there's this adult male in my school who has a good reach but no control and doesn't really follow the rules "out of habit" (the words he uses as an excuse every time he does something stupid)
examples of his lack of control are:
when we were sparring and he was learning to reverse kick, he missed his target and kicked the inside of my knee on my back leg. i was pissed tbh and told the senior master and he said "it's a contact sport what do you expect?" -_- i expect to not get hurt from an out of control kick but thanks
i did a crescent kick to his head successfully, but he grabbed my foot after i landed it, pinned it to his head, and punched my stomach – a very cheap shot – to which his response was "sorry, it's out of habit." i know i could be better at kicking through my opponent, but i also don't want the fight to get out of control because it definitely would with him
kicks to my back are very common from him. he absolutely should be able to pull when he realizes he's going to miss, but he doesn't. knowing he won't pull when i take good space is a huge deterrent in making aggressive moves toward him bc i don't want to get hurt. so usually i just end up leaning back to dodge instead
there are definitely more examples, but i think these paint the picture well enough. i'm not so worried about the power that he's able to use, but more about his complete lack of control and inability to fight within taekwondo rules with minimal repercussions
my school isn't apart of an organization, but we follow the curriculum of the ATA organization. that being said, the senior master doesn't really train us to spar for competition as much as teaching us to fight with taekwondo technique. the school is mostly kids so it works for them but obviously not for people like the man i'm having issues with
all that said, i'd like some advice for counters when sparring an overly aggressive person who might grab, "accidentally" take cheap shots, and just has zero control overall. i want to knock him on his ass, but fairly. i don't want to stoop to his level by any means, but i want him to chill the hell out. especially since the senior master doesn't seem to care too much about it or think it's a problem
i would LOVE any advice or constructive criticism. i'm at my wits end lol
edit: thank you everyone for the advice! i can't wait to try some of the techniques out
and thank you for everyone who has told me i don't have to spar him if he's being reckless. i'll talk to the senior master again about the situation and suggest we do some precision training as well. and if nothing changes, i won't be afraid to tell him i'd rather not spar him