While most gyms decided to close for the Labor Day weekend, NJ United Mixed Martial Arts opened every day and we still had packed classes throughout the holiday weekend! I’m impressed with the dedication that everyone is showing. Let’s keep up the hard work guys! The results are surely paying off.

Here is a nice armbar submission from Team Lloyd Irvin’s newest Black Belt Jimmy Harbison from the 2010 Pan American Jiu Jitsu Championships. Jimmy has an extremely dangerous guard and is one of the most entertaining jiu jitsu guys to watch. Expect big things from him in the future! Today is also Jimmy’s 21st birthday, […]

Check out this highlight video of one of my good friends and training partners JT “Spiderman” Torres. I’ve known JT since he was 14 years old when we were blue belt training partners and I was honored to receive my Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from Master Lloyd Irvin and Jared Weiner alongside JT. […]

Well it is official, the summer is over and school is back in session. The past few months have been very special for all of us at NJ United MMA. In less than a year of being open, we have already moved to a NEW facility in Totowa, NJ. Our 3,700 square foot gym makes […]

Check out this video of one of my instructors, Jared Weiner (head instructor at BJJ United), showing the Sao Paulo pass. The Sao Paulo pass gained alot of popularity a few years back when Wilson Reis (instructor at BJJ United) was using this technique on just about everyone in competition. This is a more advanced […]

Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure. – Jim Rohn

Train Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for FREE for 30 Days!!! NJ United Mixed Martial Arts has a beautiful 3,700 square foot facility located in the heart of Passaic County.  With 2,000 square feet of mat space, NJ United MMA is one of the largest academys in New Jersey. Here is one of the most powerful chokes in […]

Check out our NEW heavy bags!!!

Watch this interview with UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre talking about the importance of training jiu jitsu and training with the kimono (also referred to as the “gi”). There are alot of people who criticize training in the kimono because they say it doesn’t make you better at MMA. The real reason behind the […]

Congratulations to Jared Weiner for winning his Black Belt division at the Chicago Open this weekend. For those of you who don’t know who Jared is, he is Master Lloyd Irvin’s first ever Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is the owner and head instructor (along with Wilson Reis) of BJJ United in Philadelphia, […]