Kiso problem?

Question

I take goju-te karate. At my school, there are children's classes, adult classes, and black belt classes. I'm 17, I'm in the adult class. On Thursdays, the adult and black belt classes are combined. I'm currently learning kiso kumite 5, which is sweeps and arm bars. My problem: in the black belt class there are twin boys, around my age. The past two Thursdays I have done kiso 5 with a twin (I can't tell them apart, I don't know if it was the same twin both times). Both times, I ended up hurt. The right way to do the arm bars is to get the lock and then SLOWLY increase the pressure until the person taps out. The twin(s) do not do it slowly at all, so by the time I've tapped, I'm in pain because my elbow has been extended far past where I normally tap out. The first Thursday, I ended up in tears. The twin just stared at me until an instructor came over to see if I was ok. The regular instructor wasn't there that day. I didn't seriously hurt my arm, luckily. Please wait for more details

Answer 1

This is something that you need to bring to your instructor's attention immediately. You need to do this for your safety, the instructor's insurance, and most of all the seemingly bad attitudes of the twins.

If you do not want to work with some of your fellow students you should make it known, for your personal safety. I've had students like that in my years of training. Unfortunately we had such a small group of people at all times we would have to work together. Luckily enough I had the experience and ability to put them in their place when they stepped out of line. That is just so you know I understand where you are at.

So, the proper thing is to tell you instructor.

Now as far as the pain you're having... That could be some torn connective tissue which is what results from hyperextension IE an arm bar.  So you need to tell your instructor IMMEDIATELY so that he may file against his insurance or can help you file against the other boys insurance and get seen by a doctor, unless there's some clause where you'll have to file against your own. I wouldn't recommend training hard with your injured arm since you could further damage it.