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Boxing 101 Monday!

I’m looking forward to Boxing 101 class Monday at 7pm! Classes have been awesome and I can already see the students improving their standup technique. Keep up the great work guys!

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NJ Grappling Tournaments

Congratulations to NJ United Mixed Martial Arts students Chas, Chris, and Renzo on their performances Saturday, December 8th. Chas traveled to Brooklyn to compete in The Good Fight: Winter Open 2012 and came home with a Bronze medal. Chas won his match in the consolation round submitting his opponent in 12 seconds. NJU also had […]

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Wednesday Night Classes

Great night of classes at NJ United MMA tonight! Enjoy some pictures from the Little Ninjas, Little Spartans, BJJ 101, and Open Mat training…

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Jacare Highlight

In 2004 as a blue belt in jiu jitsu I competed in the Mundial World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  To this day it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.  It stands out in my memory as one of my favorite experiences in my journey in the martial art of […]

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Hurricane Sandy Food Drive

A few weeks ago Hurricane Sandy ripped through the New Jersey/New York area doing widespread damage to most of the northeast leaving 5 million people without power, heat, or hot water.  Gas was and in some areas still is very difficult to come by, with state-wide gas rationing laws in effect. People still have no […]

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Jay Hayes wins Bronze at 2012 World Championships

Proudly representing Team Lloyd Irvin, NJ United Mixed Martial Arts instructor Jay Hayes wins the Bronze medal in the Masters Black Belt middleweight division at the 2012 IBJJF No Gi World Championships. This marked Jay’s first medal at the Worlds, coming one win short of a bronze in 2008 and 2009 as a brown belt. […]

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Classes

Glad to have power up and running and the classes back to normal. Great night tonight guys!

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Sunday Classes

I hope everyone is safe and sound from Hurricane Sandy that had such a devastating effect on the NJ/NY area. We’re happy to have power back and I’m looking forward to BJJ 101 class Sunday morning at 11am and Muay Thai kickboxing at 12:30pm! Hope everyone is doing well. Even if you’re not training come […]

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Thursday Night Classes

Great night of classes at NJU Thursday night! The mats were packed and there was some serious training going on! Keep it up guys and gals!  

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Hard Work!

The guys did some great cardio tonight in Combat Gold Competition Team class with some serious stair work! And we finished it off with some killer guard passing drills and some shark bait wrestling drills.

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