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Old 07-09-2015, 05:40 AM   #68
Tim Ruijs
 
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Re: How to deal with irritating partner?

Long Trinh,

The way we practise is to learn global shape/flow first. At this stage, aite should not block the movement. Only when both aite and tori get a basic understanding of this, you put your attention to details and investigate the boundaries of the technique.
When your partner does not do this, she is not helping you (or herself for that matter).
Try to get across: the way we try to practise together like this does not work (yet).
As always ask your teacher to help out...

We tend to allow our friends to make more mistakes than others on the tatami, which is of course wrong. When the other party proves stubborn, stop practising with that person, even if it is a friend....

In a real fight:
* If you make a bad decision, you die.
* If you don't decide anything, you die.
Aikido teaches you how to decide.
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