We had 18 students getting some great training in at our 11am BJJ 101 class this morning. There were some great rolls after class! Keep up the hard work guys, it’s the only way to get better!

Come to Hooters Restaurant in Wayne, NJ to watch UFC 135 Jones vs. Rampage for the UFC Light Heavyweight Title.  The address is 25 Route 23 South right next to the Willowbrook Mall. The fight card should be very entertaining. Former UFC champion Matt Hughes faces Josh Koscheck as the co-main event.

Good Luck to our friends from Team Lloyd Irvin, JT Torres and Jimmy Harbison, who are competing this weekend at the prestigious ADCC World Championships in Nottingham, England. I’ve known and trained alongside both JT and Jimmy since they were 14 year old kids and have personally watched them grow into two of the best grapplers in the world!!!  Both JT and Jimmy are now training down at Master Lloyd Irvin’s main academy in Camp Springs, Maryland.  They are competing in arguably the two most difficult divisions in the entire tournament and I’m sure they are going to bring it!!!

The ADCC submission fighting organization is the premier no gi jiu jitsu competition in the world. It is the Olympics of no gi jiu jitsu and the event is only held once every two years.  This weekend will have the most elite grapplers from around the world competing to win the distinction of the worlds greatest grappler. Good luck guys!!!

Listen to multiple time Pan American BJJ, Asian Open medalist, and MMA veteran Jared Weiner talk about where you should train if you’re in Passaic County, NJ.  Jared is the first ever Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt ever promoted by the legendary Master Lloyd Irvin who trains many UFC supertars including Bantamweight World Champion Dominick Cruz, Phil Davis, and Brandon Vera.  Jared is the owner and head instructor of BJJ United in Jenkintown, PA.

Our Little Spartans classes have been picking up lately and we have alot of students expressing interest in competing at the upcoming NAGA in Newark, NJ on November 19th and 20th. We are going to put together a strong team ready to go out there and bring home some more medals to NJ United Mixed Martial Arts.

Watch one of my instructors Jared Weiner demonstrate a nice guard pass that you guys can use against the half guard when your opponent goes for an underhook. Jared is the head instructor at BJJ United in Jenkintown, PA. He was Master Lloyd Irvin’s first BJJ Black Belt!

NJ United Mixed Martial Arts had 2 students (JV and Ryan) compete at “The Good Fight” grappling tournament Saturday in Lincroft, NJ. The streak remains alive as we came home with 3 medals!!! Impressively, 100% of NJ United students that have competed in the last 4 tournaments have won at least one medal!!! This consistancy is a testament to the hard work of everyone at NJU, we truely have a special thing going on here in Totowa.

Ryan “Silky” McNeal won 2nd place in the men’s white belt division that consists of competitors ages 18-29 years old. Ryan qualifies for the 30 years and over division but he tested himself against the young guys and still did excellent! JV Emperio won 2nd place in white belt gi and then won 3rd place in no gi. In JV’s final match of the day his opponent was disqualified for using an illegal technique, but JV told the referee that he would rather finish the match than win because his opponent was disqualified. The ref allowed the match to continue and JV submitted his opponent with a triangle choke!!! JV is a true sportsman and always treats everyone with respect both on and off the mat!!! Although I love when the team wins medals, I take the most pride in how we as a TEAM carry ourselves while practicing martial arts and in our day to day lives. Being a martial artist is not something that ends when you step off the mat or leave the academy. Being a martial artist is a lifestyle, it is something that you carry with you in day to day life and with every person that you interact with!!! Props to JV and congratulations guys!!!

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NJ United MMA student Greg Joshua talks about his experience training at NJ United Mixed Martial Arts. Greg is a certified Grapplers Quest, NAGA, World Grappling Games, and US Grappling referee and is an experienced jiu jitsu competitor. Hear what he has to say….

Congratulations to one of my instructors Jared Weiner (who along with Master Lloyd Irvin promoted me to Black Belt), for winning his superfight at the Long Island Pride BJJ tournament in Queens, NY this past weekend!!! Great job Jared!!!