We do things differently here.
Get away from traditional repetitive sport based BJJ training focused on physical dominance at the cost of your mental and physical wellbeing. Meet coaches who invest in your goals and encourage balance and fun in training.
Our focus is therapeutic mindfulness and evidence informed self defense training for all ages.
Join us today to improve your mental health, learn intense and exciting self defense, get in amazing shape and be part of our fun and wild crew of courageous adventure seekers!
Mat Lab is community.
Mat Lab founders Kristi and Fell Jenkins put kids and family first. Our Yinjas BJJ program is one of a kind integrated mindfulness and self defense. Kids learn Brazilian Jiu Jitsu technique to prepare for scrimmages and competition alongside mindfulness practices to improve self esteem, self control and emotional awareness.
Our classes for kids and families at Mat Lab are developed first in schools all over the area. Our school programs for kids and families have been growing so much we decided to bring Yinjas BJJ to everyone!
There are a lot of opportunities for families to train together and attend Mat Lab events that have fun for everyone!
Kids & Family
My child lives with a learning disability/Autism/ADHD/physical disability/special needs can they participate too?
YES!!!! We’ll work with you and your child to develop adaptive movement or additional instruction to support their learning needs. We even have classes specifically for our kids living with Autism and other social emotional learning challenges. Our speciality is special needs programs!
Yinjas is an intentionally inclusive program with powerful tools to support social emotional learning for students struggling with social or emotional development.
We don’t require your undying loyalty and devotion. We encourage cross training and community building.
We don’t expect you to sacrifice your body or mental well being to earn belts and receive promotions. Promotions are earned through class hours and consistent training.
We encourage each student to use BJJ as a tool for wellness. Many people get lost in the culture of BJJ as a way to escape feelings of insecurity or isolation in their personal lives. This can turn obsessive and lead to unbalanced training that increases the risk for catastrophic injury, a lifetime of chronic pain and increased symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Our programs aren’t designed to create a cult around a head instructor. We are here to help you find courageous community and life balance through targeted and challenging ego based training.
