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A lil boy kick two students in the face intentionally.
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That gets a serious conference with the instructor... the boy would have the right to have his parents present for that conference, and I'm one who'll insist both parents are present for that.
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or a yellow belt adult male in his mid 30s kick a teenage black belt girl as hard as he could with a back kick sending her in the air.
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Most people below the rank of blue or red belt, are going to have control issues. When they screw up and hit someone, it's often going to be with far more force than they would've intended.
I was told as a kid right after I made black belt, "If you spar a lower rank, WATCH IT... they are MORE dangerous to you, than another black belt is, because they're still learning how to control their techniques. USE CAUTION."
So I wouldn't 'light up' the yellow belt over this, UNLESS the CAUSE of this incident, was obviously an attitude deficiency or blatant and purposeful disregard for safety.
Frankly I expect a 30 year old yellow belt to be a bit awkward and just trying to keep from falling and busting their can when they kick... and this awkwardness translates to less control of technique. If I'm teaching, and a yellow belt whales a black belt like this, it's going to be in self-defense training or one step sparring, because I won't even LET a student THINK of sparring until they've got six months of training under my command under their belt.
My response would be more 'assistive' on this to help them cultivate their control, and reenforce the importance of safety during training.
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how about a blue belt kid that gets mad at a another student of the same age and knife strikes that student in the neck over losing a video game.
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That's very easy... they'll be saying 'one sir, two sir, three sir... (Ad infinitum)', as they count off pushups until my arms get tired from watching them.
Then we'll have a chat...
Then... they'll do more pushups until I again, get tired from watching them.
Then we'll have a reenforcing chat...
Then they'll do MORE pushups until I again, get tired from watching them.
This will be done IN FRONT OF THE CLASS, and the class WILL know WHY these pushups are being done.
Then they'll be quizzed to be sure that they understand that their behavior was unacceptable, and to make SURE they understand that I require the immediate and permanent positive behavior modification to make 'SURE', that I 'never' have to address the issue with them again, PERIOD.
If it happens again... they'll have a very short time to get their tail on the outside side of my do-jang door, before I pick them up and PUT them on the other side of that door, with a direction never to darken my doorstep again.
Now... let's be frank about that.
I believe in 'preventative teaching' in that area.
I cover 'I shall never misuse Taekwondo' from 'day one', all the way through training.
So... it's not like a student isn't going to already KNOW my expectations by the time they hit blue belt.
If a student KNOWS my expectations... and they DEFY those expectations...
Yeah... they're either pushing my floor until "I" want to puke from watching them exert themselves... and showing me they 'get the picture', by expressing a reasonable level of remorse and 'attention to learning' and 'intent to correct themselves in the future'.
Or they're getting their butt out of my school and staying out of it.
That's one of the 'very' few reasons that I'll put someone out the door. That's one of the VERY few reasons, I'll drop someone in class for pushups and a talking-to 'in front of everyone' to make an example of them.
(I generally HATE to go that negative or humiliating or harsh on a student... and most will find that I rarely chastise a student publically, because part of my business is to develop self-esteem and positive attitudes in students)
And it should go without saying, that YES, a parental conference WILL be in order if the issue ever comes up. Misuse of Taekwondo/unjustified violence, is ALWAYS an issue that requires the teamwork of instructors and parents, to 'nip it in the bud', if there's to be any positive outcome for the offending student.
