Train to fight and Fight as you train

To many times in Martial Arts training we partner up with some and we forget that we are suppose to train as if we might be in this situation some time.
If the attack is for a cross wrist grab to often we come in and grab the wrist as if we're going to the movies or something. When we should actually grab our partner as if we are the attacker and we mean business.
We don't get the full effect of the technique if we reach in and just lightly grab our partners wrist and expect them to do the technique in a real manner.
Remember, in the mind of the attacker, he means to do you harm. So don't short change yourself by just going through the motions. Knowing the technique is one thing but making it work on the street is something different...............God Bless