Kids martial arts classes in London, United Kingdom
Browse 19 martial arts gyms in London. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Islington Boxing Club
A long-established amateur boxing club in Elthorne Park, run under the Islington Community Sports Academy charity. It has a competitive amateur squad, an academy for beginners aged 8 to 35, recreational keep-fit boxing classes without full-contact sparring and an infants’ section for 5 to 9-year-olds.
North London Boxing Club
A boxing gym above Southgate Tube station run by owner and head coach Sedat Sag, a former international amateur boxer. It runs group boxing classes for adults and juniors under 17, plus personal training.
London Fight Factory
An independent full-time martial arts gym on Ebenezer Street, three minutes from Old Street station. It teaches Brazilian jiu-jitsu (gi and no-gi), Muay Thai, boxing, MMA, wrestling, judo and sambo, with absolute beginners’ Muay Thai sessions and kids’ BJJ classes.
Fightzone London
A large full-time martial arts gym on Pritchard’s Road near Cambridge Heath station, running more than 150 classes a week. It teaches Brazilian jiu-jitsu (gi and no-gi), Muay Thai, boxing, MMA and wrestling, plus kids’ martial arts classes for ages 4 to 15.
Carlson Gracie London
A full-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy established in 2001 on Richford Street, between Shepherd’s Bush and Hammersmith. Alongside gi and no-gi BJJ it runs K1 kickboxing, MMA, judo as a British Judo Association member club and wrestling as a British Wrestling member club, with kids’ and teens’ BJJ and a women-only class on Saturday mornings.
Putney BJJ
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy in the Bowery Building on Carlton Drive, two minutes’ walk from East Putney station. It teaches gi and no-gi BJJ, fundamentals classes for beginners, women-only classes and kids’ and teens’ classes for ages 5 to 16, and has a 108 m² matted area with a sauna and cold plunge.
Legacy Martial Arts London
A full-time martial arts academy in a railway arch on Cremer Street, a minute from Hoxton station, with a lineage going back to Bob Breen’s Hoxton school. It teaches Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Dutch kickboxing and boxing alongside Jeet Kune Do, Kali, stick fighting and capoeira, and runs BJJ and capoeira classes for children aged 5 and up.
Stance Jiu Jitsu Academy
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy on Woolwich High Street teaching gi and no-gi classes for adults and children aged 4 to 13. It runs a five-week beginners’ programme, a women-only programme on Saturday mornings and kids’ Muay Thai classes.
Diesel Gym London
A mixed martial arts gym on Dockside Road in the Royal Docks, founded by Cliff Bura in 2008. It teaches Muay Thai, 10th Planet no-gi jiu-jitsu, MMA and wrestling, with hour-long under-16s classes in Thai boxing, jiu-jitsu and MMA.
The Budokwai
A judo and martial arts club founded in 1918, with two dojos at G.K. House on Gilston Road, just off the Fulham Road. It teaches Kodokan judo to the British Judo Association syllabus, JKA Shotokan karate and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, with junior judo and karate classes and mini judo for young children.
Brixton Krav Maga
A Krav Maga club founded in 2015 as the first UK member club of the European Federation of Krav Maga (FEKM), training at the CC Church Hall on Trent Road, ten minutes’ walk from Brixton Hill. It runs four classes a week in Brixton, including skills and weapons-defence sessions, a Saturday class in West Norwood and “Kids Krav” classes for 8 to 14-year-olds.
The Wing Chun School (Hackney HQ)
The headquarters of The Wing Chun School, on the second floor of Regal House on Lower Clapton Road, led by chief instructor Sifu Garry McKenzie, a direct student of Grandmaster Ip Ching who founded the school in 1990. It runs adult wing chun classes, a Friday sparring session and children’s classes on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Tigers Taekwondo Academy
A WT (Olympic-style) taekwondo club led by Master Davoud Etminani, a 6th Dan Kukkiwon coach who has worked with GB Taekwondo and Olympic teams. Its main gym is on the first floor at 132 Wandsworth Road, two minutes from Nine Elms station, with satellite classes in Fulham and Chelsea; it teaches children from age 3, adults, and runs a women-only class.
SHOTO North London Karate Club
A traditional Shotokan karate club of the SHOTO association, training at Greig City Academy on Hornsey High Street. Adults have a kihon and kumite (basics and non-contact sparring) class on Thursday evenings and a kata class on Sunday mornings, and there is a children’s class on Sundays.
SHOTO Winchmore Hill Karate Club
The headquarters (hombu) dojo of the SHOTO traditional Shotokan karate association, training in the gymnasium of Winchmore School. Adults have a kihon and kumite class on Tuesdays and a kata class on Wednesdays, and there is a children’s class on Tuesday evenings.
Martial Arts and Yoga (MA&Y)
A martial arts and yoga centre on Magdalen Road in Earlsfield. It teaches Krav Maga Global-affiliated Krav Maga for teens and adults, a women-only self-defence class following the Krav Maga curriculum, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu under 4th-degree black belt Roberto Almeida, including a seven-week beginners’ course and a Tiny Pandas class for 4 to 6-year-olds.
Shaolin Temple UK
A Shaolin kung fu, qigong and Chan Buddhist centre on Junction Road in Tufnell Park, led by Grandmaster Shi Yan Zi. New students start in the preparation class, which focuses on stamina, flexibility and fundamentals, before moving on to foundation and San Shou sparring classes; kids’ classes for children aged 5 and up run on weekday afternoons and Saturday mornings.
Hadri Taekwondo Academy (Bethnal Green)
An East London taekwondo club led by Master Esrar Ahmed, teaching at the sports hall of Mulberry Academy Shoreditch on Gosset Street, a short walk from Bethnal Green station. The Bethnal Green venue has a Saturday class for juniors and adults aged 10 and over, plus two children’s classes for ages 4 to 6 and 7 to 9; members range from beginners to British Taekwondo national champions.
Pure Jiujitsu
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy founded in 2019 at The Rehearsal Rooms on Victoria Road, North Acton, with black-belt instructors who compete internationally. The timetable has fundamentals, mixed-level, no-gi, advanced and invitation-only competition classes, supervised open mats and kids’ and teens’ classes.