Martial arts classes in Sacramento, United States
Browse 13 martial arts gyms in Sacramento. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Capitol Jiu Jitsu
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy on 34th Street in East Sacramento, with a second location in Carmichael. It runs gi and no-gi classes for adults, kids and young children, plus Muay Thai classes at the East Sacramento gym.
Rise Kickboxing and Fitness
A fighter-owned striking gym on Auburn Boulevard that runs Muay Thai and kickboxing, MMA, sparring and strength classes. Brazilian jiu-jitsu runs alongside with Ares BJJ, and there are kids’ kickboxing and jiu-jitsu classes and a women’s kickboxing class taught by women.
Legacy Muay Thai & Fitness
A family-run gym on Folsom Boulevard that specializes in Muay Thai kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, with youth Muay Thai, sparring and strength and conditioning classes. The gym lists mixed martial arts and pankration among its disciplines and sends youth fighters to pankration championships.
Cassio Werneck Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy on Madison Avenue founded in Sacramento in 2006 and led by IBJJF black belt world champion Cassio Werneck. It offers classes for adults, kids, beginners and advanced students.
Tai Chi Chuan Sacramento
Yang and Chen style tai chi group classes and private lessons taught by instructor Andreas at the Deane Dance Center on Lanatt Street. Current group classes are the Yang Style 24 Beginner Form and a Chen Style 24 Fan Form class, both with the 8 Brocade qigong set as a warm-up.
Eastern Ways Martial Arts (Sacramento)
A traditional Chinese martial arts school on Fulton Avenue teaching Choy Li Fut kung fu and Yang style tai chi, with Kidsafe self-defense classes for children and lion and dragon dance. The Sacramento school is led by Sifu James Lendech; the school also has branches in Folsom and Elk Grove.
Shaolin Temple Kungfu Zen Academy
A Shaolin kung fu school on Center Parkway that describes itself as an official cultural center of the Songshan Shaolin Temple. Classes cover traditional fist, weapon and animal forms, self-defense and Shaolin wellness qigong, taught by Master Shi Yanwen and Master Mei Chao.
Touchstone Martial Arts
A Wing Chun kung fu school teaching material from both the Yip Man and Pan Nam traditions, led by instructor Michael Nedderman. Teaching is organized as an apprenticeship program in which students also learn to teach the art.
Sacramento Judo Club
A nonprofit judo club on Fruitridge Road that has taught youth and adults since 1935, following Kodokan judo. All instructors are volunteers, and the club is affiliated with the USJF and the Northern California Judo Association.
Fair Oaks Family Taekwondo
A taekwondo school on Fair Oaks Boulevard in Carmichael, serving the area since 2017 and led by Senior Master Brian Kropp. It runs preschool, kids, teen, adult and family classes, sparring, a demo team and self-defense classes.
Sacramento Taekwondo Club
An Olympic-style taekwondo club in Natomas founded in 1990 by Grand Master Barbara Brand and a member of USA Taekwondo. It teaches children and adults from white belt to black belt and runs a competition team, with several athletes on the US national poomsae team.
Prime Time Boxing
A boxing gym on Del Paso Boulevard established in 1998, running traditional adult boxing classes, a youth program for ages 12 to 17 and a Mini Fist class for ages 6 to 10. A youth competition team trains for sanctioned amateur events.
Midtown Fitness & Boxing
A boxing and fitness gym on J Street in Midtown with a boxing ring, heavy bags and a weight room. Its website names coaches Steven Rapadas and Reuben Garrett and lists a USA Boxing training program.