good MA schools in/near london?

sup people.

got a friend who's looking to possibly start MA as a way to re-ignite her fitness motivation via trying out new stuff after some injuries and assorted setbacks kept her out of the game for a while. anyone got any good recommendations? no preference as to style, as far as i know, so just suggest anything and everything that's accessible for a londoner

cheers
fish

 

Roger Gracie has a London school I believe

 

They could come and check out the Yoshinkan Aikido dojo I train at

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London is a big place fishman ...narrow down the area a bit ..

Snurf

 

Narrow down the areas.

But the head Roger Gracie school (where Roger Gracie, currently considered the best BJJ player in the world, trains) is in London, Ladbroke Grove.

Lot's of females there and it's insanely well structured with insanely good teaching methods.

Also Lagarto (a world champ) and braulio estima (another world champ) teach a lot of the white belt classes, so you know your in good hands.

 

There're some Choi Kwang do schools in London. :evil:

 

I train at http://www.londonfightfactory.com/ , I tend to think it's pretty awesome.

You should find out what area she'll be living/working in, London's a fairly large place.

 

Boar's Tooth Fight School:

http://fightmedieval.com/

Schola Gladiatoria:

http://www.fioredeiliberi.org/

Can't get much better than them.

Best regards,

-Mark

 

the budokwai is quite an awesome place for judo!

also SOAS runs a FMA and capoeira class that is supposed to be top notch.

 

I was thinking of checking out LFF, heard good things and also not too bad a price for where it is.

 

Hey Fish - i run a class over at Kings Cross - www.london-arnis.co.uk - Monday 7pm-9pm is more about physical conditioning and combatives, and Thursday 7pm-9pm is more technical and syllabus work (there is plenty of crossover between the two though). If your mate fancies giving it a try, tell her to say "The fish sent me" and i'll sort her out with a freebie

 

Sorry for the necro post but, if your friend is based around South and South West London, get her to try Fighting Fit

They do kickboxing and kung fu, and have branches in Wimbledon, Putney, Epsom, Kingston, New Malden and Tooting

 

I think it was £65, last time I checked, for an annual martial arts license, insurance and membership fees to the club. In comparison, Holistic Fitness charges around £8.75 a class (based on their £35 for 1 class, once a week). The class length is usually 1 hour, you are correct, but it can sometimes run over this time limit, depending on the instructor.

Also depends what you want out of your martial arts - I've seen some schools that just spend an hour just doing sparring, others focus on self-defences and so on. I might be happy to pay £7 for a class where I do a little of everything (i.e. fitness, basics, padwork, self-defences) while you perhaps would rather spend the hour just doing forms/kata and their application.

 

This made me throw up in my mouth a little....

 

Crikey, somebody report this guy for animal abuse!