Opinions on tapping or not tapping out your instructor?

[leach_jeffrey]

I think it's strange to say you should never tap out your instructor. What are you supposed to do, just stop if you have something?

My instructor would destroy anyone in our class if he wanted to, but he plays down to whomever he rolls with to give them a challenge, but also get them to learn. I've seen him expose himself on purpose to give guys / girls a chance to sub him, he usually escapes, but sometimes he doesn't.

I've seen him roll with visiting brown belts and black belts, and he takes it to a whole new level. One that I rarely see when he is rolling with blues and whites.

So while I've tapped him, I would never go around saying that 'I tapped a black belt', because I know that if it was a full on sparring session, it would not have happened.

[einstein]

if my student can tap me he or she better. it means im doing something right as a teacher.

[RW Pegau]

No Shit Scott! Best quote yet. I am honored when my students can tap me out. Now in order for it to be an honor, it can't be regular. So that is my obligation as the instructor, to make sure that every roll with me offers either learning, or competition intensity, or both. Your instructor should teach you everything they know about jiu jitsu, and if they can do it so that you know their jiu jitsu better than they do... then that is a testament to YOUR learning abilities, and his/her Teaching ability.

Beating your instructor is trivial, learning everything they have to teach is critical.

Best part is, 10th Planet breeds a positive competitve spirit. When you have a master instructor (Eddie Bravo) who is showing moves based on what his students are having success with and not trying to deny them creattiviey,( he constantly rewards it ), then you have an enviroment where all of us are going to continue to grow until our Jiu Jitsu style is as best as we can make it. We are not even close to that point yet. We need to continue have bad ass instructors who care about teaching their students how to be better at winning with 10th Planet, AND we need more bad ass STUDENTS who raise the flag by constatnly competing and respresenting what they have learned.

Red, Yockel, Valdez, DeWitt, Gibbins- You guys are leading the charge for all us affiliate instructors. Keep up the great work!

RW

[einstein]

and further more most bjj instructors dont bother to roll with the students

[Cookie Monster]

i see scott rolling all the time wiht his students
and he never holds back!

atleast from what i see

[Enrique "Kiko"]

My instructor would be thrilled if I managed to tap him out. Hes told us that it's his goal to train us just as good if not better than he is. This should be philosophy of every instructor/coach imo.

I agree with your instructor's philosophy completely.

[Enrique "Kiko"]

and further more most bjj instructors dont bother to roll with the students

We just got a new MMA/BJJ coach at my gym, he rolls with us every time we do JJ, AND he's even comming on open mat times just to roll with us. Cool guy Coach Lobo is. I still want my rubber guard though! =D Must find some 10th Planet Players in Miami.