Martial arts classes in Brighton, United Kingdom
Browse 14 martial arts gyms in Brighton. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Kenshiro Gym
A martial arts gym at Brighton Racecourse on Freshfield Road teaching Muay Thai, K1 kickboxing, boxing, BJJ and no-gi BJJ, MMA and wrestling. The timetable runs from early morning to evening, with beginners’ Muay Thai, women-only Muay Thai fitness and separate kids’ and teens’ BJJ and Muay Thai classes. The gym also has a weights area and a steam sauna.
Brighton & Hove Amateur Boxing Club
A charity boxing club founded in 1946, based inside the King Alfred complex on Hove seafront. It runs fitness and technique sessions for adults, junior and Little Champs classes from age five, female-only sessions with female coaches, and a carded amateur squad that boxes for the club. There are also over-50s, adaptive and Parkinson’s sessions.
Miah Bros MMA Gym
An MMA gym in Portslade founded in 2022 by the brothers Aftab and Ashraf Miah, both professional K1 and MMA fighters. It teaches MMA, Muay Thai, K-1 kickboxing, no-gi BJJ grappling and boxing, with beginners’ Muay Thai, women-only Muay Thai and kids’ and teens’ classes. The gym has two matted areas and an 18ft competition cage.
Elements Martial Arts Brighton
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu and MMA academy in St James’s Gardens, Kemptown, operating since 2012 and led by Yousuf Nabi. It teaches BJJ, MMA, K1 kickboxing and freestyle and submission wrestling, with fundamentals classes for beginners, a women-led fundamentals class and kids’ BJJ. There is also a weights area.
One Jiu-Jitsu Brighton
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy on Boundary Road by Portslade station, led by head coach Ivam Maciel, a fourth-degree BJJ black belt. It runs gi and no-gi classes split by level, including fundamentals and no-gi beginners’ classes, kids’ classes from age four and teens’ classes. Gi and no-gi open mats are held on Friday lunchtime and Sunday.
Kicks Martial Arts Centre
A martial arts club founded in Brighton in 1978, with a full-time dojo on Lewes Road since 1982. It teaches Wado-Ryu karate, kickboxing and K1, and Thai boxing, with junior classes, women-only kickboxing sessions led by female instructors and a beginners’ Thai boxing class. Aikido and traditional jiu-jitsu clubs also train there.
Seishin Shotokan Karate Club Brighton
A volunteer-run, non-profit Shotokan karate club affiliated to the Karate Union Great Britain. Classes for teenagers and adults cover kihon, kata and kumite, and children aged 6 to 11 train in a separate class. It trains on Saturday mornings at Marina Studios and on Monday and Friday evenings at the University of Brighton’s Falmer sports complex.
Samurai Centre
A long-established traditional martial arts dojo on New England Street, near Brighton station. It teaches koryu (non-competition) karate alongside ninjutsu, jujutsu, Japanese weapons and the Chinese arts of bagua and qigong, in a non-competitive style. There are adult classes and separate classes for children and teenagers.
Brighton & Hove Taekwon-Do
An ITF Taekwon-Do school running classes in four halls across Brighton and Hove, the main one being St Georges Hall on Court Farm Road in Hove. Training covers patterns, pad work, sparring and self-defence, with children’s classes for ages 5 to 12 and adult and teen classes from age 13.
DAN Taekwondo School
An Olympic-style (WT) taekwondo school that trains on Tuesday evenings at Our Lady of Lourdes primary school in Rottingdean. Classes cover poomsae, sparring, self-defence and fitness, with a children’s class for ages 6 to 14 followed by an adult class for ages 15 and over.
Brighton Judo Club
A volunteer-run, non-profit judo club training at the 15th Brighton Scout hall on Manor Road. Seniors have a beginner and intermediate class on Monday evenings and an intermediate and advanced randori class on Wednesdays, and juniors train on Friday evenings from age five. Classes are taught by Dan-grade, UKCC-qualified coaches.
Shen Long Tai Chi Association UK
A full-time traditional Taoist tai chi school at the Brighton Wellness Centre in Mile Oak, teaching since 2005. It runs a beginners’ course on Wednesday evenings, continuing and developing-skills classes on other evenings, and Taoist qigong on Saturday mornings.
Sussex Nam Pai Chuan Kung Fu
A Shaolin Nam Pai Chuan kung fu club teaching blocking, kicking, punching, locks, throws and forms. Adults train on Tuesday evenings at the Brighthelm Centre on North Road and on Thursday evenings at the University of Sussex sports centre dojo, with a Saturday women’s class at the university and a Monday kids’ class in Hove.
Brighton Wing Chun
A Wing Chun kung fu school led by Sifu Steve Poskitt and part of the WCKUK organisation, training at Balfour Primary School. Adult classes on Monday and Thursday evenings focus on practical self-defence through a step-by-step syllabus, and there is a Saturday class for children.