Martial arts classes in Southampton, United Kingdom
Browse 11 martial arts gyms in Southampton. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
Parity Martial Arts and Wellness
A full-time martial arts academy on Millbank Street in Northam, which began as Phoenix MMA in 2010. The timetable covers Brazilian jiu-jitsu, MMA, boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, judo, freestyle and sumo wrestling, with beginners’ and women-only BJJ classes and children’s classes from age 3.
Neon Martial Arts and Fitness Centre
A martial arts centre inside the Testlands Hub on Green Lane, teaching freestyle wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, MMA and submission grappling, with children’s programmes. It is affiliated to British Wrestling and runs BJJ and freestyle wrestling competitions in Southampton four times a year.
UK Shaolin Centre
A martial arts and wellbeing centre in the Marlands Shopping Centre teaching Shaolin kung fu and wushu, Chen-style tai chi, Sanda (Chinese kickboxing), qigong and Shaolin yoga. There are children’s classes from age 4, beginner-friendly sessions and a women’s kickboxing class.
MKG Southampton
A full-time academy at the Totton Martial Arts and Wellness Centre on Mill Road, part of the Minnesota Kali Group. Classes cover Muay Thai-based striking, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Filipino martial arts (Kali) and self-defence, with junior classes for ages 5 to 16.
Inner City Boxing
A boxing club on St Mary Street, founded in 2013, running adult sessions for over-17s from Monday to Thursday alongside kids’ (6–11) and youth (11–16) sessions. Amateur sessions prepare boxers for competition, and the club lists county and national titles.
SAMA Wing Chun
A wing chun kung fu school on the Emsworth Industrial Estate in Shirley, open since 1993 under chief instructor Master Stephen Cox. Adult wing chun classes run on Monday evenings and Saturday mornings, and a separate Ba Gua class is taught on Thursdays.
Southampton Wing Chun (Wing Chun Federation)
The Southampton class of the Wing Chun Federation, which head coach Alan Gibson formed in 1990. It meets at St Denys Boat Club on Priory Avenue on Monday evenings and teaches skill-based wing chun; classes are open to the public and no previous experience is needed.
No Fear Academy
A Krav Maga self-defence school holding classes at the Pound for Pound Palace boxing gym on Drivers Wharf, Northam Road. Classes run on Monday and Thursday evenings for anyone aged 14 or over and cover defences against strikes, grabs, armed and multiple attackers.
British Taekwondo Schools
An Olympic-style taekwondo club founded in 1981 by Master Joe Brown, training at its own facility in the Testlands Hub on Green Lane. Open sessions for ages 12 to adult cover beginner to advanced levels, with kids’ classes from age five and a competitive team.
Blue Dragon Dojo
A martial arts studio on Forest Hills Drive, opened in 2018 by coach Rob Rooney, whose club dates from 2003. It teaches MMA, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, kickboxing and Japanese jiu-jitsu, with beginners’ BJJ and kickboxing classes, ladies-only kickboxing and junior classes.
Phoenix School of Martial Arts
An independent school teaching freestyle taekwondo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu (as Paraestra Southampton) at halls east of Southampton, with its main evening classes at Hamble Sports Complex. Other classes run in Sarisbury Green, Locks Heath and Bishop’s Waltham, with junior, teen and adult groups and a ladies-only BJJ class.