Months of training were dedicated towards the weekend's CCP Australian Open and Australian National Championships at Liverpool, and the efforts were worthwhile.

Pollets finished as the leading club at the event and several Bathurst competitors were among the best of the tournament.

Head instructor Ian Pollett said it was a long but worthwhile build up for his Bathurst and Orange students.

"It was a big operation there but they ran it really well. People wanted to compete because they haven't been able to for a long time. Our guys did very well," he said.

"They love it there. It was exciting to be back. Between myself and our Orange school, run by my son, we did really well for the country, winning a lot of divisions.

"It was great to catch up with old friends, competitors and people that you haven't seen for a while."

Pollet said the team should hold their heads high following the performance.

"Our club had an excellent day and we were told we were the leading club. We covered a lot of things - koishiki, contact fighting, jiu-jitsu and it was good because I have Isabella [Torresan] fighting for a title on December 17 so this was a great tune up for her.

"There's a couple of other guys fighting in the ring on the same day so this tournament wasn't just a chance to compete but it was a great tune up because they haven't been fighting for a while.

"It was great to see a lot of our younger kids doing really well and we had a lot of our ladies competing and winning across different divisions. We're doing very well out here in the country, going out to the cities to compete and showing off our skills."

The Bathurst group was made up of Torresan, Riley Ledingham, Luke Ayoub, Leanne Hamilton, Ruby Rose Hamilton-Kelly, Ignatious, Paul and Kristen Kendrick, Koeban and Jake Webster, William Maher and Paige Myers.

Torresan said the experience was very helpful ahead of her fight next month.

"I was first in my traditional forms and kata, I was second in weapons, first in koshiki and clash sparring, first in continuous sparring, first in light sparring and first in jiu-jitsu. I was against two hard girls in jiu-jitsu," she said.

"The more experience I get then the better prepared I am for this upcoming fight. All these tournaments help. When you having people watching and the pressure is on, that helps me prepare."