Sorry if this has been posted already, I'm sure BK gets some discussion here. I've watched a few and it's a mixed bag. Some drills are excellent, and I haven't seen them anywhere else. A few are great but just derived from old and well known drills. Others are... bleh.
One of the recent videos I watched was pretty bad. There was 0 camera work, he didn't explain the rules or specific goals of the drill, and it was just 45 minutes of watching Feijin run through the drill while they chatted and joked with each other. He forgot to turn on the sound during the intro and could easily have reshot it in 5-10 minutes but doesn't bother. I get the impression he started out with a real desire to teach (and no idea whether or not the videos would help him make a living) but after doing a bunch of them, he just got kinda lazy about it and doesn't care, like maybe now he's just crapping them out to refresh his bank account.
Then again it's possible he doesn't explain much on the later videos because after 40 or 50 tapes, the viewer is assumed to 'know the drill' so to speak.
Still, I like the older tapes where he earnestly explains what you're doing and how it's gonna help you, and he uses real students instead of a godly pro who makes it look like you should be finishing the drill every other attempt (when in reality, some of these drills you should be thrilled to get 1 in 5). To his credit, on one tape he does point out 'see, even a world class player can dog this and make the same mistakes you and I do'.
He also seems to be able to practice what he preaches, doing the stated goal himself on seemingly the first or second try without retakes.
So what's the verdict?
I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt even if one or two videos were real letdowns. If you know ahead of time which videos are winners (like the safety ones) and which are losers (the shrinking rectangle of pain) then you're making a good investment.
One of the recent videos I watched was pretty bad. There was 0 camera work, he didn't explain the rules or specific goals of the drill, and it was just 45 minutes of watching Feijin run through the drill while they chatted and joked with each other. He forgot to turn on the sound during the intro and could easily have reshot it in 5-10 minutes but doesn't bother. I get the impression he started out with a real desire to teach (and no idea whether or not the videos would help him make a living) but after doing a bunch of them, he just got kinda lazy about it and doesn't care, like maybe now he's just crapping them out to refresh his bank account.
Then again it's possible he doesn't explain much on the later videos because after 40 or 50 tapes, the viewer is assumed to 'know the drill' so to speak.
Still, I like the older tapes where he earnestly explains what you're doing and how it's gonna help you, and he uses real students instead of a godly pro who makes it look like you should be finishing the drill every other attempt (when in reality, some of these drills you should be thrilled to get 1 in 5). To his credit, on one tape he does point out 'see, even a world class player can dog this and make the same mistakes you and I do'.
He also seems to be able to practice what he preaches, doing the stated goal himself on seemingly the first or second try without retakes.
So what's the verdict?
I'm inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt even if one or two videos were real letdowns. If you know ahead of time which videos are winners (like the safety ones) and which are losers (the shrinking rectangle of pain) then you're making a good investment.
