Martial arts classes in Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Browse 10 martial arts gyms in Cheltenham. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Vagabond Gym
A Muay Thai gym on the Churchill Industrial Estate in Leckhampton, kitted out with Fairtex pads and gloves. The weekly timetable has Muay Thai basics, padwork, live drills, sparring and conditioning classes, youth Muay Thai for ages 8 to 15, and No-Gi jiu-jitsu on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings, with an open mat on Saturday mornings.
Rune Martial Arts
A non-profit, member-run academy in Woodmancote on the north-east edge of Cheltenham, formerly Fighting Fit Mixed Martial Arts, with a permanently matted training space. The timetable has gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu on Monday and Wednesday evenings, a BJJ fundamentals class on Thursdays, freestyle wrestling on Tuesdays and open mats on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Its BJJ is affiliated to Neto Nunes of The Gauntlet Fight Factory in London.
Combined Defensive Arts (CDA Kickboxing)
A full-time martial arts centre on the Shaftesbury Industrial Estate with two training areas, open six days a week. Its kickboxing programme mixes punching and kicking from American kickboxing, Muay Thai, savate and taekwondo, with a white-to-black-belt grading syllabus, a four-week beginners’ programme and a monthly Friday Night Fight Club sparring session. Children’s classes start at age 6.
MSD Evolution Martial Arts
A full-time martial arts academy on an industrial unit in Bishop’s Cleeve, north of Cheltenham, running since 1996. Weekday evening classes cover K-1 kickboxing for adults and teens, an adult MMA class on Mondays and a Thursday karate and judo self-defence class for juniors, teens and adults. There is also a ladies’ kickboxing programme and kickboxing and karate classes for young children.
Cheltenham Boxing Academy
A boxing gym run by former professional champion Pat Lewis inside Battledown Gym on King Alfred Way, with boxing facilities and a free-weights gym. Technical boxing classes for adults run on weekday evenings, with beginners welcome on Wednesdays and Thursdays and advanced sparring on Friday evenings and Saturdays. Children aged 10 to 16 train on weekday evenings.
Cheltenham Tae Kwon Do
A taekwondo club taught by Master Paresh Bhadeshia, 7th Dan and a retired police self-defence trainer, which describes itself as the oldest established club in Cheltenham. Classes run at Bournside Sports Centre on Monday and Thursday evenings for juniors and for teens and adults, with a Thursday class for over-40s and a Saturday morning juniors’ class.
Triumph Taekwon-Do
A traditional ITF taekwondo school led by Chief Instructor Harry Limer, 5th Dan, teaching the Chang Hon system under the ACE association. Classes run on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the YMCA Sports Centre and are open to all ages. The same group, Triumph Martial Arts, also teaches the Korean sword art Haidong Gumdo and a Kiddi-Kombat programme for young children.
KenZenIchi Kase-Ha Academy
A Kase-Ha Shotokan karate academy, formerly the Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Shotokan Karate Academy, led by senior instructor Alan Armstrong, 7th Dan. The Cheltenham dojo trains on Monday and Thursday evenings at St Mary’s Mission Hall, with lessons built around kihon, kata and kumite. It teaches men and women aged 16 and over and does not run children’s classes.
Renshu Shotokan Karate
A traditional Shotokan karate club affiliated to HDKI, training on Monday and Thursday evenings at Christ Church Primary School on Malvern Road. Classes are mixed-grade and family-friendly, with students from age 7 to over 70, and there are no contracts.
Spectrum Classical Kung Fu Association
A traditional kung fu association run by Sifu Lee McGeough, a full-time teacher and fight choreographer based in Pittville. The weekly group class is a Hung Gar Kuen syllabus class on Tuesday evenings in the gymnasium at Pittville School, mixing beginners and advanced students. Most other training is private one-to-one tuition at his studio in Pittville, and students must be 16 or over.