This week was packed with some awesome promotions at NJ United Mixed Martial Arts. The team has been training hard lately and it’s awesome to see everyone improve! Congratulations to Dave, Crew, and Rorie for receiving their blue belts in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu this week. Dave has been training with me since I was teaching in Hoboken in 2009. He has been a very dedicated and consistant student, always working to improve his jiu jitsu skills. Crew has been very consistant training and has refined is technique recently. He has performed also performed well in tournaments, bringing home quite a few medals during his run as a white belt. Rorie is a true martial artist and it was a pleasure to promote him to the rank of blue belt. Rorie has also brought home quite a few medals as a white belt, most recently winning 1st place at the Grapplers Challenge in Red Bank. Congrats guys!

Our technique of the month is the elbow/knee escape from the mount position.  This technique is part of our BJJ 101 curriculum. The curriculum is designed to give each student a solid foundation of jiu jitsu (not just the fancy chokes, armlocks, and leg locks) and get them to achieve the rank of blue belt. The core of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is it’s defense and escapes….

We had a great day of classes at NJ United MMA! The Little Ninjas had an action packed class and I am very impressed with the focus and hard work that everyone put in today. There were some great rolls in the adult no gi, mix levels, and BJJ 101 classes. And to top it off Crew and Dave received their blue belts in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu after mix levels class. Pictures coming soon…

Grapplers Quest consistantly holds one of the most competitive jiu jitsu competitions in NJ.  NJ United Mixed Martial Arts brought a strong team to compete over the 2 day weekend. We ended up with 11 medals total and more importantly everyone gained valuable experience from the “Beast of the East” tournament.

Congratulations to Tom Gaffney for receiving his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu today at the 11am BJJ 101 class!

We had 25+ students in class Wednesday night at NJ United Mixed Martial Arts. Everyone was training hard and learning some awesome fundamental Brazilian Jiu Jitsu technique.  Team Lloyd Irvin!

“The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.”

– Unknown

Looking forward to BJJ 101 Friday morning at 11am, followed by Little Ninjas at 5:15pm and Muay Thai at 6pm. Lets push hard the last day of the week!

Congratulations to Greg for receiving his IBJJF (International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation) referee certificate this past weekend in NYC! Greg is one of the best (and most professional) referees in the country and it’s a pleasure to have him training at NJ United!

It was a great weekend of training in at NJ United Mixed Martial Arts. We had a great Little Spartans class Saturday morning and got to spend some extra time working on our Muay Thai.  After a great class we finished up with some cardio and all the Little Spartans pushed extra hard!  Then after kids class I got some good training in with my good friend JT Torres. It’s always a pleasure to roll with JT whenever he can make a trip back home to NJ from Master Lloyd Irvin’s Headquarters in Camp Springs, MD. JT looks like he’s very focused on achieving his goal of becoming a 2012 Mundial World Champion. JT won the Bronze at the Worlds last year, and is looking to improve upon his performance by bringing home some GOLD this time around.

Sunday class was great! The mats were packed and everyone is looking great and really pushing themselves to get to the next level. The Sunday NJ United Soldiers have been consistantly putting the hard work in on the weekend for quite some time now. It’s great seeing everyone improve! I’m super excited and expecting big things in 2012 for NJ United.