Martial arts classes in York, United Kingdom
Browse 7 martial arts gyms in York. Compare styles, prices, free trials, kids and beginner classes. Open a gym for its timetable and contact details.
DNA MMA
An MMA club inside DNA Gym on Yorvale Business Park in east York. Classes are split into striking (Muay Thai, kickboxing, K1, boxing and karate), grappling (no-gi BJJ, wrestling and judo), MMA, sparring and open mat, with junior classes for ages 12 to 18. Every class is £5 pay as you go, and the gym also has a weights floor.
Gracie Barra York
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu academy at Arabesque House, Monks Cross, run by the team behind Gracie Barra Harrogate and Apperley Bridge. It has a 150m² sprung mat, showers and free parking, with adult gi and no-gi classes in the morning, at lunchtime and in the evening, a Thursday women-only class and kids’ classes from age 3.
Legions Muay Thai
A Muay Thai and K1 kickboxing gym on Concorde Park, Clifton Moor, founded in 2011 by head coach Dave Phillips. The 2,600 sq ft matted floor has 12 punch bags and two 14ft rings, with separate changing rooms and showers. The timetable has daily morning sessions, adult and junior Thai classes, pad work and sparring.
York Elite Karate
A traditional Shotokan karate club led by head instructor Rob McCartney, training at Burnholme Community Centre in Tang Hall. The Monday and Saturday classes are for all ages and grades, and a Thursday advanced class for competitors and senior grades runs at the Railway Institute on Queen Street.
Haxby Shotokan Karate Club
A non-profit Shotokan karate club associated with the JKS, founded in 1981 and led by chief instructor Mike Gude, 6th Dan. It trains on Monday and Thursday evenings at Wigginton Recreation Hall, with an early class for children aged 6 to 8 and beginners, then a two-hour main class for adults and older children.
Acomb Martial Arts (MartialArts4U)
A full-time martial arts centre on Acomb Road, part of the family-run MartialArts4U group that began in York in 1995. Adults train in kickboxing with belt grades, in evening classes through the week plus Tuesday and Thursday mornings and Saturday, and there are ladies-only kickboxing classes and separate programmes for children from age 3.
X Martial Arts York HQ
The York headquarters of X Martial Arts, a Yorkshire school founded in York in 2013 that teaches sport karate and self-defence. It runs programmes for ages 3 to 5, children, teenagers and adults, plus private lessons, and members can train at any of the group’s five schools.