K-man wrote:
"I assume that as I am the only person suggesting resistance, I must be the 'knucklehead' you are talking about. Not nice seeing you have never trained with me."
Ah, sorry to disappoint K-man but neither you or your post were in my thoughts when I crafted my reply but rather what
Ballen0351 wrote
"Thats one of the things Ive been reading about the lack of resistance so I will def look for that."
My apologies as I should have quoted him. You're right that I have not yet trained with you and I AM sorry. My haste and poor writing allowed you to take the post as some kind of attack on you and obviously your dojo even though I have not yet trained with you or at your dojo, I am sure that it is a reflection of my writing skills and communication skills.
One thing that I might suggest, a trick that has contributed to my reading of on-line communications is that I remind myself that thoughts are not things. They are models. And while truth is always truth it might not always be truth. An example, Bob Hubbard owns and runs Martial Talk. This is truth today and maybe even tomorrow but twenty years ago not so, fifty years from now who knows?
Between people who practice Aiki arts we could probably have a discussion within the communication that is the Uke and Tori training methodology (although I feel bit silly using Japanese terms if truth be told) on the what is 'resistance'. We would first have to define what resistance is, what's its purpose, and how does it manifest, and when is it good and when is it harmful. Perhaps topic for another thread not this one as it would be off topic as this thread is a practitioner from one art going to an Aikido school. My post was an attempt to keep Ballon0351 from being that knucklehead who purposely challenges the Sensei by giving what he might mistakenly think is good 'resistance' and getting tossed harder or faster than what he is physically or mentally prepared for. I have no idea really of the skill level of the person he will resist with and not all will try to go around the detour sign that he puts up, they might rather look at it as a speed bump or a yellow caution light (in the US our traffic lights go from green to yellow to red. The yellow is meant to start slowing down as the light will be turning to red but many drivers look at the yellow light as a hurry up the light is about to change signal and go faster) I do not have any idea of Goju other than wikipedia said something about hard and soft and is from Okinawa. I do not know if his wrists have been cranked thousands of times or not, do not know if he can take falls ahead of the breaks or not even if Goju has those elements with-in the practice. So I posted as if he did not. If he does have those survival skills then that portion of my advice to him would be unnecessary and of course safely ignored.
My understanding of the Japanese training methodology is that Uke attacks and Tori defends (or did I get that backward?) although during the techniques uke might well be defending while still trying to attack and tori will be attacking while still trying to defend. One might start with one attack and flow to two or three other types of attack trying to get to the others center or occupy space the same as one might defend with a throw but end up doing a variation or even a completely different throw or strike. The idea is that both are learning defense and attack at the same moment. One should not wasting their time waiting for their turn 'to defend' but should be learning how to attack. Does that make sense? Static lock exploration is similar but different as the goal is understanding the lock rather than using the lock to gain center. Not sure if Goju has the same methodology or not.
K-man wrote:
"We demonstrate effectiveness, not 'breaking'."
That is good training and speaks well for your school and your level of training. But my friend this thread is Ballon0351 going to an Aikido school near his home not a thread on how K-man and his mates train. It sounds like great training and very worthwhile but I think you must admit, that while they should, not all Aikido-ka train thus. Advising a person that has zero experience in Aikido, perhaps zero experience with locks and falls to resist while not knowing anything about the instructor or student that he is going to resist on is dangerous in my opinion. Far better to say something like resist to your ability to safely resist I think but even that makes assumptions with zero first hand experience as to Ballon0351's experience and abilities and zero experience or knowledge of the dojo he will be visiting. Far too many assumptions in my opinion. I do not know if Ballon0351 even knows how to tap out LOL.
Again my apologies K-man. I meant no intentional offense to you or your school and hope that you can look past my writing style and that as a person with Aikido experience and apparently knowledge of Goju can build on the advice given to Ballon0351 regarding his journey and adventure.
Ballon0351
I would advice looking at the beginning stages of the exploration as an adventure. Not a sixty minutes journalist style of looking at or for what is wrong or bad. Enjoy yourself and take away what is useful and pocket for later what is left. See truth comment above. I hope that you keep us posted on your exploration and good luck and good training.
Warmest Regards
Brian King
I wish you well.. Please let us know how you get along. Wishes 
I wish you all the very best and most importantly like Russ says, just have lots of fun. 
