My last blog post addressed the benefits of training in the martial arts with people who are your own size or smaller, today I’d like to explore the counter point, the benefits of training with bigger, stronger people. Personally, I think the benefits are much more obvious in this scenario, but worth discussing as sometimes people will stick to working with people their own size because it’s easier and more comfortable, or because they are focused on a competitive arena in which they’ll only be fighting in their own weight class. The fact of the matter is, if you only ever train with people your own size, you aren’t stretching your abilities, and are missing out on the opportunity to train for more realistic self-defense scenarios.

Here are a few benefits of training with bigger, stronger partners in the martial arts: (more…)

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