10 Best Kids Martial Arts Classes in Singapore

Martial arts is one of the most popular enrichment choices for children in Singapore, building focus, coordination, respect and confidence as much as physical skill. This guide gathers ten established providers of kids martial arts in Singapore, spanning taekwondo, karate, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, judo, aikido and wushu, each checked against its own website. Use it to compare disciplines, age ranges and locations rather than as a strict ranking.

Kyung Hee Taekwondo teaches the Korean art across four branches, its Bukit Timah headquarters plus Orchard, Jurong East and Woodlands, with age-banded classes that start from its Tots and Children's groups and run up to teens and adults. Students progress through coloured-belt grades and poomsae patterns, and the school says it is an authorised centre of the Kyung Hee University Taekwondo Union, led by Grandmaster Eom with Korean instructors and affiliation to World Taekwondo and the Singapore Taekwondo Federation. Training emphasises balance, flexibility and mental focus alongside self-discipline.

Bukit Timah, Orchard, Jurong East and Woodlands
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Top Taekwondo Academy says it grew from a single dojang in Upper Serangoon, started in 2012, into a network of neighbourhood branches across Serangoon, Sembawang, Toa Payoh, Potong Pasir, Paya Lebar, Thomson and Changi. Founder Master Song Jeong Ho, whom the school describes as a seventh-dan black belt, leads children's classes that the academy frames around patience, confidence and the kind of values it says will carry students through life's challenges. The emphasis is on a nurturing, community atmosphere where beginners learn at their own pace.

Serangoon
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The Singapore Taekwon-do Academy describes itself as the nation's oldest and largest traditional Taekwon-do organisation, founded in 1971 by pioneer Grandmaster BS Huan. It teaches the classic patterns-based style through a team of masters and instructors, running centralised belt gradings and training at community clubs, schools and residential venues in areas such as Ang Mo Kio, Yishun, Bedok and Telok Blangah. Children's foundation courses sit alongside self-defence and adult classes, making it one of the more widely accessible options for families across the island.

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The Japan Karate Association's Singapore branch teaches authentic JKA Shotokan karate, the traditional empty-hand style, at community-club dojos including Jalan Besar, Kolam Ayer, Kampong Ubi and Leng Kee. It runs dedicated kids sessions alongside all-levels and advanced classes, with training built on the dojo kun code of conduct and the standard kyu-to-dan belt progression. For families it offers an accessible, tradition-first route into karate close to home.

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Keiseikan is a traditional dojo on King George's Avenue near Bendemeer and Lavender MRT that teaches Inoue-ha Shito-Ryu karate together with Okinawan kobudo weapons training. It runs a dedicated Karate Kids class with its own grading path, and the instructor holds accreditations the school lists from the Japanese Inoue-ha Shito-Ryu Keishin-Kai and Kenshin-ryu Kobudo. Keiseikan says it is the only dojo in Singapore offering certified kobudo instruction, giving older children a route beyond empty-hand kata into traditional weapons.

Bendemeer
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The Gentle Art Academy, which says it was established in 2014, is a dedicated Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school with mats in Katong and at Novena's United Square. Its children's pathway is clearly age-banded, with Babybolos for ages four to six, Kids BJJ for six to twelve and a teens class up to sixteen, teaching grappling, ground control and practical self-defence rather than striking. The academy stresses character building, discipline, resilience and problem-solving as much as technique.

Katong and Novena
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Elite Coach runs a kids-focused Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy at Novena and Farrer Park, both a short walk from the MRT, for children from around three to eleven years old. Judo students grade under the Judo Federation of Singapore, and the programme leans on grappling to build discipline, focus, confidence and teamwork, with an explicit anti-bullying angle. Its head coach is described as a sports-education specialist with more than twenty years of teaching experience.

Novena and Farrer Park
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aikiForest specialises in aikido for children, with a play-based Tot class from about three and a half years old and progressively more technical Cadet and Youth groups up to the mid-teens. Rather than striking or competitive sparring, it teaches redirecting an opponent's force, balance and breakfalls, which the school links to coordination, situational awareness and calm emotional self-regulation. Classes run at venues including Alexandra Retail Centre and SAFRA Jurong.

Alexandra and Jurong
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Kidou Academy takes a blended approach it calls Multi-Jutsu, introducing children from around age four to techniques drawn from the Japanese arts of aikido, jujitsu, judo and karate within a single programme. The aim is to build broad self-defence skills, confidence, discipline and mental resilience before a child specialises in one style. Classes for children and youths run from its studio on Claymore Hill Road, just off Orchard Road.

Orchard
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The Wushu Lab is a children's wushu school at Parkland Green on East Coast Parkway, teaching the Chinese martial art's contemporary forms, including long fist, southern fist and weapons routines, alongside tai chi. It keeps classes small and values-led, naming respect, integrity, responsibility and sportsmanship as its guiding principles. The school's lead coach, Reanne Leo, is described as a former national-team athlete, SEA Games medallist and internationally certified wushu judge.

East Coast
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