Anual Thanksgiving Turkey Roll

Keeping on with our BJJ UNITED tradition, we will be having our anual turkey roll to burn off all that food the day after thanksgiving!!!! Open mat will begin at 12 noon on Friday November 28th and go till whenever. We will be closed for the normal schedule on Friday the 28th. I hope to see everyone there to enjoy the day. Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday!

Jared

NEXT IN HOUSE TOURNAMENT NOV. 8TH

I am pleased to announce out next Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, GI ONLY In-house tournament will take place on Saturday November 8th. We will have divisions for white, blue, and purple belts. Men and Women. the weight classes are as follows
feather- up to148lbs
light-149-161lbs
middle-162-173lbs
middle heavy-174-185lbs
heavy-186-200lbs
super heavy-201-220lbs
over- 221lbs- up

we will have sign up sheets at the school. Pre pay is $30 Day of tournament is $50 save yourself a few dollars and pre reg. Pre registration also helps up set things up a lot quicker and things run a lot smoother. we will hold weigh ins the night before at bjj united from 6pm-8:30pm, and the day of from 8am-10am. The tournament will start by 11am. This tournament is open to all Bjj united, and team Lloyd Irvin affiliations only. We look forward to seeing you there.

Jared
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CONGRATS JARED AND CREW!!!

One week after Wilson brings home the Elite XC bantamweight title, the BJJ UNITED instructors stay on a hot streak. Jared brought a 5 person crew to NYC to compete in the 1st CBJJ No-Gi Pan Ams and came home with 5 hard earned medals.

Jared Weiner 1st Place black belt light weight Masters
J T Torres 1st place brown belt light weight Adult
Mike Ammon 1st place purple belt light weight Masters
Azuna "Zu" 3rd place superheavy blue belt Adult
Elyse Goldberg 2nd place feather weight blue/purple adult

Everyone had to win fights to reach the medal podium!!
Great job everyone and keep up the hard work!

Congrats to Wilson Reis - Elite SC Bantam Weight Champion!

As most of you already know because you watched it live on Showtime Friday night, BJJ United instructor Wilson Reis became the first ever Elite XC Bantam Weight Champion of the WORLD!!! Wilson defeated a VERY TOUGH opponent in Abel Cullum in a five round non stop war. Wilson works harder than pretty much everyone I know, his work ethic and dedication paid off big time when they finally announced "and the new Elite XC Bantam Weight Champion of the world......WILSON REIS" I was very proud of my best friend, because I know personally what he went though and sacrificed his body and time preparing to conquer this giant goal he set a long time ago!

Wilson said after the fight " This belt is dedicated to everyone in my life" This includes everyone one of you at BJJ United, Philly/Jersey MMA, and Tri-State. ONE GIANT TEAM!!! Now Wilson, please take a week off and give our bodies a chance to heal also from you beating the crap out of us for so many weeks now!! Go celebrate you deserve it more than anyone!!!!!!! Bring in you cameras, because i heard that belt is gonna be at BJJ UNITED on Monday!!!

The No-Gi Pan American Games will be held in NYC next week. I will be competing along with a bunch of guys from BJJ United. If anyone wants to come and support us, come see me or Wilson at the school for info.

On Oct 11th and 12th we will be filming a Hip-Hop Video at our school for philly artist Reef the Lost Cause. Reef is Big time on the hip-hop scene, and this video will include a full cage at our school for the two days of filming. This Video will be on constant rotation on MTV. We are looking for 50-70 extras. Race or size is no issue, we pretty much need MMA fans, tattoos, shaved heads, long hair, We want everyone!! I am gonna put a list up at the school for extras, and if you are lucky you might get a main fight scene!! Please see me for details, this will be great exposure for our school.

Womens Sundays have started at BJJ UNITED. Instructor Sharon Bonewicz now has a womens only fitness class at 9am and a womens only BJJ class at 10am. This is a great chance for women to learn and train with one of the best female black belts and fitness instructors in the country!

We will see you on the mat

Jared Weiner

CONGRATS TO THE NEW BELTS!!

the new blue belts are.

"Doc" John
Danny Boy
Billy the Kid
Halie Deblass
"Big" Greg
"Zulu The Eclipse"
Harold "won sunge" Lee
Mike Ganas

the new purple belts are..

Les Hirsch
Joe "The Shwartzanator" Shwartzy

Congrats to everyone! Keep training hard!

JW

SOME NEWS!

Wilson Reis will be fighting for the 140lb Elite XC title on Sept 26th on Showtime. He Will be the main event that night, so keep your eyes peeled and look for Wilson to bring the belt back to BJJ UNITED!!

Jared Weiner will make his long awaited return to the cage on Oct 11th in Manasas VA. Jared will be fighting in Combat in the Cage, we will have more info and tickets available soon!

Check out the news clip that ran on FOX News. Our segment comes in at about 2:45 on the youtube clip. The segment came out great, check it out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjKPeqxSvNY

Congratulations Wilson Reis!

Congratulations to Wilson for his recent win over Justin Robbins in the Elite XC's undercard on May 31, 2008 which aired live on CBS. He finished the fight by rear naked choke at 4:06 in Round 1. Wilson is now 4-0.

Good Luck Andria!

