Opinions on tapping or not tapping out your instructor?

[Francisco Gonzales]

When I was training with a university club, I saw the instructor, a BJJ BB, tap to a purple--and then they both giggled like a couple of school girls. I figured what happened was that the BB was experimenting with something new and the purple caught him and they had a good laugh over it. No big deal. And that was the only time I ever saw the BB get tapped while I was training there.

[VJ Bella]

Funny enough this happend to me last night. Had him dead to rights in a toe hold and had his other leg locked down (so he wasn't going anywhere)....his ankle was really flexing and he was wincing...it was his first night back to real training after injuring his back. For some reason i let it go...not really sure why...i just felt like he wasn't gonna tap and didn't want to re-injure him. I knew if it was a tourny or something else I would of had him...so lets move on and continue grappling.

[Ric]

My instructor is Marcelo Garcia.

Therefore, this issue of tapping your instructor is pretty much a non issue for me

[Louis Ho]

Nothing wrong with tapping out your instuctor. I roll with all my students every class. It's rare, but I do get tapped once in a while. I'm actually kinda happy when that happens. It means that my student is getting better. However, I make sure I don't make the same mistake again.

On the other hand, if some douchebag stranger walks in through the door for the very first time with the intent on tapping out the instructor, then it's kind of a different story.

[Scott Yockel]

Nothing wrong with tapping out your instuctor. I roll with all my students every class. It's rare, but I do get tapped once in a while. I'm actually kinda happy when that happens. It means that my student is getting better. However, I make sure I don't make the same mistake again.

On the other hand, if some douchebag stranger walks in through the door for the very first time with the intent on tapping out the instructor, then it's kind of a different story.

I agree with Louis. Dont forget we are all student to the game. I learn things from Herzog, I'm sure at some point he learned something from me countering one of my attacks.

[michael grzybek]

The closest I got to my instructors neck was to swat a fly off of it. He then killed the fly and made me tap :-)

[AJ Camacho]

I think people are goofy if they think that the end all be all of their run at a gym is being able to tap out their instructor on a regular basis. As if it's a game, where after you beat the end boss, you win your own jiujitsu school.

In real life, when you become as good as a superior you become their peer. It's at that point that the relationship shifts from teacher student, to peer to peer and you work as a collective to develop both of your skills.

[Aab]

My instructor is Marcelo Garcia.

Therefore, this issue of tapping your instructor is pretty much a non issue for me

Hahaha for real.

[Kevin Green]

I think people are goofy if they think that the end all be all of their run at a gym is being able to tap out their instructor on a regular basis. As if it's a game, where after you beat the end boss, you win your own jiujitsu school.

In real life, when you become as good as a superior you become their peer. It's at that point that the relationship shifts from teacher student, to peer to peer and you work as a collective to develop both of your skills.

Well put....

[Ehsan_Karam]

Andrew and Nate are purple belts man. But yeah, all of them dudes are BEASTS.
To the OP what Rickson guy told you that? I've been under one of his black belt reps for a while now and I've never heard anything like that. I'm at the point where I've started to get lucky catching some of our instructors here and there and there's never anything but fist bumps and pats on the back....different culture I guess.