this blog has been moved over to the academy's website and all updates for the academy and my training will be posted over there. visit http://machineworksbjj.com, sign up for the mailing or just come down and visit us and see the academy first hand.

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machineworksbjj.com is alive

the website is alive and kicking, it's still needs filling out as we are also still in the last stages of getting an actual address for the academy. in the meantime i will be updating the blog over there and no longer here. the url is machineworksbjj.com. you should go over check it out and sign up for the newsletter. there will be a period very soon when we send out the first newsletter announcing the opening of the academy and will also announce the prices and some deals for the guys who sign up at the beginning.

started the day with the normal tuesday morning class. assisted eduardo as he went over some very solid escapes from the having your back taken. then went on to my private lesson where i went over the full guard to take the back/ flip you over sweep/ the sneaky you recovered, no you got swept into mount series. then we talked about how to connect to the underhook series that i like to hit out of the full guard.

later i went back for the advanced class. hit the mats for 7x7 minute rounds of sparring. played more with the reverse de la riva hook to my under hook sweep to inverted triangle set up. tomorrow it's going to be more attacks from the back and how to defend those attacks.

my other goals are to work on some content for the website, to start filling it out and getting it ready for the anouncement of where the academy will be located. it's not much now but check out http://machineworksbjj.com/,

started the day with two privates. the first was with a newer student. he wanted some insight into the omoplata and some side control ideas. then i worked with mateo on side control transitions to mount, knee of belly, and to inverted triangle. we also played with a new way to take the back i've been playing around with. i was going to film some technique, just a quick deal, on underhook 101 from top half guard. right as we started the flip camera's batteries died. i'll try again soon.

new merch post

i'll be trying to update this blog with less merch related things and more technique or training related posts. for now let's talk about hoodies, specifically black ones that have 2 sided designs and are a thick 80 cotton/20 poly blend. they feel good and look better. buy one for yourself, buy one for your friend. the more you buy the nicer the walls mats at machine works jiu jitsu will be.

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there are some details to work out and more forms to fill out, but the first steps have been accomplished. machine works jiu jitsu has thrown it's hat in the jiu jitsu academy ring. we will be located in san leandro just off of 880. the next step is to get the mat room cleaned up, painted and the mats down. once that's done, we'll be having some of you by to spar and check out the academy. once we're operational but not yet open, we'll start talking about schedules and prices. the guys/gals who sign up between the time we start opening the door for sparring sessions and when the official opening is, will get 10 dollars off a month for the first 3 months.

the shirts have arrived, so have the hoodies, but i'll talk about them later. the shirts are black, 2 sided, 100 percent cotton, the pics on the side show both front and back. from me in person they're 20, and through paypal they're 26(includes s&h)

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