"YouTube Dojo"
Every now and then, I get a question from what I call "YouTube Dojo." I talk about a technique, and then I get a question like, "But I saw this in a YouTube video, and that's not..." I think about this phenomenon as "YouTube Dojo," but in an earlier era, it might as well have been called "VHS Dojo," or "Handbook Dojo." And I have to admit, my initial reaction nowadays as an instructor to comments such as these is generally dismissal. However, if I gave these comments further thought, I'd see that such comments are based in an enthusiasm that I as an instructor should foster. Moreover, not everyone has the good fortune to have a good dojo in what they want to learn, or even any kind of dojo at all, and so they may only have YouTube Dojo or VHS Dojo or Handbook Dojo. I definitely remember falling back on these "dojos" when I was young myself, precisely because I didn't have any, or know of any, other choice. However,...
