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Phi Truong wrote:
welcome to the aikido world of passive-aggressive. you can find them in pretty much every dojo. often times you can find them looking in the mirror.
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Indeed. So, rather than trying to cure other people's personality disorders, maybe it's worth asking yourself how much this really affects your practice. Is everyone in your dojo like this? Then you have a problem. Is it one person? Then it's not such a big deal. Even if all the suggestions above don't do a thing for you, and your training with this person is a dead loss, it's ONE PERSON. Do what you can, bow, move on and get some training. Don't put your energy and focus in the area where you're not getting training. Don't get stuck in the ego trap of worrying about how you look or fuming because this uncooperative partner thinks he/she is "beating" you or is better than you. Get some perspective, shake it off, move on to where you can train, and train.