October was full of fall fun! On October 7th, our kids AND parents join us for our Halloween Movie Night! We watched the ever popular Hocus Pocus, ate pizza and even had a popcorn intermission. The night concluded with our ever popular dance party, where everyone, adults included were exhausted by the end! Be on…

Fourth of July Weekend was spent in Las Vegas as two of our competitors, Blaine Lopes and Vinicius Tomé competed in the 2022 American National IBJJF Jiu Jitsu Championships. Blaine Lopes was up first on Thursday with gi and cruised to a victory that placed him at the top of the podium. On Friday, Blaine…

On August 6th, Professor Marcos, Chris Curtis, Blaine Lopes and Arthur Matos traveled to the Santa Cruz for the Santa Cruz International Open IBJJF Jiu Jitsu Championship 2022. It was great to have a high caliber tournament close to home and our team was well prepared for the competition. Blaine Lopes was first on the…

Promotion schedule: Tuesday, 7/5: 7-12 year olds 5-6PM BJJ Wednesday 7/6: 4-6 year olds Wed BJJ Thursday 7/7: 7-12 year olds 6-7PM BJJ Adults Class BJJ Friday 7/8: 4-6 year olds Fri BJJ (both classes) Monday 7/11: 4-6 year olds Mon BJJ **All promotions on the scheduled day will happen during their regular class time

On Thursday, June 16th Merced MMA traveled to San Diego, CA for the 2022 United States Police and Fire Championships. This is only the second year that the United States Police and Fire Championships has offered Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and it had the most competitors ff all of the sports offered! Blue belt Blaine Lopes,…

On Saturday, April 30th Behring Last Stand traveled to Stockton for the Jiu Jitsu World League Golden State IV Tournament. With over 60 competitors in tow, our team participated in both gi and no gi matches and brought home some hardware. There were some very exciting fights, amazing victories and heart-breaking defeats. We are already…

Our Spring Break Day Camp was a hit with a packed camp of 30 kids! These amazing kids learned new skills and fine-tuned others in our self-defense, which was taught by Professor Marcos and Coach Moe. Our King of the Mat was an exciting event and EVERY SINGLE KID conquered our Ninja Wall! We will…

Last week, Professor Marcos and Blaine Lopes traveled to Florida for the IBJJF 2022 Pan Jiu Jitsu Championship. With over 4200 competitors, this tournament is arguably IBJJF’s second-largest tournament of the year. Professor Marcos competed in the Master 2 Black Belt Division, which held 12 competitors and he ultimately came home with a bronze medal….

What a weekend! Behring Last Stand showed up at the Jiu Jitsu World League Tournament at the Stockton Arena this past weekend with 72 competitors! Our Academy in the Kids division came in 11th place overall, bringing home lots of hardware. In the Adults & Masters Division, our Academy came in 4th place with only…