Recreation

• ACEing Autism We are a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to helping children with autism grow through the sport of tennis. ACEing Autism is on a mission for children with autism to grow, develop and benefit from social connections and fitness through affordable tennis programming, uniquely serving individual needs while filling a national void for this growing and worthy population.
• Active Listening Club Active Listening Club is devoted to the exploration and appreciation of all musics. We gather to share, listen, and learn about the music that our members are passionate about and broaden the scope of our listening. We encourage concert and event attendance at performances on and off campus.
• Arm Wrestling Club Open to all experience levels and strengths, the Arm Wrestling Club at UCLA offers a casual environment where members can arm wrestle, learn safe and effective techniques, and practice on professional arm wrestling tables. Whether you're a seasoned competitor or just curious to try it out, bring your friends and join us weekly for good vibes and great matches!
• Backgammon Club at UCLA The Backgammon Club is going to be dedicated to forming a campus community of players who share a passion for this ancient and intellectually stimulating game. Whether an experienced player or completely new to backgammon, this club will offer an inclusive environment for learning and mastering the rules, strategies, and subtleties of the game. Backgammon, a game with over 5,000 years of history, not only serves as an amazing tradition into various cultures but also as a mental challenge that sharpens critical thinking, strategic planning, and decision-making. Its unique blend of skill and chance makes it an excellent tool for developing problem-solving skills under pressure, improve cognitive abilities, enhance pattern recognition, and boost resilience. The club will serve as a platform to connect with fellow students across campus who share an interest in the game, making it easier to find playing partners and form friendships. For people new to the game, there will be tutorials online and in-person when requested. We will hold regular game nights, workshops, and strategy sessions designed to help both beginners and advanced players improve their skills. Additionally, the club will organize friendly competitions and tournaments, offering members the opportunity to engage in healthy rivalry while also improving and enjoying this historic cultural tradition. The club will have backgammon players with years of experience, who are going to be ready to help other club members while enjoying the game themselves.
• Backpacking Club at UCLA An inclusive community of outgoing and adventurous people who enjoy exploring the outdoors, love nature, and are dedicated to environmental stewardship. We run backpacking and camping trips into the great outdoors most weekends during the quarter, so come join us and meet some amazing people to share the outdoors with! Join our Slack at bit.ly/backpacking-slack to get involved. Experience the outdoors without restrictions!
• Barbershop Harmony Club at UCLA A place for barbershop singing! The Barbershop style is 4-part a-cappella harmony. We welcome all voice parts, gender identities, and musical backgrounds (or lack thereof) to come sing a tag with us. You may also come to learn full barbershop songs or even find a quartet here! We aim to have fun singing barbershop, while also exploring the community-building and pedagogical utility of the barbershop style. Commit however much or less you want. Come on by and sing a tag! We are not currently affiliated with the BHS (SPEBSQSA)
• Bridge Club at UCLA The Bridge Club is a space to learn and play the card game bridge, both casually and competitively. All experience levels are welcome and lessons will be provided. This club is supported by the American Contract Bridge League.
• Bruin Birding Club We are members of the UCLA community who are passionate about birds, birding, ornithology, and conservation. Undergraduates, graduate students, postdocts, faculty and other staff are all welcome. Our aim is to spread knowledge and appreciation of birds across UCLA, serve as a nexus for bird lovers across campus, and do our small part to make UCLA a more habitable place for our feathered neighbors. We lead multiple field trips per quarter all around Los Angeles and Southern California for birders of all experience levels and serve as UCLA's student chapter of the National Audubon Society. If you would like to stay up to date on our events, please visit our website and fill out the Google form to join our mailing list.
• Bruin Bladers & Rollerskaters Bruin Bladers & Rollerskaters is a community for all rollerbladers and rollerskaters, regardless of skill level! We host weekly on-campus skate sessions, as well as occasional off-campus skating events around LA. Additionally, we collaborate with LA skate groups to provide on-campus beginner and intermediate skill workshops once a quarter. Our goal is to create a vibrant skate community where all members feel free to plan casual meetups and skate sessions outside of official club events. We also aim to make rollerskating/rollerblading a more popular recreational activity and a more visible method of on-campus transportation. Join our GroupMe for all important communications — just email us or DM us on Instagram to get the link!
• Bruin Book Club at UCLA Bruin Book Club gathers readers together to motivate each other to read more consistently and have fun! We provide a place to discuss plot, characters, and thoughts, and to meet new friends. With multiple book groups, members can choose which genre of books they want to read and which pace they prefer to read. Even if you've never considered yourself a "reader", Bruin Book Club will keep you accountable and foster a love for reading.
