Guests

It's important that we are good hosts to these 'strangers' who appear on our mat. These people should never get the feeling that they are outsiders in our training environment. We have to try our best to train with them. When you change partner these people should be actively approached as your new partner. It must never happen that our guests are left without a training partner!

Besides the fact that it's just good manners (and creates a good atmosphere) there is another reason for this practice.

We have our own way of training, our own way of socialising and our own view on Jiu Jitsu. People from outside our dojo have a different view and will react differently to situations than we are used to. By training with these people you can experience training situations that cannot be experienced by training with people from our own group. This is an excellent way to explore a unique training experience.
An often heard complaint is that it isn't comfortable to train with strangers. Techniques don't work smoothly or correctly. Yet, this is exactly the clue that there's something to learn here. Instead of complianing when you lack the ability to control the situation with such a partner, try to solve the problem at hand. This is a great learning experience.