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4RAINING WITH A

PARTNER

)T IS A BOON TO HAVE A SYMPATHETIC TRAINING PARTNER 4OGETHER YOU CAN
WORK PROGRESSIVELY TO IMPROVE ALL ASPECTS OF TECHNIQUE AND lTNESS !S YOU

BECOME MORE PROlCIENT YOU WILL SHARE YOUR IDEAS AND HELP EACH OTHER
DEVELOP 9OU SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF RECEIVING CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM FROM
YOUR PARTNER LIKE hYOU ARE DROPPING YOUR HANDSv OR hYOU ARE STICKING YOUR

CHIN OUTv AND BE GRATEFUL FOR THE ADVICE 9OU CAN WORK A SYSTEM OF hONE ON
ONE OFFv WHEREBY YOU TAKE TURNS AT TRAINING DRILLS WITH ONE WORKING HARD
ONE RECOVERING BRIEmY BUT EXHORTING THE PARTNER TO WORK EVEN HARDER

$O NOT HOWEVER BECOME TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON YOUR PARTNER HAVE
A BACK UP PLAN 4HERE WILL BE TIMES INEVITABLY WHEN THEY WILL GET STUCK AT

WORK OR IN TRAFlC THUS GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO DUCK A POTENTIALLY
TOUGH SESSION )N THIS CASE TRAIN ALONE TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY SEE SOLO
TRAINING WORKOUT P

$RILLS

(ERE ARE SOME OF THE PARTNER DRILLS WE USE BUT BE IMAGINATIVE AND
TRY TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN #HANGE THEM REGULARLY TO AVOID THEM BECOMING
STALE OR BORING

#IRCLING THE PAD
0UT A FOCUS PAD ON THE mOOR AND START OUT BY FACING EACH OTHER A FEW

FEET APART -OVE AROUND THE PAD SHADOW BOXING AS YOU GO FORCING YOUR
PARTNER TO RETREAT IN A CIRCULAR DIRECTION 3WITCH DIRECTION FREQUENTLY AND

TAKE TURNS AT BEING THE INSTIGATOR OF THE MOVEMENT