Wow.
I am thoroughly disappointed. >:(
I was just browsing YouTube and there are dozens upon dozens of videos of the 7 Forms and I must say, the comments, as well as the overall instruction leave a lot to be desired.
Back in 2008, before I started posting my original videos, there was literally nothing on YT for saber combat forms. Now, there is a great deal of people pretending to be instructors, that appear to have limited experience in martial arts or even stage combat that are posting these "tutorials" and even worse, people are actually following them. They read book and BOOM...instant experts. :P
Was reading through the thread and found this.
But yes Caine, it is awful. There are lots of this these days where people claim to be experts. From a music standpoint, anytime you YT a song you like, you can often find a bunch of tutorials on how to play it, and often it's just the chords. It will have nothing to do with the nuances of the song, the fingerpicking, the stylistic things, just the chords. And yet they get hundreds of thousands of views on their videos.
My little music rant over :P
But that's just the nature of the beast in today's world. You can post anything on the internet in seconds, and you have access to sooo much information, that you can read one wikipedia page and make a viral video based on it. It becomes a challenge to make sure what you see/read/hear/post is valid and credible.
ALSO, forgot to give props to you Caine, love your work!