• Bruin Builder Society Bruin Builder Society is a vibrant and welcoming recreational organization dedicated to forming long-lasting bonds and unleashing creativity through LEGO. We are an inclusive community of passionate builders who come together to celebrate creativity, craftsmanship, and camaraderie. We want peers to be able to explore the endless possibilities of LEGO as they design, construct, and rebuild to your heart’s content. Students can connect with like-minded enthusiasts who share their love for LEGO. At Bruin Builder Society, we strive to create a community of individuals who can release their stress through a creative outlet. Our organization will hold weekly social meetings in which we build LEGOs and bond as a community. We will have various events such as Build Nights, Themed Builds, and Lego Showcases.
• Bruin Coalition On Recreation Expansion The mission of BCORE is to bring together diverse groups of stakeholders in recreation and amplify their voices to advocate for more recreation space and equipment. We will do this by increasing awareness of the student need for more space and collaborating with the administration to fulfill this need in the most economical way possible.
• Bruin Duelists' Association The Bruin Duelists' Association, or BDA, is dedicated to fans, players, and collectors of the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game. BDA hosts meetings to discuss the card game and trade cards as well as tournaments where players can compete for prizing.
• Bruin Geolological Society This is meant to be the ucla geology club. We want to enrich students' understanding and appreciation of rocks and earth processes outside of the classroom. In doing so, we hope to get more students involved in the Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, EPSS, here at UCLA. As such, the club is open to any current ucla graduate or undergraduate students. Additionally, we would like to take field trips, ideally once per quarter, that go off campus. This would allow our members to experience and learn about the diverse and dynamic geology of southern California. We are blessed with an environment that is very conducive to learning as we have vastly different types of rocks readily accessible within a few hours of UCLA.
• Bruin Sharpshooting Club Bruin Sharpshooting Club’s purpose is to: foster a community of UCLA students and faculty in sports shooting, instruct members in the safe and proper usage of firearms, and educate members on how to efficiently and accurately handle a firearm. Please join the Discord server below where we will be communicating announcements and other details.
• Bruin Sportfishing Bruin Sportfishing is a casual, social, outdoor recreation-focused club designed for anyone who has an interest in fishing. Our meetings are designed to educate members on the ins and outs of fishing including comparing different fishing locations (lake vs pier vs deep sea fishing), learning how to tie unique fishing knots, the best bait and lures for various types of fishing, and more! Our fishing excursions range from the Santa Monica pier and Marina del Rey to chartered trips to the deep sea and a weekend fishing trip to the Catalina Islands! We hope Bruin Sportfishing will feel like your home away from home so come out to our meetings to become part of a vibrant fishing community, make friends, and have fun! Follow us on Instagram to stay updated on our meetings and events!
• Cirque de 'LA Cirque de 'LA is a club that aims to create a healthy and fun environment for students to teach and share a love for circus arts. This club predominantly focuses on the development and teaching of aerial gymnastics, but will serve as a safe place for other circus artists to practice, share, and perform their own mediums of art.
• Coffee Club at UCLA The Coffee Club at UCLA is an organization founded with the intention of bringing students together through a shared love for coffee. Founded in 2024, the Coffee Club wants to provide a community for caffeine-dependent and sleep-deprived UCLA students. Events during the year include coffee tastings/samplings, personal beverage showcasing, socials in collaboration with other clubs, and much more! This club does not exclude non-coffee drinkers. All UCLA students are welcome and encouraged to attend our meetings.
• Cubing Club at UCLA Although Rubik's Cubes are often seen as difficult to solve or simply annoying, solving them can be both enjoyable and engaging. We will meet in order to teach new members how to solve cubes, improve our times, and discuss ways to raise awareness of this fun hobby. We hope that we will eventually be able to travel to, and perhaps host, cubing competitions. If you have ever had any interest in solving cubes or simply want to meet some cool people, please don't hesitate to stop by! MEETINGS FOR FALL 2024: Fridays @ 6PM: AU 2408
• Go Club at UCLA Go Club at UCLA provides a place for go players of all levels to play with one another. We meet up every week. Beginners are welcomed and there will be lessons for beginners.
• Herpetology at UCLA A club dedicated to the love and study of herpetofauna- snakes, frogs, lizards, salamanders, turtles and much more. Reptile and amphibian lovers and anyone who wants to learn is welcome!
• Jogging Club at UCLA Jogging Club aims to foster a supportive community for students who are interested in running as a hobby, or who are interested in learning how to start. We will organize weekly jogs to show students possible routes and aid them with pedestrian safety, nutrition, and other fitness skills. Jogging Club is open to people of all skill levels, including absolute beginners and anyone who does not align with the skill level or time commitment for club sports.
• Law Students Golf Association @ UCLA The purpose of this club is to promote the use of golf as a hobby and networking opportunity for Law Students. Furthermore, the club aims to help law students who have not been otherwise exposed to the sport of golf be introduced to it as both a life-long pursuit and a powerful networking tool.
