Congratulations to Brian and Rich for their performances at the “The Good Fight: NJ No Gi Jiu Jitsu Championship” in Pitman, NJ today! Rich won the Silver medal and Brian won the Bronze, both athletes got some great experience in preparation for the IBJJF No Gi Pan Ams later this month!

Congratulations to Ahmed, Vitaliy, Justin, Vince (aka Arm Hunter), Samara, Andrey and Rob for earning their blue belts in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu recently. I’m very proud of all of them, they’re extremely hard workers who definitely put their time in and earned their promotions. Great job guys!

Check out some pictures of our 3 and 4 year old Tiny Ninja’s practicing their “sumo challenge” game. These kids are getting tough for sure! Our Little Spartans (8-13 year olds) got some great drills in and learned some awesome technique after the Ninjas finished up working their takedowns. I’m really enjoying seeing the Spartans […]

The wall pads are up in our new 2nd classroom! Tomorrow we start fitting the mats in! NJ United MMA is growing stronger every day!

JT Torres Seminar at NJ United MMA: Wednesday, September 25th from 7-9pm! Congrats to JT on getting the invite to 2013 ADCC World Championships and for making the cover of the next issue of Jiu Jitsu Magazine! This is an amazing opportunity to learn from one of the best Black Belts in the WORLD!

We had an awesome Competition Team class last night! We did some great guard passing drills that I learned from top UFC Middleweight contender Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in Brazil in ’05 or ’06. Some friends and training partners of mine met him on the beach in Ipanema and we set up some private lessons. What […]

Congratulations to Tito, Leanna, and Shaniya on their recent promotions at NJ United Mixed Martial Arts this week. It was awesome to promote an entire family together, keep it up guys!

Check out an old BJJ match of one of the best UFC middleweights, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza. Jacare was a multiple time Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and ADCC World Champion. I love Jacare’s jiu jitsu! Enjoy…

Empowering Women through Self Defense We had a great women’s self defense seminar at NJ United MMA on Saturday. NJU instructor Hanyann taught some awesome techniques that will allow everyone to protect themselves in many different situations against an attacker. We got to practice some great moves with “real world” applications, from countering punches and […]