Yesterday was the Will Machado Nationals in Melbourne. Once again I was unable to get there and also missed out on seminars by Rigan Machado today. Hopefully someone has taken pictures so at least there will be something for the website http://www.bjj.com.au/.

Class today was pretty good. About 20 with 1 new guy. Covered side control, initially with partners just grappling from the position and then covering concepts on escaping and holding. We also did the first basic drills to reinforce the need for position. Finished class with a couple of quick rounds.

DM and AR grappled with DR making a couple of small mistakes and being unable to return, also he was concerned with hitting the wall which I think distracted him. I grappled with AR and contented myself with testing his mount and choke defence, both of which he handled quite well. TA had issues with leaving his head up when caught in side control but was not pressured by any of his partners so I quickly reaffirmed the need to defend his head/neck when underneath.

AR was at MP's party and I had gone to the right place, so I'm damned if I know what went wrong???