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Running a combat sports club

OSS Academy is the management software for combat sports clubs: BJJ, grappling, judo, MMA, boxing, wrestling and every other discipline. Members, attendance, payments, belts and communication in a single app. Here, the clubs using it share their day-to-day, and our practical guides answer the questions coaches actually ask.

Four Linao Club athletes lined up on the mats of the Nice academy, with black belt Achraf Elhazime in the middle

Academy spotlight · Nice

Linao Club

Founded in Nice in 2024 by Achraf Elhazime, Linao Club became the best kids club on the French Riviera in just two seasons, with 12 CFJJB trophies. A portrait of a club that trains every day, with OSS Academy behind the scenes.

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The students of Bouguetaia Academy in their gis on the club's mats in Nîmes, in front of the club's skull banner

Academy spotlight · Nîmes

Bouguetaia Academy

Since 2010, the BJJ section of the Fighting Club Nîmois Bouguetaia Academy has kept the mats of Nîmes alive. Inside a club with 187 members and 3 sections, led by Mohammed Hicham Bouguetaia, with OSS Academy behind the scenes.

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Clément Herrero and Emma Duprat, head coaches at Judo Jujitsu Colayrac, in their gis at the dojo

Academy spotlight · Colayrac-Saint-Cirq

Judo Jujitsu Colayrac

Founded in 2025 in Colayrac-Saint-Cirq, Judo Jujitsu Colayrac runs judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu side by side. Inside a club that passed 50 members in its first season, with OSS Academy behind the scenes.

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Group photo of MK Team Le Havre members gathered on the dojo mats

Academy spotlight · Le Havre

MK Team Le Havre

Founded in Le Havre in 2007, MK Team trains 150 practitioners, 80% of them competitors, with everything centralised on OSS Academy.

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Group photo of the Saint-Malo Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu members on the club mats

Academy spotlight · Saint-Malo

Saint-Malo Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Founded in 2010, SMBJJ grew from 60 to 180 members in five years. How Gaëtan Gommelet lightened the club's admin load with OSS Academy.

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Three Akela Jiu Jitsu competitors on the podium with national championship medals around their necks

Academy spotlight · Rouen

Akela Jiu Jitsu

Founded in Rouen in 2021 by Sébastien Lecocq, Akela Jiu Jitsu passed 300 members in five seasons. Inside a club that runs on OSS Academy.

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The Elite Grapplers Acemat Jiujitsu group in gi, lined up on the mats of their dojo in Aurillac

Academy spotlight · Aurillac, France

Elite Grapplers Acemat Jiujitsu

Founded in 2025, Elite Grapplers is the only CFJJB club in the Cantal: discovery days, 15 members, a room renovated in 4 months. A launch story.

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A BJJ class at PomPomGalli Jiu-Jitsu: students in gi gathered around the coach demonstrating a ground technique

Academy spotlight · Ploufragan, France

PomPomGalli Jiu-Jitsu

In Brittany, PomPomGalli has taught BJJ and grappling since 2002 on 220 sqm of mats. A historic French club that picked OSS Academy for its admin.

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A Built by Kids competitor in a BbK rashguard, fists clenched after a match in the competition hall

Academy spotlight · Meudon and Igny, France

Built by Kids

Hugo Nunes runs Built by Kids in Meudon and Igny: 300 students, half of them kids. Meet the very first academy to use OSS Academy, and to help shape it.

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Overall Jiu-Jitsu members in their gis during a Brazilian jiu-jitsu class on the club's mats in Dijon

Academy spotlight · Dijon, France

Overall Jiu-Jitsu

22 weekly sessions, open 6 days a week all year, a team of certified coaches. Meet Overall Jiu-Jitsu in Dijon, France, and the booking widget embedded on their site.

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Kenji Sette-Matsushima demonstrating a technique in front of BLR students lined up on the mats

Academy spotlight · Bourg-la-Reine

BLR

In Bourg-la-Reine, near Paris, the BJJ section of ASBR gathers 200 members, 60% of them competitors. Inside Kenji Sette-Matsushima's club, run with OSS Academy.

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A Foucheroll BJJ coach in his gi facing students seated on the mat during a seminar on Reunion Island

Academy spotlight · Saint-Denis and Saint-Benoît, Reunion Island

Foucheroll BJJ

Saint-Denis and Saint-Benoît, 120 adults, 80 kids, 9 black belts. Meet Foucheroll BJJ, the Reunion Island academy that helped shape OSS Academy from day one.

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Jérémy Thévenin, founder of Kairos Jiu Jitsu, refereeing a BJJ match

Academy spotlight · Bourgoin-Jallieu, France

Kairos Jiu Jitsu

In Bourgoin-Jallieu, France, Jérémy Thévenin opens Kairos Jiu Jitsu on September 1, 2026. A look at an academy starting its very first season on OSS Academy.

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