Beginner martial arts classes in Brighton, United Kingdom
Browse 7 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.
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.
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.