Often is the case that the answers were already known to me; i think i just needed a bit of a rant.
For the next couple of sessions I think I will say that I will just take ukemi, in fact i'll just speak to him about it! We get on reasonably well so i don't think there'd be an issue. Plus (with the benefit of post-rant hindsight) i really could do with practice taking ukemi whereas he could do with more practice as nage... but it could be counter productive... over analysing a situation me thinks.. i'll just dig deep and train hard!!
I was also curious to see if anyone is currently in the same situation.
To answer some of your questions: Yes i do train with other people but our class is small and when we split into grading groups there are only 2 of us in our grade
Mr. Seiser, i have seen your various posts and please know i am speaking true when i say thanks for telling me to shut up!
Many thanks
Mr Tooscaredtousemyname