Martial arts classes in Louisville, United States
Browse 9 martial arts gyms in Louisville. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Rough Hands BJJ
An independent Brazilian jiu-jitsu and submission grappling school on Bardstown Road with a 6,000 sq ft facility and three training floors. Adults (17+) train gi and no-gi, new members start with a structured beginner program called the Core Game, and there are kids and teen classes from age 4.
Criterion Jiu Jitsu of Louisville
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy in a converted church east of downtown, led by Rob Setree, a 3rd degree black belt under Pedro Sauer. It also runs an adult judo program, and kids aged 5 to 12 train in combined jiu-jitsu and judo classes.
Team One Louisville
A grappling and striking gym on Outer Loop where Brazilian jiu-jitsu is the main focus, alongside traditional gi judo, Muay Thai and wrestling. The kids program for ages 4 to 13 covers jiu-jitsu, judo, wrestling and kids MMA.
Louisville Combat Academy
A combat sports gym on Beulah Church Road and the local home of 10th Planet jiu-jitsu, listed here as Louisville’s MMA option. The weekly timetable has adult jiu-jitsu and fundamentals classes, MMA, Muay Thai, wrestling, a women’s jiu-jitsu class and kids jiu-jitsu.
Kentuckiana Shotokan Karate-Do
A family-run dojo off Galene Drive teaching traditional Japanese Shotokan karate, with Hontai Yoshin Ryu jujutsu and iaido also on the timetable. Two dojo floors let adult and kids classes run at the same time, and newcomers start in a beginners class before joining the main classes.
St. Matthews Martial Arts
A Shaolin Kempo Karate school on Westport Road founded in 1993 by Master Joan Richert. Alongside teen and adult karate it runs tai chi and wing chun classes, plus family and kids classes.
Hwang’s Martial Arts (East End)
A taekwondo school run by Grandmaster Jung Oh Hwang, a 1984 Olympic judo silver medalist, at the East End branch of his three Louisville schools. The teen and adult program combines taekwondo, judo and hapkido, and kids classes start at age 3.
Louisville Shaolin-Do
A traditional Chinese martial arts school on Preston Highway teaching Shaolin-Do kung fu since 1972, with animal styles, weapons and sparring. A separate weekly tai chi class covers breathing, forms and sword and fan work.
Kung Fu of Louisville
A Ving Tsun (wing chun) kung fu school in a studio on Mellwood Avenue, teaching the Moy Tung lineage from Yip Man. It has taught exclusively Ving Tsun since 2016 and also runs classes for children aged 7 and up.