I was about ready to give up on hand-2-hand class, almost like I was getting bored with it and it seemed like it was taking up quite a bit of time.  After tonight I'm glad I stuck with it.  We moved from the clamshell (concrete floor) to the smaller B-hut (wrestling mat floor).  Our instructor also brought some pads.  Tonight we actually got to hit stuff and we did some of our moves that involve throwing someone to the floor.  We still couldn't go full speed because these are still some of those moves that end with you ripping someone's arm out of socket, but even being able to go 1/2 speed helped things click quite a bit more.