I've just come back from a missions trip so I can't really remember my last few rides before I left... but I can try.
My friend came out with me Thursday and video taped my ride. After our little fight (him saying no and me having to make him go) we seemed to have gotten a little better. He is a little more convinced I'm going to make him go, even if he really doesn't want to, and I am more confident that I can make him do it. He is becoming more collected, and we've done some walk, canter, walk things. This originally started because he was being a brat, and then I discovered how much he actually does know!
My lesson Friday was really good. We worked on the normal getting his head down and relaxed stuff, but it wasn't as long as it usually is, so that was good. I was telling R about him randomly cantering and stopping. She decided we should do it "for real". It was kinda rough at first, but then we did some figure eights, and did TONS of transitions. After that he listened really well and the walk to canters were really clean. It was a pretty good ride overall. I hope we can continue there when I ride tomorrow!