Define "unaffiliated."What do you think about schools that aren't affiliated with any larger organization?
There are two sides to that coin. There is a Shoto Khan master in town who recently fell out of favor with Mucky Mucks in Japan. I don't know the story but The issue was just that, an issue. The Martial arts training you get will, of course, be the training every practitioner has ever gotten back before the PM.I think it would depend on why the school was unaffiliated. A school might break off from a larger organization due to politics. Or, they might break off because the owner let his ego take over.