Congratulations to everyone that went out there and put it all on the line today at the 2013 IBJJF No Gi Pan Ams! Every match was a battle and I’m very impressed with the amount of heart that all of the athletes showed. The most important thing is that you leave it all out there […]

JT Torres will be teaching a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Seminar at NJ United Mixed Martial Arts this Wednesday, September 25th from 7-9pm!  JT is one of only 5 Americans to ever medal at the prestigious IBJJF World Championships in the HISTORY of Jiu Jitsu. JT also recently received an invite to the 2013 ADCC World Championships in China and made the cover of this […]

What an awesome night tonight at NJ United Mixed Martial Arts! The Tiny Ninjas class was great, we had 11 – 3 & 4 year old students all practicing their jabs, crosses, and push kicks. Everyone was great today and I’m proud of how focused all the Tiny Ninjas were. We also got to play […]

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!

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!

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 […]

BJJ Athlete with Down Syndrome Achieves Great Success Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is an art that is often associated with self defense or it’s practical application to Mixed Martial Arts. Though it’s been proven to be extremely successful as a form of self defense, perhaps the greatest benefit is it’s ability to improve one’s quality of […]

Check out this cool highlight of 2x IBJJF Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World Champion, 2x ADCC World Champion, and 7x IBJJF Pan American Champion, Andre Galvao!