Here's the thing... from about here to about 12 months or so, your kitten is very likely to be in that "turbo play mode" much of the time. That's kittenhood, and it's being a bengal. You cannot scold away his need to play. You cannot tell him that you don't want to him to play, you want to cuddle and snuggle and get him purry etc. He is "practicing to become a cat" and that means all sorts of hunting and playfighting kinds of behavior.
So what do you do? By far the most important thing is to establish the "YES" before you can tell him "NO". You need to establish play that meets his needs but that is acceptable to you, and then you have to devote a considerable amount of time each day to play with him. Once you do that, you'll be on the right path, but you are still going to pretty much have scratches up and down your legs and arms for the next several months while he learns to accept your way of play and to not beat you up. Having a bengal kitten is a very fun and memorable experience, but you have to take the good with the bad.
BTW, really good ways to give him that hunting sort of play is to use toys like dabird, flying frenzy, and neko flies.
Also... in general, for a bengal kitten to be in the hellish, turbo, playful, mischevious sort of mode, that indicates that he's actually healthy and pretty well-adjusted. If your kitten isn't like that for a couple of days, then you start to worry about him being ill.
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