Martial arts classes in Norwich, United Kingdom
Browse 10 martial arts gyms in Norwich. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
The Tōukon Academy Norwich
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy on Roundtree Close in Sprowston, partnered with The Tōukon Academy in Bedfordshire. The timetable covers gi and no-gi fundamentals for white belts, intermediate classes, a members’ competition class and a Saturday open mat, with junior (8–11) and youth (12–16) programmes and a women’s no-gi class on Thursdays.
ICON Martial Arts (BJJ Success Norwich)
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu school at 28 Mason Road, led by 4th-degree black belt Steven Cowan, which has taught BJJ in Norfolk since 2003. Adults start in beginner-only sessions on Monday and Wednesday evenings, and the school also runs SKILLZ child-development classes for ages 3 to 14 and private one-to-one lessons.
Norwich Lads Amateur Boxing Club
Norwich’s longest-running boxing club, founded in 1918 and run by volunteer coaches from its own gym on Hall Road in Lakenham. Mixed-ability sessions for ages ten and up run on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with competition training for carded boxers on Monday and Wednesday.
Hustle Norwich
A boxing, strength and HYROX gym on Avian Way, with a second site in Wymondham. Boxing classes range from all-level technique sessions and pad work to an advanced class with controlled technical sparring, led by professional boxers and boxing coaches, and there are junior, youth and girls’ classes for ages 6 to 16.
ESKA Karate at The Dojo Norwich
The home dojo of the Eastern Shotokan Karate Association (ESKA), a purpose-built centre on Burton Road with over 3,000 square feet of training space. Classes run every weekday from late afternoon, from Tiny Tigers for ages 4 to 6 through graded junior and family classes to adult-only sessions for ages 14 and over on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The venue also hosts kendo and iaido.
Norwich Karate Academy
A Shotokan karate club affiliated to the Japan Karate Shoto Renmei (JKS), teaching in village halls around Norwich. Its adult class (14 and over) runs on Friday evenings at Little Melton Village Hall after the junior class, and family classes for ages 6 and up run at Great Plumstead, Roxley Hall and Thorpe End. Weekly squad sessions train members for competition.
Black Belt Academy
A full-time martial arts school on Bull Close, opened in 1980 by Grandmaster Richard Vince (8th Dan). It teaches karate in mixed classes where adults train alongside families rather than in separate adult sessions, and Urban Thai, a kickboxing style built from kickboxing and Muay Thai techniques, for ages 7 to adult. Little Dragons classes cover ages 4 to 6.
Norwich Premier Judo Club
A judo club founded in 1959 and affiliated to the British Judo Association, training at Heathgate Community Centre. Seniors (16 and over) train on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with a Saturday morning randori session for regular members, and a junior class for ages 8 to 16 runs on Thursdays.
Lohan Martial Arts & Wellbeing School
A Choy Li Fut kung fu and tai chi school led by Grandmaster Niel Willcott, who founded the Hung Sing Martial Arts Schools in Norwich in 2001. Classes run on Sunday mornings at Eaton Park Community Centre: tai chi and qigong at 9.30am, then kung fu at 10.30am, both open to beginners.
RONIN Karate
A Shotokan karate club founded in 2014 and affiliated to the JKS, teaching family classes in school and community halls across Norwich and north Suffolk. Its Sprowston class at Sewell Park Academy on Friday evenings is open to all grades, and adults (14 and over) can also train at City of Norwich School, the Norman Centre and Queen’s Hills in Costessey.