Cool that you're under Gumby! Is he on here yet? I know a few people from his era are about (including the guy who ran bjj.org back in the day, IIRC), so it would be cool to see him as well, if he isn't already on Beltchecker. :D

I called my instructor a professor recently and he proceeded to heel-hook me whilst giving me a nasty telling off.

I have been training BJJ a long time, longer than I want to admit out loud because it basically is admitting that I'm old. I have never called my coaches anything other than 'Mario', 'Fernando', and 'Neto'. I have never referred to any other BJJ Black Belt I have ever come across as anything other than their first name and I've never had anyone tell me to do anything other than that and that includes people like Terere, and Margarida, and Pedro Sauer, and even Royce Gracie. I even refer to Lloyd Irvin as 'Lloyd' when I have had to interact with him in the past and even he didn't say 'It's MASTER Lloyd'. I keep hearing about these people that demand to be called by a title but they are like Bigfoot for me. Maybe one day I will be lucky enough to come across this elusive egomaniac.

If it's the same Gumby from On The Mat, yeah, tell him to get his ass on here!

Joe I have NEVER been asked to be call anyone other than by their name other than a local TKD guy I was introduced to that corrected me and said address me as Master. My response was sure masterbator even if you could whoop my ass I wouldn't call you Master. Lincoln freed the fucking slaves I have actually seen new students corrected and actually was in a room one time when a guy corrected his student and pointed at me and said he is the only one who doesn't have to call me professor

lol yeah that's him. I don't think he really cares to join. We only have one other person from the gym (Jackie) here who got her black belt the same day as me.