Martial Arts

UCL Taekwondo is the biggest university Taekwondo club in the UK and the most successful university Taekwondo club in the UK. Taekwondo is a fantastic opportunity to keep fit, learn self-defence, and most importantly, meet some enthusiastic and friendly people!

Karate is a great way to get fit, learn self-defence, compete for your university and make great friends! The discipline is a martial art originating in Japan, and features two distinct aspects: kata, and kumite.

Want to do something exotic? Learn martial arts with us. Founded in 1977, the UCL Aikido Club is the one with the longest history amongst UCL martial arts clubs. We offer the traditional non-competitive Aikikai style training.

UCL Muay Thai is UCL’s biggest martial arts club. Muay Thai is known as ‘the art of eight limbs’, incorporating fists, elbows, knees, and shins, making it the most effective and exciting combat sport on offer at UCL.

UCL Mixed Martial Arts club is UCL’s most diverse martial arts club, able to teach you the best techniques from all of the most powerful fighting styles. Those styles include Muay Thai, Karate, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Judo.

Welcome to the UCL Shaolin Kung Fu Society!

Capoeira is an afro-Brazilian martial art incorporating kicks, acrobatics, as well as dance and music. Come and try!

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) is a grappling-focused martial art which promotes the concept that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger assailant by using leverage and proper technique, taking the fight to the ground and applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defe