Martial arts classes in Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Browse 16 martial arts gyms in Bournemouth. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Odyssey Combat Hub
A mixed martial arts gym on Wimborne Road, formerly Phoenix MMA, teaching Brazilian jiu-jitsu, MMA, boxing, K1 kickboxing, Muay Thai and wrestling. It runs separate kids’ and junior classes in BJJ and K1, and the gym also hosts MMA events. New starters can book a free trial class.
Tier 1 Martial Arts
A martial arts academy on the Nuffield Industrial Estate in Poole teaching Thai boxing, boxing, gi and no-gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu and MMA, plus Filipino kali and its own Ghost Elusive Combat system. It also runs a kids’ programme, and the first class is free.
Poole Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy in Poole, teaching since 2008 and affiliated to Paraestra. Adults train gi and no-gi on alternate evenings, with a weekly competition class, open mats on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, a women’s class and kids’ classes for ages 7 to 13 four nights a week.
Ippon Gym
A classes-only grappling gym on Terrace Road in central Bournemouth, run by Jeff Lawson and home to the Paraestra UK headquarters. The timetable has early-morning, lunchtime and evening BJJ, no-gi and fundamentals classes, plus judo, wrestling, a BJJ competition class and a no-gi open mat, with kids’ and teens’ BJJ from age 4.
Thai Works Gym
A Thai boxing gym at the Beta Centre on Ringwood Road, coached by Mark Eastwood and Dave Wright. Adult classes run on Monday and Wednesday evenings with technique work followed by sparring, plus a Friday sparring session, and the gym has fighters competing at British and European level.
MKG Bournemouth
The Bournemouth branch of the Minnesota Kali Group, teaching Muay Thai, Filipino kali and Jeet Kune Do at the Glenmore Business Centre off Fancy Road. Beginners train alongside the regular Muay Thai class, and there is a women-only kickboxing class on Wednesdays. New students can try a free week.
Lions of Judah Boxing Academy
A non-profit boxing academy on Wilson Road in Springbourne, led by head coach Roger Dorway. It runs adult group classes every day, a Tuesday women’s class, sparring sessions and kids’ classes, and the gym has a ring, bags and weights.
Parkstone ABC
An amateur boxing club at the Beta Centre on Ringwood Road with a ring, bags, cardio machines and weights. Adults have senior boxing on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and boxing and fitness sessions on Monday and Saturday, and juniors have their own classes including a beginners’ session.
Muscliffe Karate Academy
An adult karate school teaching since 1995 at The Epiphany School in Muscliff, led by chief instructor Sensei Gary Excell. Classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings focus on fitness and practical self-defence, with a separate beginners’ session after the senior grades.
Bournemouth Karate Academy
A traditional Okinawan Goju Ryu karate dojo at the Sir David English Sports Centre, led by Sensei Ernie Molyneux (9th Dan), chief instructor of the English Goju Ryu Karate Association. Adults and cadets train on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with junior classes for ages 7 to 14 beforehand.
Inner Strength Martial Arts Academy
A Wado-Ryu karate club led by Kyoushi Shaun Lanham (7th Dan), with classes at several Bournemouth schools. Adults train on Tuesday evenings at Glenmoor and Winton Academies and on Saturday mornings at Muscliff Primary School, and the club runs a competition squad and Little Ninjas classes for ages 4 to 7.
Wessex Elite Taekwondo
An Olympic-style taekwondo club with its own performance centre on Newtown Business Park, which also has a gym, sports therapy room and café. Adult beginners join the Advanced Taekwondo class three evenings a week, and there are Olympic sparring, family, and children’s classes from age 4.
Gordon Fearn Tae Kwon Do
A TAGB taekwondo school run by Master Gordon Fearn (6th Dan), a former Great Britain and England team member, with classes in Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and Wimborne. The Bournemouth class at the Sir David English Sports Centre runs on Tuesday evenings, with the later session for adults and higher grades; Ninja Skillz classes cater for children aged 3 to 7.
Poole Academy of Wing Chun
A traditional wing chun school in the Gary Lam lineage, training in a yoga studio on the ground floor of the Sovereign Centre car park in Boscombe. Adults (16 and over) train on Wednesday evenings after a short kids’ class, and the first class is free.
Academy of Shaolin Kung Fu
A Shaolin kung fu school teaching the Five Animals style, chin na and Chinese kickboxing on Tuesday evenings at Ashdown Leisure Centre in Canford Heath. A beginners’ class runs before the intermediate class.
Natural Elements Tai Chi
A Chen-style tai chi school led by Shifu Paul, teaching in Bournemouth and Christchurch. The main Tuesday evening classes at the Annunciation Church Hall on Charminster Road run from beginners to advanced, and there are further classes in Christchurch and a Sunday mixed-level session.