Okay, he’s had his fun. Now I will try giving him some resistance instead. Not too much, just enough to make it hard for him.

Giving him stronger pressure helps to check his structure. If he cannot control his structure it will buckle and crumble.

When this happens the root cause is almost, always the inability to keep the structure linked correctly throughout the playing of a form. Hence, we need slowness to train this type of old ox stubborn power.