Martial arts classes in Cambridge, United Kingdom
Browse 9 martial arts gyms in Cambridge. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Amin Martial Arts
A purpose-built martial arts gym on the Trinity Hall Industrial Estate off Nuffield Road, run by head coach Amin Sharifi. It teaches Muay Thai, boxing, kickboxing, MMA and gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu, with fundamentals classes for beginners, ladies-only sessions led by a female coach and youth classes for ages 7 to 16.
Escapology BJJ
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy run by head instructors Tom and Chelsea, who arrived in Cambridge in 2017. It moved into St Giles Hall on Pound Hill in late 2024 and runs separate beginners’ and more advanced adult classes, plus children’s classes from school age.
Cambridge MMA
A mixed martial arts and grappling club founded in 2019, training at Victory Dojo on Barnwell Road. It runs adult MMA, gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu and no-gi submission grappling classes, plus separate kids’ MMA and grappling classes for ages 8 to 15.
Praya Chang Muay Thai Boxing
A long-running Muay Thai club taught by Polish-born former fighter Jaroslaw (Jarek) Maryszczak in the school gym at Manor Community College on Arbury Road. Evening sessions cover warm-ups, fitness drills, Thai boxing technique, pad work and sparring, and the club takes adults and children, from beginners to experienced fighters.
Albion Boxing Club
An amateur boxing club on Cherry Hinton Road led by head coach Gary Davidson Junior, and affiliated to England Boxing. Alongside technical boxing for adults, it runs junior classes for ages 8 to 14, female-only boxing, a carded competition squad and Muay Thai sessions for over-15s.
Kickboxing Cambridge
A dedicated kickboxing gym at Copley Hill Business Park, on the southern edge of Cambridge, run by instructor Bruno Vicente. It has a purpose-built kickboxing area and a strength and conditioning space, with beginners’, intermediate and experienced adult classes, youth classes for ages 7 to 16 and Hyrox-style hybrid sessions.
Cambridge Academy of Martial Arts
A martial arts club founded in 1989 that trains at St Bede’s School on Birdwood Road. Its main programmes are savate (French kickboxing), canne de combat stick fighting and integrated fighting arts, with Savate Tiger Cubs classes for children aged 7 to 12 and beginners’ kickboxing courses for adults.
Cambridge Karate Dojo
A JKA shotokan karate club founded by Ken Hori Sensei, 6th Dan, and open to other karateka since 2017, with more than 160 members from beginners to black belts. Most sessions are at the Kelsey Kerridge Sports Centre, with a Wednesday class at Chesterton Community College; children train alongside adults from about age 8.
Tiska Karate Cambridge
The Cambridge school of Tiska Shotokan Karate, which trains on Wednesday evenings at Parkside Community College. A half-hour beginners’ class is followed by classes grouped by belt, and parents can train in the same class as their children.