Beginner martial arts classes in Bristol, United Kingdom
Browse 13 martial arts gyms in Bristol. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Bristol Boxing Gym
Train at The Mill in Easton, with boxing sessions for people starting out and those building their skills. Bristol Boxing Gym welcomes different fitness and experience levels, with classes and personal training available.
Round One
A dedicated boxing and strength gym near Netham Park, with Boxfit classes and one-to-one coaching. Its official site welcomes newcomers and more experienced trainees, with junior and women-only sessions in the programme.
Bristol Girls Boxing Club
An all-female boxing club in Avonmouth offering boxing technique, fitness, strength work and sparring. Group sessions are open to different experience levels, with a separate session for carded competitors.
Broadplain Boxing Club
An amateur boxing club at the Riverside Youth Project on Clement Street. Broadplain welcomes different experience levels and has a training space with two rings, heavy bags and speed bags.
Skemers ABC at Eightyone Gym
A community boxing club based at Eightyone Gym in Bedminster. Skemers runs separate sessions for younger beginners, carded boxers and adults, with the current host gym publishing the class programme.
Barton Hill Amateur Boxing Club
A community amateur boxing club now training at City Academy Bristol while it seeks a permanent home. The school's official announcement welcomes young people at different experience levels, whether they want fitness training or competitive boxing.
Kennedy’s Boxing Club
A community boxing club in the grounds of the Sartan Club in Bishopsworth. Kennedy’s combines youth sessions with a pathway for boxers who want to progress towards competition.
One Step Ahead MMA & Fitness
Clifton MMA gym led by Nad Narimani, with dedicated adult and children’s boxing sessions alongside MMA, grappling and kickboxing. Complete beginners are welcome.
Impact Gym Bristol
A mixed martial arts gym in Soundwell with a dedicated all-levels boxing class alongside MMA, grappling and kickboxing. Its boxing programme focuses on skills and technique as part of the wider striking schedule.
Artemis BJJ
Artemis BJJ teaches Brazilian jiu-jitsu on the second floor of 7 Easton Road, just off the Lawrence Hill roundabout, with further sessions at The Exercise Club in Clifton. The club runs a dedicated beginners’ class, a women-only class on Wednesday evenings and kids’ and teens’ classes on Sunday mornings.
Bristol Karate Academy — Westbury-on-Trym
Bristol Karate Academy teaches traditional Shotokan karate at Westbury Village Hall on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The classes are mixed for children aged 7 and over and adults, from beginner level upwards.
Bristol Titans Krav Maga
Bristol Titans is a British Krav Maga Association licensed academy on the Kingswood Estate, teaching in Bristol since 2010. Adult classes last 90 minutes and combine striking, clinch work, grappling, sparring and self-defence drills, and the club also runs kids’ classes.
Tai Chi Body & Mind — Fishponds
Tai Chi Body & Mind teaches the Taiji 37 form and Qigong exercises from the Taijiwuxigong system. Its Thursday morning class for beginners and improvers meets at the Beechwood Club in Fishponds.