Standing is our wrestling class — takedowns, grips, and the standing battle, taught live by a college wrestler. Adults & teens 13+, all levels, no experience needed.
Almost nowhere teaches adults how to wrestle. School wrestling ends, and after that the standing game becomes the part of grappling everyone avoids — matches start on the feet, and most people's answer is to sit down.
Standing fixes that. Every Sunday is dedicated to wrestling built for grappling: takedowns, grip fighting, position, and pressure — taught by Scott, a college wrestler, through the same live, Constraints-Led Approach as the rest of our week.
It's part of the regular schedule and included in every membership — no add-on fee, no separate program.
BJJ players whose ground game outruns their takedowns. A weekly wrestling practice is the fastest way to stop pulling guard by default and start choosing where the match happens.
Wrestled in high school or college and miss the room? This is a live practice with real hand-fighting and real pace — plus a whole gym of grapplers who want what you already have.
Never wrestled a day? Tasks scale to your level, the same way they do in every class here. You'll be hand-fighting and working real positions your first Sunday.
No dead drilling against a partner who falls over on purpose. Standing runs on the Constraints-Led Approach — live tasks with a starting grip, a goal, and rules that shape the problem, against a partner who's actually trying to win.
That's how wrestling has always been trained at a high level, and it's why the skill holds up when it matters — in rounds, in competition, on the feet against someone who doesn't cooperate.
Curious about the method behind the whole gym? Read Our Method.
First class Sunday, September 13 at 1:00 PM — then every Sunday at 6:30 PM starting October 4. Come try it, or sign up and make it part of your week.
525 E Liberty St, Suite B · Downtown Ann Arbor · Wrestling & No-Gi BJJ