Of course . If I ' m a 120 monarch with craven and naive enthusiast traits , I ' ll make myself into a general and charge into as many battles as possible . <| sep |> Is Lowko even masters ? Last I checked he was around diamond . <| sep |> Dead at 27 <| sep |> Glad it helped . <| sep |> You should probably report this . Gross . <| sep |> So going into a couple mind sets . First I ' d say dominate then in sparring and ask after each significant blow ask them if they could step it up a bit more for you so you can get better . Passively be aggressive if he is going to be passively aggressive in his way . Next consider this . Was he once great ? If you don ' t know ask around . I know a man who was once martial artist to really strive to be like artistically and physically . Now after two battles with cancer years ago he is nothing of his former self . He retains his knowledge but he is not physically capable of doing the things he once was capable of . Now this guy has the humility and humbleness to admit that it ' s hard for him to continue even tho he is nothing compared to what he once was . Your guy may not which would mean cycle back to my first response . Last I would say speak to your instructor and let him know how it ' s affecting your class . I teach and I have a similar guy in my adult classes to your situation . Several students have expressed the same feelings you ' re expressing . I told them the same things . Hit him in sparring and tell him to step it up . His excuse was he didn ' t want to hurt them . I then talked to him after he let out those excuses and told him to leave the teaching to me and my staff . Enjoy his training and let the others enjoy theirs . Seems to have gotten a bit better .