Dude, you have the completely wrong impression. I mean completely. I talk to him all the time, and I ask far too many questions, but he still talks to me and give me tons of help. He would deffinately let you join.
By the way, O never knew that definition of Dao, I always knew the one where it meant sword. My favorite martial arts weapon is the Shuang Dao, or dual Chinese broadswords.:p