• Magic, The Gathering @ UCLA A club focused on the popular trading card game Magic: the Gathering. This club focuses on all aspects of the game such as deck-building, strategy, camaraderie, and fostering a healthy competitive spirit!
• Mahjong Clubs at UCLA Mahjong Club at UCLA brings together students interested in Mahjong. Through Mahjong, we promote both Chinese and Japanese cultures. We create a friendly social and recreational environment for all Mahjong enthusiasts. Our club aims to promote cultural exchange and the spread of Chinese and Japanese traditions through regular games, tournaments, and cultural activities, while also enhancing our logical thinking skills.
• Mario Kart @ UCLA Students will have the chance to play "Mario Kart," the classic Nintendo game series, with other students in a fun, casual environment. The purpose of "Mario Kart @ UCLA" is: 1. To build and foster the community of Mario Kart fans of any skill level, at UCLA. 2. To provide casual fans of Mario Kart a place to play amongst other such fans. 3. To provide competitive players a place to practice and improve their skills in order to compete in events both inside and outside the club.
• Peaks & Professors at UCLA Peaks & Professors at UCLA is dedicated to bringing students and professors together outside the classroom. Our mission is to facilitate these unique interactions by leading small groups of students on hikes and camping trips with UCLA instructors.
• Pokemon Club at UCLA The club is a place to discuss and celebrate all parts of the Pokémon franchise, including the Video Games, the Trading Card Game, Pokémon Unite, Anime, and anything else Pokémon! In addition to our casual events, we also play Pokémon games at the competitive level. Club members collaborate on strategy and have matches against each other in order to practice and perform better in local tournaments.
• Quiz Bowl at UCLA Quiz Bowl is an academic trivia competition. We have fun learning as much as we can and competing against other universities.
• Shining Stars: Horror Club at UCLA Welcome to UCLA’s horror cinema club! This is a no-commitment social club for horror lovers, from routine trivia winners to baby bats. We screen one horror film each week, starting with easy viewings and working up to the most terrifying films Of All Time. Bring your blanket, pillow, and emotional support witches and get ready to scream! Also, prepare to indulge in horror-themed mocktails, field trips to LA’s most haunted locales, goth club nights (18+), year-round Halloween extravaganzas, and late night debriefs in our very own bat cave. Subgenre preferences, best days for meetings, allergies, and favorite movies will all be polled for early on. Note: this is a safe space! Trigger warnings will be provided well before each screening, but these are optional (we understand if you want the suspense).
• Super Smash Bros. Club at UCLA Club at UCLA dedicated to fostering a community around the Super Smash Bros. game series by Nintendo. We host weekly Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments for more competitive players and also provide ways to meet up for casual games.
• The Potato Game The Potato Game will be a campus-wide game that aims to foster new friendships while brightening up the school day. The game rules will be as follows: Several people will be assigned a "hot potato," and the game will last a certain period of time. The goal of the game is to get rid of the hot potato by the end of the time period by meeting other players in person and passing the "hot potato" on. It will be tracked via an app that we will develop, and there are several rounds. We believe that these encounters will provide a great opportunity for players to introduce themselves and bond over an active, healthy game! There will be more opportunities to connect during general meetings.
• The Reader in the Rye Inclusive community where we read and discuss classic novels and works of literature. We also hold events where we watch and critique their corresponding movie adaptations.
• Transfer Bruin Reading Society The Transfer Bruin Reading Society is a social club at UCLA that is open to all students, including both traditional four-year students and transfer students. The club aims to create a community where students can enjoy and discuss literature while also addressing the unique challenges and experiences of transfer students. The club’s goal is to strengthen connections between transfer students and the broader undergraduate community at UCLA— all while bonding over books! Each quarter, the club will select one book through a two-step process: 1) members nominate books, and 2) members vote on the nominations. At each meeting, members will discuss 1-3 chapters of the selected book until it is finished.
• Whistling Club at UCLA This club shall be a space for Bruins who enjoy whistling to gather together, whistle as an ensemble, and improve one's whistling ability.
• “brvino” Undergraduate Wine Club “brvino” Undergraduate Wine Club is created to deliver wine education to UCLA undergraduates and bring together interested students. We want to educate our members on the infinite diversity of the wine world including its most notable regions, production methods, history, and culture of wine around the world. For the students interested in careers in the wine world, we would like to create a community of like-minded individuals to facilitate discussion of the wine industry and seek opportunities together. Lastly, “brvino” Undergraduate Wine Club wants to have a positive impact on the drinking culture at the university, promote thoughtful, moderate, and epicurean approach to wine consumption, and discourage excessive and harmful drinking.