Have you ever trained with someone significantly lighter than you?

[IronFist]

Being a skinny guy myself, I can't even imagine what it must feel like for a 220 pound dude to spar/grapple with a 150 pound dude.

I trained with a guy who was 140 when I was 170 and I thought he felt like a stick man. He was still way better at BJJ than me, though. It was the kind of thing where we were about even... I could resist him with raw strength, but his technique was too good for me to do anything to. And his technique was good enough to submit me, but I could just muscle my way out of most of it. And that was only about a 20% difference in weight!

I've rolled with guys in the 200-220 range before. It's just like... D.amn! Most of them were bigger, stronger, and more skilled than me. But it's also a great learning experience.

I remember holding the Muay Thai pads for my friend who was 190-200 pounds or so, 6'3", and my old weight lifting partner. Just holding the pads for his kicks was a workout. Geez. He's like "do they feel hard?" I'm like uh... yeah. He was a noob to Muay Thai but had a good strength base from weight lifting.

I can't imagine holding the pads for someone who is like 250 and really rocking them.

I seriously cannot imagine getting hit by someone who is like 250 pounds of muscle.

What's it like for you big guys training with small guys?

On one occasion I trained with a guy who was smaller than me, slightly less skilled, and weaker. It was one of those situations where I could "break the rules" and just do whatever I wanted, like the stuff that would never work against bigger, stronger people.

Is that what you big guys feel like all the time?

Oh, and just for the sake of completeness in examples, one time I rolled with a guy who was bigger than me but had no training. That was an interested experience. I could still submit him, but it was kind of hard work. As he got better, my advantage over him decreased exponentially.