Some Tips To Make a Good Training Partner

**cyrijl** · Posted On: 8/31/2007 1:25pm

The writing is not bad. I just think you need to write to your audience. I mean...err...I dont think MMA guys are dumb. I just think commands are easier than contemplations. Does that make sense?

**jasculs** · Posted On: 8/31/2007 1:27pm

Originally Posted by cyrijl

The writing is not bad. I just think you need to write to your audience. I mean...err...I dont think MMA guys are dumb. I just think commands are easier than contemplations. Does that make sense?

Yes..makes sense...are you an English major or something...lol...thanks for the tips.

**cyrijl** · Posted On: 8/31/2007 1:47pm

No, I got an BA and MA in philosphy and did all the coursework for an MA in linguistics...I was on the road to academia....luckily I got off that bus.

**WorldWarCheese** · Posted On: 8/31/2007 3:32pm

Wow... I don't like posts that are simply just saying "ur amazering duuuude!" but...
UR AMAZERING DUUUuUUDE!!!

Also, it made me feel very proud that, in reading the article, all of the guys at Judo easily filled all those categories.

**Coach Josh** · Posted On: 8/31/2007 7:47pm

Ooops I forgot to critique stuff. Its seems to be a requirement to post here.(j/k). Yes some points can be made more concise when I teach I always employ the KISS method. Keep It Simple Stupid. While not a cunning linguist I can cut through the fluff and reduce your article to the finer points. Its one of the requirements of being an instructor.

Keep up the good work I see you posted it in the Underground also keep it away from MAP so you don't have to deal with the unwashed masses.

**chingythingy** · Posted On: 8/31/2007 10:40pm

jasculs,

I'm coming around to liking the checklists. I think I will pull them into my personal training manual / log. They are something I can read through and do a check before training positions, and good stuff to keep in mind.

**jasculs** · Posted On: 8/31/2007 10:43pm

Originally Posted by chingythingy

jasculs,

I'm coming around to liking the checklists. I think I will pull them into my personal training manual / log. They are something I can read through and do a check before training positions, and good stuff to keep in mind.

I think their's pro's and cons to lists and outline's just like a lot of things...I actually vary up my style of analyzing things based on what I am analyzing at the time...I do however tend to lean towards outlines/lists more for some reason...I guess that is how a lot people do it.

I have also been playing around with Mind Maps also and they have been very helpful.

**Pandinha** · Posted On: 9/01/2007 12:31am

Jason,

I'm gonna print your checklist up and passing it around ATT.

Really excellent stuff!!!

**jasculs** · Posted On: 9/01/2007 1:47am

Originally Posted by Antonillo

Jason,

I'm gonna print your checklist up and passing it around ATT.

Really excellent stuff!!!

Not a problem and thanks.

**Petter** · Posted On: 9/01/2007 3:21am

Originally Posted by cyrijl

You should try to make the sentences more concise. Even though I tried to read the article several times, I always ended up skim reading it. Another example is "Don't" is a much better phrase than "Will not". I would try to make the reader empathize with the good partner. Refer directly to the reader instead of abstracting out.

Beyond the dangerous proximity to the dreaded and limp-wristed passive voice, the direct meaning of the commandments as they now stand appears to be "Your training partner will do this or that". Since my usual razor intellect is somewhat dulled by wine and rather-past-midnight hours, I caught myself thinking a few times that "All right, when I finally try judo, if my training partner doesn't do X, I have a right to be peeved" -- whereas "You will do this or that" carries connotations of "All right, if I do try judo and I don't do X, my training partner has a right to be pissed off" -- rather more of a deterrent.

I'm glad to have read this (and I'd be even more glad if I could find a judo club around here that doesn't practice at the same time as I am at karate practice), but I think that switching to a more direct form of expression would be a very significant improvement (to a good piece).