Agree with you 100% there.Actually fighting people worse than you can absolutely help you learn. You can use it to to work on new combinations and switch up strategies. When you fight better people you have to stick what you know works for you but with lower people you can try out new ideas
Old saying said,
- 1st you go to a grade school and beat up everybody.
- You then go to a junior high and beat up everybody.
- You then test your skill in a senior high and beat up everybody.
- Finally you go to a college and beat up everybody.
After that process, you will developed some dependable skills.
If you don't follow that order and test your skill in college students right away, you may be beaten up so bad that you lose your self-confidence and quite MA training forever.