Last night while I was teaching, I had one student who was instinctively resisting the throw his partner was learning. The point I made in class, that I also want to share here is that we must work with our training partners when learning new techniques. If we resist when our partner is trying to learn, it will be more difficult for them. Sure, once techniques are learned and for certain training we want to go at a higher speed and during randori or sparring type exercises we provide full resistance. There is a time and place for everything.

Be sure to help your training partner when learning new things, and they will help you. This will minimize training injuries, assist with learning techniques, and make your training sessions more enjoyable and less frustrating.

Train hard, train safe, and train smart.

Alain