About Us
Celebrating Over 20 Years Of
Helping People Reach Their True Potential Since 2001™
Our members are young, old, slow, fast, big, small, strong, weak and everyone in between!
Our training philosophy is built around creating a safe, empowering and fun environment for all our members young and old regardless of their background or physical fitness… ANYONE can do this!
Our Commitment To ALL Our Members…
At Bristol Martial Arts Academy we place SAFETY before ego
We emphasise patience over recklessness
We compete with ourselves, not each other
We are proactive
We do our utmost best to communicate
We innovate in every way
We ALWAYS do our best
We are ALWAYS creative
We NEVER stop learning
Award Winning Martial Arts Training Programmes
For Adults & Children From 4yrs
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Where It All Began…
– 1998 –
It was February 1998 and Bristol Martial Arts Academy Founder & Chief Instructor Chris Beaumont took the plunge and started training in martial arts. The ‘bug’ that grasps so many people got hold and he was soon training four times a week. This soon turned into a passion that would become his full time job for the rest of his life…
Inspired by the energy, passion and commitment of his fellow students, he broke away from a ‘normal job’ and founded Bristol Martial Arts Academy shortly after achieving his first black belt in August 2001
Our award winning martial arts training programmes have provided a
strong base to allow the academy to grow into a community strong hold
Our classes first started in school gyms and church halls across Bristol
– 2001 –
BRISLINGTON ACADEMY
After 6 month’s we moved into our first full time facility in Brislington…
– 2009 –
HENGROVE ACADEMY
We moved into our purpose designed Hengrove academy in September 2009 to provide a more spacious training facility for all our members and their families
– 2024 –
And Still Going Strong After ANOTHER 15 Years Of Helping People Reach Their True Potential!
Bristol Martial Arts Academy has a large lounge and viewing area with free WI-FI, leather chairs & settees, baby changing facilities, snack and drink vending machines and a play area for younger siblings
Bristol Martial Arts Academy
Founder & Chief Instructor
Senior Sensei Chris Beaumont 6th Dan WKC
Senior Sensei Beaumont has gained black belts in different martial arts disciplines
He is an award winning instructor with over 25 years of experience teaching martial arts, along with traditional and freestyle weaponry
After a successful tournament career, he bowed out of the tournament arena in 2004, with silver medals in both Continuous Sparring and traditional Japanese kata at the World Martial Arts Championships, Crystal Palace Arena, London
In 2020 Sensei Chris was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame by 10 times world champion Andrew Banks and the committee of the Black Belt Hall Of Fame
This was in recognition of over 25 years of devoted service to the martial arts industry
He continues his personal growth by working closely with the best and cutting edge personal development pioneers, including including personal coaching from the legendary self improvement pioneer Tony Robbins
He also cross trains in martial arts with the best instructors in the world, to bring home the benefits to all academy members and instructors
He also cross trains in martial arts with the best instructors in the world, to bring home the benefits to all academy members and instructors
Sensei Chris always continues his push for constant and never ending improvement and has completed 5 fire walks – Walking bare foot over 12 feet of 1800 degree hot coals
