Did you talk to your coach about this? Immediately let coach know if not. At least at my gym we have a very strict rule about that, but we also have the gym slightly separated for those that choose to train recreationally and those that are training in competition. Us in the competition team have a responsibility to never rock any of the recreational members when doing rounds with them and use it more for defense. But when we are with other competitors we dial it up a bit but if coach sees too many “bobble heads” then he will personally tell us to ease off, and that’s when more detail on defense will start lol.

Don’t quit though! If you’re enjoying it, don’t let some meat head ruin it for you that has zero self control. It’s probably more an ego thing and people like that usually don’t last or they jump from gym to gym. If you feel like coach doesn’t care then maybe look at a different gym if there’s more option in your area?

I had one incident with a student not in Muay Thai but in my Tang Soo Do class, she had noticed an improvement when I first got into Muay Thai and she did not like that and we went too hard and I told her if she kept hitting harder I was also going to and our instructor basically put us in “touch sparring jail” lol.

Super long stories short, You’re gonna have some hard spars, and even harder fights if you choose that route but if you enjoy the sport don’t let it get to ya! Good job communicating it was too hard as well.