Martial arts classes in Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Browse 13 martial arts gyms in Portsmouth. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Gym 01 Fitness & Martial Arts
A full-time martial arts and fitness gym on Partnership Park, Rodney Road, teaching MMA, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, boxing and kickboxing. It runs beginners’ BJJ, women-only kickboxing and junior classes from age four, and has a ring, matted floors and a 24-hour gym next door.
Pure Art BJJ
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu club at Fort Purbrook Activity Centre on Portsdown Hill, teaching gi and no-gi BJJ to adults and 14 to 17-year-olds. Beginners’ classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings and Saturday mornings follow a repeating syllabus of fundamentals, with intermediate and advanced classes straight after.
Portsmouth Muay Thai
A full-time Muay Thai gym on Albert Road in Southsea. It runs beginners’ classes on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, mixed-ability, advanced, sparring and fighter sessions, a women’s Muay Thai class and junior and youth classes from age six. The gym has a competition team.
Jason Boh’s School of Martial Arts
A martial arts school at Portsmouth Enterprise Centre teaching Bruce Lee’s Jeet Kune Do (Jun Fan Gung Fu, which draws on wing chun), Filipino martial arts and a beginners’ Brazilian jiu-jitsu class. Seniors’ classes are for ages 16 and over, and juniors aged 5 to 15 have their own Jeet Kune Do classes.
TaeKwonDo Academy Hilsea
A taekwondo and self-defence school at The Skill Centre in Hilsea, with teen and adult taekwondo classes on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and a sparring class on Thursday. The same venue hosts a BJJ class on Tuesday evenings and judo on Friday evenings, and there are children’s classes from age three.
Court Lane Judo Club
A volunteer-run judo club, founded in 1993, training at Court Lane Junior School in Cosham on Tuesday and Thursday evenings in term time. Junior beginners train first, followed by a combined class for advanced juniors and adults.
Portsmouth Karate Club
A Shotokan karate club founded in 1964 and a founding member of the Shotokan of England Karate Union. It trains on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at The Portsmouth Academy in Fratton, and students can start from age eight.
Portchester Karate Dojo
A karate club affiliated to Rengokai, training at Portchester Community School on White Hart Lane. General lessons for children and adult kyu grades run on Monday, Friday and Saturday, with separate sessions for brown belts and dan grades and a Thursday morning class.
Hampshire Academy of Shotokan Karate
A Shotokan karate club led by an 8th-dan chief instructor, training at the Nimrod Community Centre in Gosport on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Instructors teach children from age five as well as lower and higher belts, and the club enters squads in competitions.
Hung Leng Kuen Kung Fu Portsmouth
The Portsmouth branch of Hung Leng Kuen (Free Spirit Fist), a modern kung fu style taught alongside traditional forms, weapons and self-defence. Classes are held at Admiral Lord Nelson School on Dundas Lane and are open to beginners as well as people graded in other styles.
Havant Wing Chun
A wing chun (Ving Tsun) club teaching the Cliff Au Yeung method, with classes on Monday and Wednesday evenings at The Stride Centre in Havant. Training covers close-range striking, footwork and partner contact drills, and there are no formal gradings.
Mission Fitness/Martial Arts
A kickboxing school on Northarbour Road in Cosham with adult kickboxing and self-defence classes for ages 14 and over, a ladies-only kickboxing class and kids’ kickboxing from age four.
Rogers JiuJitsu Academy
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy on Heritage Business Park in Gosport, with gi and no-gi classes for ages 14 and over every weekday, fundamentals classes, a competition class and youth BJJ for ages 5 to 13. Members can also use the Tigers Lair gym on site.