The NJU crew sure has been working very smart, hard, and consistently lately, and they proved it last Saturday at the Grappling Industries tournament in Paterson, NJ! In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu culture, It’s been said in many ways that participating in a tournament is the equivalent of four months of regular training. But then again, you […]

Big congrats to NJU white belt Steve Vega for taking silver at the NJBJJF Spring Challenge Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament yesterday! Steve fought hard and always had his poker-face on during his matches, never exerting unnecessary energy and always looking to pit the strongest parts of his game against the weakest parts of his opponent’s game. […]

At last, Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor are going to fight. The trash-talk, wordplay, and toughguy-drama (mostly fueled by McGregor) is settling down, and this is the quiet before the storm that will go down tonight at UFC 194. Unless one of these guys plays an unexpected takedown game, we’re going to see a brutal […]

Good luck to my good friends JT and Dominyka at the 2013 IBJJF Pan American Jiu Jitsu Championships in California. The Pan Ams begin Wednesday and wrap up Sunday night after 5 long grueling days of competition. JT and Dominyka are two of the best young stars in the men’s and women’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu […]

TLI Brown Belt Keenan Cornelius competes against some of the very Black Belts in the world tomorrow at the Copa Podio de Jiu Jitsu. Check out www.copapodio.com to watch the action online.

Good luck to the NJ United students competing at The Grapplers Challenge in Red Bank this weekend!!!

Anyone competing at NAGA: Battle at the Beach, on August 6th and 7th please check www.nagafighter.com for travel information. All students must register the team name for the tournament as: Team Lloyd Irvin / NJ United MMA See you on the mats!!!

The next jiu jitsu/grappling tournament will be the NAGA: Battle at the Beach XII on August 6th and 7th in Wildwood, NJ.  Saturday, August 6th will be for all adult divisions while Sunday, August 7th will be for the kids and teens. Anyone interested in competing must speak with Jay and should be making their […]

Good luck to everyone from NJ United MMA and Team Lloyd Irvin competing at Grapplers Quest Saturday at Mennen Sports Arena in Morristown, NJ!!!

Good luck to everyone competing in The Grapplers Challenge in Red Bank, NJ tomorrow!!! Bring back some hardware to NJU!!! We will still be having our Little Spartans class from 11:00-11:45am Saturday.  Instead of our Combat Gold competition team training from 12-1pm, we will be having open mat training for students who have progressed through […]