Membership & Support Tiers

Associate One: Social & Cultural Membership

Designed for partners, local business supporters, and folks who want the community side without stepping a foot on the training mats.

The Details: An annual or monthly contribution tier designed for non-training members who want to support the club’s community well-being initiatives. This tier directly funds our community forums, group workshop supplies (like calligraphy ink and traditional teas), and covers our baseline administrative overheads. Includes automatic entry to all off-the-mat social club events and community yarns.

Fees: $20 for the whole year

Associate Two: Active Heritage & Well-Being Membership

Designed for the participants who are actually getting on the mats to train.

The Details: Our comprehensive membership tier for participants taking part in our active physical outlets. Includes full access to our structured weekly movement sessions, traditional Japanese Judo and European Sambo physical literacy practices, and use of specialized club safety equipment. This tier also covers necessary national sporting association liability insurance for active participants on the mats and includes full entry to all off-the-mat social events.

A Note on Eateries & Local Venues: For any of our official social events held at local regional venues or eateries, meals and refreshments are strictly pay-your-own-way directly to the venue. We do this to ensure our club funds go directly into running community programs while actively supporting the local Portland economy.

ADULT FEES & MEMBERSHIP

  • Casual Mat Fee: $25 per session

  • 5-Class Pack: $110 (Save 12% — valid for all regular classes)

  • 10-Class Pack: $200 (Save 20% — best value for regular grapplers)

  • Concession / Hardship / Emergency Workers: $15 flat per session

  • Gi Hire: $10 per session (All our gis are washed in hot water and hot drying cycle for hygiene)

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT (KIDS) FEES

Kids Class: Coming Soon!

We are currently designing a safe, fun, game-based developmental pathway for our junior grapplers.

  • Casual Mat Fee: $15 per session

  • 5-Class Pack: $66 (Save 12%)

  • 10-Class Pack: $120 (Save 20%)

  • Gi Hire: $10 per session (All our gis are washed in hot water and hot drying cycle for hygiene)

Anyone that wishes to compete need to join either the Victorian Amateur Judo Union Inc, or Sambo Federation of Australia, eitherwise they are free to continue training.

Association Membership Disclaimer

Portland Takedown is a fully registered, regional non-profit organization (ABN: 41 794 203 050). When you sign up for either our Associate One or Associate Two membership tiers, you are officially applying for financial membership to Portland Takedown Incorporated under our association's rules and constitution.

Because we operate strictly as a non-profit, 100% of your membership contributions go directly back into funding our community forums, cultural supplies, facility overheads, and participant safety insurances. Under our official club rules, these associate memberships give you full access to all listed events, facilities, and insurance protections, while the legal governance and association voting structures remain with our foundational committee members to ensure long-term club stability and strict grant compliance. Everything we do is completely transparent, above board, and run by locals, for locals.