Kids martial arts classes in Plymouth, United Kingdom
Browse 9 martial arts gyms in Plymouth. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Checkmat Plymouth
An official Checkmat Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy on Faraday Road in Cattedown, teaching gi and no-gi BJJ alongside judo-for-BJJ and wrestling classes. The timetable runs early-morning, late-morning and evening sessions most days, with gi and no-gi beginners’ classes, a competition class, regular open mats and kids’ classes. The home page also mentions two MMA sessions a week, though none appear on the current timetable.
Mythic Martial Arts
A family-run academy at Faraday Mill Business Park in Cattedown teaching kickboxing and taekwondo to children, teenagers and adults. Adult kickboxing runs on weekday evenings and Saturday mornings with optional sparring after the Monday and Wednesday classes, and there is a women-only kickboxing class on Wednesday mornings. Teens and adults train taekwondo on Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings.
Colours Martial Arts
An ITF taekwon-do club that has taught in Plymouth and Ivybridge for more than twenty years, led by a fifth-degree black belt. Its Plymouth classes are in the sports hall at Plympton Academy on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings, where juniors and adults train together; adults work on patterns, power-breaking, self-defence and sport sparring. A separate Colours Cubs programme for four- to seven-year-olds runs in Ivybridge.
Plymouth Karate Academy
A non-profit karate academy founded in 1999 and run by volunteer instructors, teaching traditional karate and self-defence. Classes are held at Marjon Sport and Health in Derriford on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with a juniors-only class before the adult class.
Doryoku Ryu Karate
A traditional Okinawan karate club that has taught across the South West since 2008, with its main Honbu dojo at Christian Mill Business Park in Plymouth. It teaches traditional karate, sport karate and Okinawan weapons (kobudo) in junior, open family and adult classes, and the Honbu dojo has classes every day of the week.
Ocean City Boxing and Fitness
A boxing and fitness gym on Harbour Avenue, affiliated with England Boxing and led by a former professional boxer. It runs boxing classes for adults, women-only boxing classes and junior classes from age six, and caters for amateur and professional boxers as well as fitness members.
Taurus Gym
A full-time combat sports gym in Lower Compton teaching boxing, Muay Thai, K1 kickboxing and MMA, run by head coach Jimmy Hamilton. The timetable has weekday-morning mixed sessions, evening Muay Thai/K1, boxing and MMA classes, a no-gi jiu-jitsu/MMA class and Friday sparring, plus junior boxing and kickboxing. The gym trains amateur and professional fighters but most members train recreationally.
Cobra Kickboxing
A kickboxing class at Cottles Lodge scout hall in Plympton, taught by Bruce Swatton, a third-degree black belt with over 30 years’ experience who has also trained Muay Thai in Thailand and is a qualified boxing coach. The class mainly combines boxing, Muay Thai and street defence, with sparring for all levels and a graded belt system, and there are kids’ classes.
Evolution Martial Arts Academy
A martial arts academy on Estover Close teaching kickboxing and Filipino martial arts. The Adult Elites programme is for ages 12 and over, there is a ladies-only kickboxing class, and children’s programmes start from age three.