This week's sessions were great and rich in knowledge. Andre taught on Monday how to achieve solid arm bars from the back and why it is of importance to use the opponent's arm which is succumbing to the kimura and press it into the opponent's face and from there the arm bar can be taken. Tuesday's wrestling session was mildly exhilarating as Joel and Jimmy instructed upon taking the back after a weak shoot by the opponent and is reminiscent of a recent performance of Gary Tonon. In the conduction of the technique, I will allow my weight to fall upon the shoulder and from that point will move to take the back and/or go for the twister. The seminar with Joao Miyao was great as it was inspirational to see him move ever so fluidly but unfortunately I could not for the life of me remember much of the techniques he showed other than the first initial one which consisted of a back take from the berimbolo set-up. Key emphasis for the technique is on shrimping outwards first from the delariva position and then bobbing around the opponent to taking the back. Thursday was Luca's class and he went over the arm drag from half-guard then the back take whereupon you anticipate the opponent will roll while you are taking the back and you roll with him and end up in the fearsome back-take position. Friday was a rest day and Saturday was my no-gi worlds competition where I unfortunately lost. Within the first 30 seconds of the match, my opponent immediately pulled guard. In the closed guard, I struggled to break free and from that point my clever opponent managed to revert to my back and I struggled to escape fruitlessly. Going back I need to stress breaking the closed guard as well as development of escaping the back. Live and learn and keep moving on forward.