Yeah we made a mistake with him. When he first came in he was too cocky, (he asked me the first day if I thought I could beat him in sparring) realize that we are now a training group. It was a private group of instructors only we started to find we needed new blood So we decided to let people show up. Then we figured we might as well charge them so they don't waste our time. So while we teach, that isn't the purpose of the group the purpose really is for the instructors to get a workout amongst ourself and against people who might do strange things.
So while two of us do share the role of teaching it is a very informal structure.
Our mistake with this guy is he didn't have the right gear in the beginning so I let him wear a FIST tactical helmet until his gear came in. So he was able to walk through some awful shots without realizing how much damage he would be taking. That stopped once he put on the normal headgear we use. But we only sparred with him just above his level. All of us have been working on our weaknesses because unlike the rest he hasn't learned to be any kind of threat yet. The others within a few weeks would close up their game, and they wouldn't give us the junk they came in with anymore. This guy is stuck about half way. His game isn't tight, but at least he now has a bit of a defense.
He made a comment the other day to the other person who does the training (it was a playful bit of smack talk) It got him beat severely. They were working boxing and trapping range only. The person doing the training is most comfortable in that range.
So I'm trying to decide what to do to him tonight when I get to work with him. I don't want his attitude to annoy everyone else, but I'd like to see the guy "get it" He's got the chance to be a monster if he'd just stop searching and listen.
When we started him on jabs and crosses for instance, he kept trying to throw spin backfists, and other crap. So even the newest guys were killing him just using jabs and crosses. Even months later, he still will jump to low probability techniques rather than increase his skills in the high probability ones.
Perhaps it is time to let him see what the level he thinks he's at is like.
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