Well, it depends really because the use of video’s is actually an excellent tool to teach, learn and practice martial arts. There are some restrictions to this, of course, such as to how long one has already studied and their capacity to see the atomistic in the video along with a full understanding that video’s, even those providing various angles, still frame and thereby hide things that must come from a qualified and experienced teacher.
I didn’t start the study of video’s until well into my career studying Okinawan karate but when I did I took the view that neither my practice nor the video presentation was a “Right or Wrong” way of doing kata and karate.
I spend my study time on video’s trying to see, even with the limitations of video viewing, specifics that would come out from the point of view the video presented to me and I add that I have this distinction of ability to see very small details.
Regardless, using video’s at the lower learning levels is a mistake even if one has a very astute eye for details because of what you don’t know and what you don’t know you don’t know. That takes a qualified and experienced teacher.
When your teacher gets you to a certain point through progressive operant conditioned practice and training then the study of other disciplines and perceptions can be augmented and enhanced by the study through video presentations.
Then it comes down to the ability to distinguish between video’s with value and those simply created to make money. Look at it as the difference between the study of a documentary film vs. a fictional drama sci-fi type film. One is entertaining while the other focuses on facts and results of reality-based life. Big difference!
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