The Era Of Characters
The Era Of Characters When I started watching MMA I was only a kid in the late 90’s. I found out about MMA because I was a huge fan of the WWF. At the time, most of the kids my age were into professional wrestling; the 90’s was the high point of the WWF […]
Long Island MMA’s Dennis Bermudez Headlines UFC Houston
Long Island MMA’s Dennis “The Menace” Bermudez is fighting tomorrow at 10pm! This is Long Island MMA’s second main event after gym owner Ryan LaFlare fought Damien Maia! Dennis takes on returning Chan Sung Jung in a fight that will certainly be exciting and true to any time Dennis fights; one of the best on […]
Henri Hooft Ranking Seminar
Long Island MMA will be hosting a Henri Hooft seminar! This time Henri will come down to the gym and he will Rank every Long Island MMA member attending the seminar in his system. Your ranking will advance you through to our level 2 and 3 classes. As more of our members rank up we […]
Pat Rivera Blog Pt. 10 | Why do you train?
What got you into mixed martial arts or Brazilian jiu-jitsu? I always wonder what paths my LIMMA family took to eventually get where we are today in martial arts. For many they grew up wrestling or in families playing contact sports. Some I know grew up idolizing UFC or cage fighters. My path was rather […]
Pat Rivera Blog pt. 9 | Dennis Bermudez Vs Korean Zombie
February 4 th is quickly approaching and Dennis “The Menace” Bermudez, is gearing up for his UFC bout against Chan Sung Jung aka The Korean Zombie. This main card battle is certainly one I am looking forward to! Dennis is one of my favorite fighters. There’s nothing more impressive than Dennis’ drive to win. It’s […]
Women’s Only Class Builds!
Women’s BJJ class is every Saturday at 1pm. I know that we make a lot of posts about the women’s only classes but that is because we are very proud of what they are turning into. Many of the women who start with the women’s class get very comfortable doing Jiu Jitsu and eventually find […]
How to do the Superduck | Long Island Wrestling
Long Island MMA’s wrestling coach Kyle Cerminara teaches us how to do the popular super duck take down. The super duck is a variation of the duck under take down which is a tried and true take-down in wrestling. Kyle shows us how to do 3 different duck under take downs eventually leading to the […]
Leg Lock Only Class | Monday Night’s 8PM
Long Island MMA has just introduced the very first “Leg Lock Only” class on their schedule. This class will be a no-gi class and it will be every Monday at 8pm. This class is going to be taught by Leg Lock expert Rob Diggle. Rob has many submission grappling victories with leg locks, Rob also […]
Jiu Jitsu Transformation | Al Percy
We met Al 5 years ago when he was 17 years old (pictured on the left) Al was a very nice kid but got bullied in school and never participated in sports. Al wanted to make a change in his life so he decided to join LIMMA to help with his confidence. Al was interested in […]
Pat Rivera Blog Pt 8 | Coffee+BJJ
6 am classes are starting to heat up and develop into one of my favorites. Sounds rhetorical but you can’t emphasis enough what a great feeling it is to have completed an awesome task at such a daunting hour and have the remainder of your day at your leisure. Shoot you may even be tempted […]