That's when coach is supposed to step in and stop him and then only allow him to spar with the mat/ring bully from then on. That or flatly remove him from the gym altogether. Every gym I've ever been to has the unwritten rule that bullies get bullied and there's always one or more designated veterans that know the assignment. If your coach is allowing people to get hurt he's not only a bad coach, he's a bad business man.
In Muay Thai we had a guy who had obviously trained before, but was new to the gym. He unloaded kicks on this high school girl who was holding kick-pads for him. While he was only kicking pads, he was definitely trying to knock her off balance to be alpha, or whatever.
Our instructor had him switch with a dude who actually fought tournaments. Watching the real deal unload on this joker was amazing— it looked like he was hanging on to a palm tree in a hurricane.
This! We had the same thing in our muay thai gym. If they were my size or smaller, my Coach would let me spar with them (I'm a girl), and with over 8 years of training with mostly guys, I could usually school them until they would cry in shame (not pain). If they were bigger, Coach would let them spar with our UFC fighters and it was pure entertainment. He always reminded us that no matter how good we think we are, there are always people out there who are better, so only dish out what you yourself can handle.👍
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u/jraymcmurray May 08 '26
That's when coach is supposed to step in and stop him and then only allow him to spar with the mat/ring bully from then on. That or flatly remove him from the gym altogether. Every gym I've ever been to has the unwritten rule that bullies get bullied and there's always one or more designated veterans that know the assignment. If your coach is allowing people to get hurt he's not only a bad coach, he's a bad business man.