clinched with some aussie dude today, focused not on how to fix his mistakes but how i should capitalize on them. i tried not to just overwhelm him because i clearly had the advantage, but instead experimented with a lot of the techniques i've been shown for clinching. some worked well for me but others that have been working did not work so well.

first thing he said to me was "so yowah tha BJJ goy."

"i roll once in a while," i replied, sort of confused. i've grappled with a couple of guys here, but only briefly. how come they aren't tha BJJ goy ?

anyway, we went sort of hard but not viciously hard. his girlfriend was watching the whole time which was sort of strange-- made me wonder how stressful that is for both of them, particularly when he's getting molested.

pot was refereeing and every time i got an advantageous grip he would break us and then give me a devilish "yeah that's right" grin. these motherfuckers are all so playful and fun to train with that you really can't get mad at them, even though they're constantly being dicks.