Free · first class
- Any fundamentals slot
- Gi lent for free
- Turn up in a t-shirt and shorts
Affiliated academy · North
Palestra XXL
Gallarate · Varese · Lombardy — the CrossFight BJJ programme in the north.
- Instructors
- Mauro Dal Maso · Salvatore Amoruso
- Address
- Via A. Pegoraro 1, Gallarate (VA)
- BJJ classes
- Mon · Wed · Fri, evenings
- Gym hours
- Mon–Fri 09:30–22:30 · Sat 09:30–17:00
01 The academy
A fight room
inside a gym
Twenty minutes from Malpensa, and the northernmost mat under the badge.
Palestra XXL is a full-size fitness club in Gallarate with more than twenty courses on its timetable — and, in its martial arts room, the CrossFight Academy Brazilian jiu-jitsu programme. The pairing works better than it sounds: you get a serious, technically strict BJJ class taught to the same syllabus as the headquarters in Rome, in a building that also has the strength floor and conditioning classes to support it.
Classes are split so that nobody is stranded. The first slot is the technical class — a position, its variations, and controlled drilling, structured for people in their first year. The second is the longer session: harder rounds, competition preparation, no-gi work. New members are expected in the first, welcome in the second when the coaches say so.
Mauro Dal Maso and Salvatore Amoruso run the mat, with technical visits and seminars from the founders through the year.
- BJJ gi
- No-gi
- Beginners course
- Competition class
- Full gym access
- Changing rooms & showers
02 Timetable
Weekly schedule
Brazilian jiu-jitsu runs three evenings a week, in two consecutive slots.
Slots confirmed, content to confirm. The 18:00–19:15 and 19:30–20:45 times are the
club's published class slots; which of them is gi and which is no-gi should be checked with the coaches
before we publish.
| Time | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 – 19:15 | BJJ gi — fundamentals | BJJ gi — fundamentals | No-gi — fundamentals |
| 19:30 – 20:45 | BJJ gi — all levels | No-gi — all levels | Open mat / competition class |
The wider gym is open Monday to Friday 09:30–22:30 and Saturday 09:30–17:00, closed Sunday.
03 Membership
Prices
Mat-only if jiu-jitsu is all you want; full club if you want the weights room with it.
Placeholder prices. XXL sets its own rates — send the current card and we will replace
these figures.
€XX / month
- All six BJJ slots per week
- Open mat and seminars
- Training at affiliated academies
- CrossFight grading pathway
€XX / month
- Everything in BJJ member
- Weights room and cardio
- The club's 20+ group courses
All memberships require the annual sports association and insurance card. Ask about quarterly rates and student discounts.
04 The coaches
Who is on the mat
Photo of Mauro Dal Maso
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Instructor · BJJ
Mauro Dal Maso
Leads the Gallarate programme and the fundamentals classes. Detail-first teaching: fewer techniques per session, drilled until they hold up against someone who does not want them to.
Belt rank, competition record and years on the mat — to be confirmed.
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Instructor · BJJ
Salvatore Amoruso
Runs the harder evening sessions and the competition class, and corners the Gallarate athletes at tournaments through the season.
Belt rank, competition record and years on the mat — to be confirmed.
05 Location
Find the mat
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Via A. Pegoraro 1
21013 Gallarate (VA), Lombardy, Italy
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Gym hours
Monday to Friday 09:30 – 22:30
Saturday 09:30 – 17:00 · Sunday closed -
Contact
+39 335 694 5436 -
Getting there
Central Gallarate, a short walk from the station and roughly twenty minutes from Malpensa airport. Parking on site.
Address to confirm. Two addresses circulate publicly for the club — Via A. Pegoraro 1
and Via Varese 70. Confirm which one the martial arts room is at before launch.
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The fundamentals class at 18:00 is built for people who have never trained. First one is free, gi lent.