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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.
MB Academy
Founded in 2005 by Jean-Louis Mbongo, a 4th degree black belt, MB Academy brings together three clubs in Paris 16, Issy-les-Moulineaux and Étampes, with classes seven days a week, 7 black belt instructors and a network of 10 affiliated clubs in France, French Polynesia and Africa. Portrait of a club where everyone has a place, which manages its members, internal communication and club shop with OSS Academy.
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FIFTY FIFTY
Founded in 2015 in Villiers-sur-Marne, FIFTY FIFTY has grown past 200 members without losing its family spirit. 16 weekly sessions, 5 black belt instructors, kids, teens, women-only and adult sections, and a two-time 2026 CFJJB French champion, led by president Bouba Diakité. Portrait of a club as strong in competition as it is close-knit day to day, and which manages its members with OSS Academy.
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Brazilian Sport Club Crozon
Founded in 2018 on the Crozon peninsula, where you previously had to drive 60 kilometres to find a mat, Brazilian Sport Club now has more than 75 members, 17 classes a week and three training halls. A portrait of a Breton club that produces French champions without losing its family spirit, and runs its day-to-day with OSS Academy.
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Moka Team 443
Founded in 2017 in Nantes, Moka Team 443 is the club where the Moka Team began. 330 members, 32 sessions a week, IBJJF podiums at every belt and a sport-study program, led by Baptiste Landais. A portrait of a club that wins as a team without ever closing its doors to beginners, and runs its daily operations on OSS Academy.
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Meta Jiu Jitsu
Opened in December 2022 in Toulouse with around forty square metres of mats, Meta Jiu Jitsu now has a hundred in the city centre. A portrait of an independent club fielding three French-champion black belts, sixteen classes a week twelve months a year, that builds everything in house, right down to its online curriculum.
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Next Level Jiu Jitsu Besançon
Present in Besançon since 2017, Next Level Jiu Jitsu Besançon became a registered association in May 2025. Portrait of a 50-member club led by Alpha Sankhor, a software engineer turned brown belt, who was about to build his own management tool before discovering OSS Academy.
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Horizon Academy
Founded in 2018, Horizon Academy is expanding to Tergnier and Saint-Quentin this season. A portrait of a 61-member club affiliated with CDK Team and CFJJB, built on grit, technique and competition, that runs its daily operations on OSS Academy.
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Moka Team 64
Opened in August 2023 in Anglet, in the French Basque Country, Moka Team 64 treats its small roster as a strength. A portrait of an 18-member club that corrects every student individually, funds its competitors' travel, and runs its daily operations on OSS Academy.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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