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HereÂ’s a little tip that can help you get the most out of working with a partner:

When you learn a new move and want to try it out in a sparring or wrestling match go ahead and see if you can pull it off – then show your partner exactly what you did.

That may seem like obvious courtesy, and good training, but not everyone sees it that way.

Some people mistakenly believe they’re playing what game theorists (a branch of political theory) call “A zero sum game.” That means my loses equal your gains, your loses equal my gains.

Following that thinking, if I learn a move and you don’t, and I don’t share it, it’s my gain and your lose so I’m “winning.”

Know anyone who thinks like that?

Unfortunately, there are people like that. But theyÂ’re wrong. TheyÂ’re not winning. The reason theyÂ’re not winning is because theyÂ’re training (and probably living) a negative sum game, not a zero sum game.

They keep the move to themselves. By not sharing it they 1) Don’t learn to defend against it 2) Don’t learn how to execute it against someone who may see it coming 3) Never get the improvements and insights another person might offer 4) Will be less likely to learn new moves from their partner – because once one player gets stingy, others tend to follow.

Everyone looses. See how thatÂ’s a negative sum game?

In our training, letÂ’s play positive sum games. The more you give, the more you get . . . and everyone wins.

Take care. Train like you mean it.

Rob LaPointe

Sparring and Pushing Hands Gold Medalist Rob LaPointe has been practicing martial arts since 1973. He holds black belts in Kenpo Karate and Tien Shan Pai Kung Fu.

In addition to teaching martial arts and presenting workshops to members of all the Armed Services, including special forces members, as well as CIA, DEA, FBI, Department of State Foreign Service Officers, U.S. Customs Officers, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Exxon-Mobile Corporation, Rob has presented demonstrations and workshops to Washington, D.C. area businesses and agencies, including Georgetown University Hospital, Northern Virginia Hospital Center, Alexandria Hospital, Arlington Public Schools, USA Today, and Intelsat.

In 1999 he received an invitation from the American Physical Therapy Association, and was a featured speaker at their Annual Convention, which took place that year in Washington, D.C.

Rob’s main websites are http://kungfufightingtips.com/ and http://indyinstructor.com/

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