Re: Looking for direction
I’m a little jealous – I don’t have an out-of-class sparring and training partner! If I did however, and to answer your question, I would probably try and train according to situations rather than techniques. Ie: imagine a random scenario where you would have to defend yourself and act it out (making sure you and your partner are safe, of course.) That way you can start to build experience and learn how the building blocks between different techniques all come together. The worst thing to happen on the street would be if someone attacks you and having not trained a particular technique for the situation you panic or freeze. Understanding the system as a whole will let you figure something (always better than nothing) out and react.
