Some folks will say that his personal life and his art are intertwined to the point that one has as much affect on his students as the other. I'm of the camp that believes that the personal life only affects his students if they develop a personal relationship with the man. I'm always very slow to get close to an instructor. As long as his students are simply students and are learning what they are there to learn then his personal life can be seperated (to an extent) from his art. Yes, there are times (see horror stories forum) when the personal life is too far out there to allow an instructor to simply teach an art but even with all of Seagals excentricities(sp) I still believe that his abilities within the art of aikido makes him a worthwhile instructor.tshadowchaser said:Which is more important to this forum his personal life or his ability to pass on his art.
I have never met him but know people whom have trained with him ( however briefly) and they all said his technique was good and that he tried hard to help his students do their best