Andria Caplan will make her MMA debut this Saturday, June 14, 2008 at the WKA's Annual National Combat Sports Championship Tournament. Read about it here or cut copy paste http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/06/12/state-of-5-oz-address/#more-3519.

Congratulations to Jared Weiner on in the Brazilian National Championships in Rio 2008.

First thing is first, WILSON IS HOME! After training and visiting his family in Brazil, Wilson is home and back on the mat! Welcome home Reis, from the whole academy.

We still have tickets available for Wilson's fight on May 31st in Newark NJ. This is a huge card for Elite XC, since it will be aired live on CBS for the first time ever.

I would like to personally welcome our newest staff member Andrea Fenner! Andrea will be working the desk area with Blaine and keeping all you guys in check!! Andrea is a long time friend of mine, and even trained a bit at the old school. She will be a great addition to the academy and I look forward to working with her.

Some dates to keep in mind.

June 5, 6, 7, 8, BJJ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS- California

June 14, 15, WKA/ Mission Submission- Richmond Virginia (Andrea Caplan is fighting MMA)

June 21 U.S. Grappling- Bear Delaware

June 28, 29, Grapplers Quest- NJ

For everyone planning on competing, step up your training to the next level. If you have any questions about any of the upcoming tournaments please come and see me.

Jared

CONGRATS TO ALL THE NEW BELT PROMOTIONS

PURPLE BELTS
Aldo DiDomencio
"Mad" Max Hirsch
De "Doorman" Adair

BLUE BELTS
Andria Caplan
Brenda Huertes
Link Cullum
Matt Orsini
Matt Nice
Alex Bershezny
Richie "Broclie" Riviera
Rich "Soccer Dad" Moses
Jay "Sensative" Gratzinger
John Hunter
Dave"RD" Allen
Matt "Driedal" Lessman

SOME UPDATES!!

The next BJJ UNITED IN-HOUSE TOURNAMENT will be held on April 12th. Sign ups have already started at the school. The cost is $30 pre pay and $40 day of. There will be divisions for white, blue, and purple belts. Men and Women. The tournament is always a great time, and is double elimination. Call the school for info, or e-mail me to answer any questions you may have. This event is open to all Team Lloyd Irvin students. We hope to see you there!

Limited edition longsleeve BJJ UNITED-TEAM PITCHFORK shirts are in stock!
they are first come first serve. They are $30 and are extremly limited!!

CONGRATS TO SHARON AND BRAD

I had the honor to Promote Sharon Bonewicz, and Brad Daddis to the rank of Black Belt infront of our whole team yesterday. There were over 15 Black Belts present, including Master Lloyd Irvin, and Master Leo Dalla. Both Sharon and Brad are long time students of mine, and have dedicated a large portion of thier lives to training, learning, teaching, competing, and living Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Sharon is also the first female Black Belt on Team Lloyd Irvin, which is a true inspirtation for all the ladies on the team. I am very proud of both of you, keep training hard, and stay dedicated!!

Your Teacher

Jared Weiner

Saturday March 1, 2008 - Academy will be CLOSED

Every year Master Lloyd Irvin holds a gigantic Team Training seminar at his academy (LIMAA) in Camp Springs, MD. This is an amazing opportunity for students of all levels to train with and learn from about 10+ black belts.

All classes are canceled for Saturday: March 1, 2008 at BJJU

Team Training is open to everyone and its a great opportunity to meet other students on our team from different Academies.

Lloyd Irvin's Martial Arts Academy
6333 Old Branch Ave #302
Camp Springs, MD 20748

Tuesday February 12, 2008 - BJJU is closed

BJJ United will be closed this evening due to the severe weather conditions. ALL CLASSES ARE CANCELLED!

We will re-open tomorrow morning for the 7:30am class.

Thanks you and sorry for any inconvenience
Jared Weiner

Wilson wins at Elite XC!!

It's hard for me to find the propper word to describe Wilson's performance on Friday night on the EliteXC card at the Taj Majal. Amazing, unreal, insane or perfect....... any of these words pretty much sums it up!!! Wilson submitted his challenger early in the second round with a head and arm choke from the top position, but not before inflicting a good amount of damage in the first round and he pretty much did the same thing in the second round until he was able to secure the submission for the victory! Wilson also showed he is not afraid to stand up and throw hands along with throw those killer knees from the clinch. Wilson's takedowns were top notch, and once again he out wrestled a D-1 wresting champion. I can guarantee you that the 145lbers out there took notice that there is a new threat on the scene named Wilson Reis! Congrats Wilson!

Everyone should try to make it into class tonight to get a first hand account from Wilson himself. He was truly greatful for all the supporters that showed up, and he asked me to send out a GIANT THANK YOU to everyone that supported him.

The next tournament will be on Febuary 9th at Daddis Fight Camps (the Cherry hill NJ location) The tournament will be Gi and No-Gi. These tournaments have been great in the past and I recomend everyone to check it out. The Superfights are the following.

Jared Weiner (bjj united/lloyd irvin) Vs. Oscar Jr (att) Gi Match
Wilson Reis (bjj united/godoi) Vs. Rafael Barbosa "Formiga" (Tatu/Formiga Team) no-gi match
Jay Hayes ( perfromance/ bjj united) vs. Ken Primola ( balance) gi match
Ryan Hall (Lloyd Irvin) Vs TBA no-gi match

See you on the mat.
Jared
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