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In Martial art's we tap out for a couple reasons, 1)tap out for submission indicating giving up and the other person won the match, (this is an example of tapping out in a grappling match.) 2) tap out for pain. This might be you being taught a technique like chinese arm bar, the opponent tap's and you release the technique immediately. If your training partner taps out and you don't release the technique immediately than there might be an injury to your partner and your partner will probably never want to train with you again and he will have to take time out of class to heal from injuries.

Sometimes in training a technique that you know is going to include pain, you may tap out early because you don't want to feel the pain. I think this is the wrong thing to do because if you tap out early than you are assuming that the technique is working and this will not help you or your partner in training. If you tap out early, your parner thinks that he is applying the technique right and that you are feeling the pain from the technique.
There are also people who know the technique has a pain part of it and they want to prove that they are going to take the pain and not tap out. Doing this can cause injuries.

When you train in martial arts the most important thing is safety. If you feel pain, tap out and if you are giving pain and you hear a tap release the technique immediately. If you do this there is not going to be as many injuries in the dojo.