:

• • Laundry service is available at the Bulldog Hotel in coin-operated washers/dryers, or make sure to book an Airbnb with a washer/dryer.

Food:

• • There are many grocery stores and restaurants around Amsterdam. Here are some recommendations.

  • Bulldog Hotel Restaurant offers food and drinks and is open late

  • Healthy restaurants: SLA (Chipotle for salads), Salsa Shop (Chipotle clone)

  • Albert Heijn has the most grocery stores in Amsterdam.  Google

  • Burgers: Cannibale Royale and Burger Bar have great burgers and are open late (there are many burger places around).  Use Google to find restaurants open late

  • Sumo Sushi: big all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant

  • Use Google Maps to find good Thai, Indian, Dutch, etc

Fun things to do in Amsterdam

• • TripAdvisor has many good recommendations. Here are a few of our favorites:

  • Rijksmuseum: the Louvre of Amsterdam

  • Amsterdam Museum: a beautiful collection showing the history of Amsterdam

  • Escape Room "Sherlocked": really fun escape room next to the Dam

  • Van Gogh Museum: Van Gogh's story in his art

  • Palace on Dam Square: beautiful building previously taken over by Napolean II

  • Canal Tour: there are many canal tour operators. If the weather is nice, make sure to get on an "open air" tour

  • Explore: renting bikes and riding around the city is one of our favorite activities as locals

  • Seeing Red Light / coffeeshops of course.

Contact: AmsterdamJiuJitsucamp -at- gmail.com

WhatsApp : +31687131290

Note : Tickets are non-refundable