Goffstown, New Hampshire

Build Confidence. Develop Skill. Become Your Best Through Jiu-Jitsu.

Arete Jiu Jitsu Collective is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy focused on technical excellence, personal growth, and a community where anyone can learn, improve, and challenge themselves.

Arete Jiu Jitsu mat with crest banner and garage doors
Arete Jiu Jitsu Collective — Goffstown, NH
Arete mat and lounge area
Clean mats · Welcoming space
A collective, not a crowd

The room gets better when every person in it gets better.

We pursue excellence together. Serious practice, thoughtful coaching, and respect for every stage of the journey.

ExcellenceDisciplineCommunityHumilityAdaptability
Constraints-Led Coaching

Learn to solve the problem in front of you.

Jiu-Jitsu is alive. Our coaching reflects that. Instead of collecting disconnected techniques, students explore realistic situations and learn what works, when, and why.

Notice

Read balance, pressure, space, and movement.

Choose

Make decisions inside purposeful training games.

Adapt

Build answers that change as your partner changes. The result is a capable problem-solver, not a technique recorder.

Adult Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

A place to begin. A practice to grow into.

Beginners, experienced practitioners, fitness-focused students, and competitors share one structured curriculum—each working at the right edge of their ability.

Gi Jiu-Jitsu
No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu
Wrestling & takedowns
Positional development
Live training
All experience levels
Arete weekly class schedule
🥋Photo: Ian Joubert
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Founder & Head Instructor

Experience, organized into a better way to learn.

Ian Joubert is a U.S. Army veteran with more than 16 years across Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, wrestling, Judo, and MMA. He helped run the Modern Army Combatives Program and later spent ten years as a Quality Engineer at BAE Systems.

That unusual combination—grappling experience, teaching, and systems thinking—shapes a clear and analytical coaching approach that remains deeply human.

16+ years grapplingU.S. Army veteran10 years quality engineeringExperienced black-belt instruction
Membership

Make training fit your week.

Unlimited$170/mo

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2× Weekly$140/mo

A consistent twice-weekly practice.

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Annual$1,700

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Drop-in$25

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Inside the academy

Calm, clean, and ready for good work.

The environment removes friction so students can focus on learning.

  • Competition-quality mats
  • Welcoming community
  • Structured curriculum
  • Professional space
  • Black-belt instruction
  • Training without ego
Elevated view of the Arete academy mat and seating area
Goffstown, New Hampshire

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