I have always believed that if you can beat up all the
- elementary school kids, then
- junior high school kids, then
- senior high school kids,
you may have developed some dependable skill. You have to start from easy first and then go to hard later.
When you train in the basic level, your opponent has to give you all the opportunity that you need. For example, if you tell your opponent that you want to train "foot sweep", your opponent will put weight on his leading leg all the time, allow you to sweep him down over and over. After you have swept your opponent down 10,000 times, you have developed your speed, power, technique, and confidence. Now your opponent may not always put weight on his leading leg, but you can catch that right moment, or you can use other set up to force him to put weight on his leading leg. Now you have passed your "basic level training", and move into your "intermediate level training".
When your opponent "intentionally" put weight on his leading leg and allow you to use your "foot sweep" to sweep him down, that's not "resistance opponent" by most of your guys definition. But that training "process" is very important in Chinese wrestling. It helps you to build your confidence. It may not be your real confidence in the beginning, but it will become your real confidence if you stay in this art long enough.