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 where to sleep and no place to call home.  Many people are still without many of the basic necessities so it’s important that we all help out in whatever way we can.  At NJ United Mixed Martial Arts we will be collecting necessities all this week through Friday, November 23rd. Please bring in any canned tuna, soups, pasta, peanut butter, protein bars, cereal, baby food, canned chicken, canned fruit, canned vegetables, etc… to help out those who are in need. Everything will be donated to St. Peter’s Haven in Clifton, NJ.

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. After winning by triangle choke in the quarterfinals Jay came up short in a close match (2-0) to last years world champion.  This gives Jay 3 medals at the prestigious Pan American Championships and 1 medal at the World Championships.

Team Lloyd Irvin had great success at the 2012 IBJJF No Gi World Championships, taking 2nd place in the overall team results. Master Lloyd Irvin’s “medal chasers” from the team’s headquarters in Camp Springs, MD proved why Team Lloyd Irvin is a force to be reckoned with at every belt level!

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

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 in to the academy and enjoy some warmth with the NJU family. Bring food and relax in the lounge area. Hope to see you all soon.

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!

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.

Check out this highlight of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Wilson Reis. Wilson is one of the instructors at BJJ United in Philadelphia, PA and one of the most entertaining grapplers in the world! Wilson was a coach on TUF (The Ultimate Fighter) show and has fought Mixed Martial Arts for Bellator and Elite XC. Enjoy…

16 students in class for the Friday BJJ 101 class at 11am! Afternoon classes have been awesome lately.  Keep it up!

“Hard Work Beats Talent, When Talent Refuses to Work Hard!”

Don’t forget NJ United MMA will be starting our Boxing 101 program with 8-1 with 1 draw professional boxer Pat Farrell on Thursday 10/25. Pat was also a 2x Golden Gloves Champion and a 1x Diamond Gloves Champion as is currently set for a title shot coming up in November. Enroll NOW! Space is limited!