Martial arts classes in Albany, United States
Browse 10 martial arts gyms in Albany. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Atlas Jiu Jitsu
The Albany headquarters of Atlas Jiu Jitsu, with more than 6,000 square feet of mats and a cage on Colvin Avenue. Adults train gi and no-gi jiu-jitsu, striking and MMA, and the Tiny Titans program covers children aged 4 to 14.
Clever Combat Jiu-Jitsu & MMA
A jiu-jitsu and striking academy off Wolf Road in Latham, founded in 2017 by William Schwartz and four training partners. Adults choose between gi and no-gi jiu-jitsu and an adults-only striking program of Muay Thai and kickboxing, and there is a kids jiu-jitsu program for ages 4 to 12.
Electric City BJJ
A black-belt-led jiu-jitsu academy on Lombard Street in Schenectady, close to the Colonie line. Alongside gi and no-gi jiu-jitsu it runs adult Muay Thai and weekend judo classes, plus kids and teen programs.
Brian Beaury Jiu Jitsu
A jiu-jitsu and MMA academy in Watervliet, between Albany and Troy, entered from 18th Street. Classes run from a white-belt fundamentals course to advanced jiu-jitsu, with Muay Thai, American-style boxing and MMA for adults and gi and no-gi classes for children.
Nuk Soo Muay Thai
A Muay Thai club that trains five days a week at the Albany Aikido Dojo in Hilltop Plaza on Troy-Schenectady Road. Visitors can stop in to watch or take a free class.
Empire Defense & Fitness
An adults-only self-defense school on the Albany–Guilderland line led by Kyoshi Alan Condon. It runs Empire Krav Maga, American kickboxing and its own Kaju-Kai system, with day and evening classes.
Cichon’s Wing Chun
A wing chun kung fu school on Central Avenue, open since 1992. Sifu Russell Cichon teaches the full system as he learned it from Ip Ching, son of Ip Man, in group classes on Monday and Wednesday evenings.
Troy Taekwondo
A family-run taekwondo school on Pawling Avenue opened in 2014 by Master Jimmy Nash, a fifth-degree black belt and USA Taekwondo coach. Classes are split into Tigers (4-6), Kids (6-12) and Adult (13 and up), with extra sparring and forms sessions.
Master Yang’s Martial Arts Center
A Korean martial arts school on New Loudon Road in Latham, founded in 2000 by Grand Master Il Nam Yang. Teens and adults train taekwondo, Krav Maga and hapkido, and the school also runs Korean sword (Kummooyeh), children’s classes and after-school care.
Dewey’s Martial Arts Academy
A traditional Nihon Goshin karate dojo in Delmar, reached by the rear entrance beside the Dance Experience. Classes are grouped by belt rank for all ages, with Tiny Tigers for young children, a Friday competition team and iaido sessions.