Hmm. Perhaps my points were missed... I'll attempt to clarify.
Firstly, I'd be careful about the passive aggressive tone... it's not entirely encouraged here, to say the least. But to the point of "nitpicking" on pronunciation, you're presenting a video that's meant to be informative... and can't pronounce the name of the item you're informing people on. I'd say that's a bit past just "nitpicking", personally... it's a basic display of education or lack thereof. But that was really besides the main point. Speaking of....
Er, no. Completely wrong, actually. You have to remember that I've spent far, far too many hours dedicated to dealing with Antony, including quite a fair amount personally between himself and myself in a few media, and I've seen the reality there. Without getting too much into fraudbusting (not allowed here, after all), the simple facts are that Antony Cummins is documented lying, giving fraudulent accounts of his training history, plagiarizing (from other known frauds, for the record... he didn't even know where to steal from to get good information!), having violent outbursts, having no ability to counter any arguments made, having no ability with the Japanese language, no affinity with the culture, no understanding of basics of martial arts, no ability to distinguish one martial approach (system) from any other, and more. He cannot read or speak Japanese, so cannot translate anything. The only way for him to have a book with his name on it is to either take credit for others work, in which case he has less ethics than anyone else I've come across, or he's adding his own comments to the translation work of others... which is what he's doing. And before you argue that, once again, I've gone round and round with Antony a number of times, including when he was posting videos showing him trying to figure out certain things his translation team came up with, by adding elements that aren't in the text, explicit or implied. I've been part of discussions where the original Japanese text was given, an accurate translation was provided, and this was compared with the passages in Antony's publication... and Antony's was inaccurate, had a lot added to it (that was based on Antony's ideas and play, not anything in the text itself, nor anything that would necessarily match the context of the original text itself). This is hardly surprising, of course, as the translation team simply aren't that qualified to translate such texts. They have no basis in the technical methods or the contexts of the material they're translating. Why is that important? Well, imagine that someone's translating a book on car engines directly from another language with no knowledge of cars or engines... you'd get descriptions like "petrol package" (fuel tank), or "igniting corks" (spark plugs)... you might get something close, but it'd be, well, off. That's the problem with Antony using what is essentially a Kanji club (how he describes them, so you know) to do the translation. They, and Antony, simply don't know the subject. And that means that they have no chance of really getting it correct. Whether the Shoninki, or his other "translations". I mean, he had a martial art school/system that he taught which he referred to as "The Dignity of Flying Birds", a line he took from his translation of the Shoninki... except his translation was wrong, the line referred to the "position of birds", nothing to do with dignity (there would need to be a second kanji which wasn't present), and the actual meaning was almost opposite to the way he interpreted it. That's the level of his translation.
Now, I know that sounds unnecessarily harsh about poor old Antony.... but believe me, I'm leaving out quite a bit of the issues with him personally and his approach. He is not to be taken as a serious source, or his "research" as accurate. It's not his focus.
Well, I provided what I found so you could confirm or deny... and, really, the bigger issue is the detail that it seems to be primarily home video training. Why is that an issue? Well, that, combined with the other aspects noted, all indicate a particular personality form... which is not one that has a developed (cultured) filter, for certain reasons. Now, that's fine... if it works for you (to a point), great. However it does raise real questions as to what you might have to offer at this point. So your background, if you're aiming to put up informational videos, is very relevant... and, to be seen as something valuable, it needs to be qualified. Do you need to "prove yourself" to us? Nope. But it'll help if you want to be seen as knowing what you're talking about.
Out of interest, how does my interest in knowing who I'm conversing with reflect on my character? You'd rather everyone is taken on face value? Criminals on trial are set free just because they say they're innocent? I investigate, son. I like to know who I'm talking to. I don't use a screen name, I use my own. If you want to know something about me, you can ask. This reflects badly? Really? Right...
Don't really need you to be proud of me, son, you don't have a clue what you're referring to. I didn't boast, I was pointing out certain realities to you. And you never answered my questions, nor, I might note, my actual critiques.... hmm. Oh, and again, you might want to drop the passive aggressive tone... I don't think the warning was only aimed at me....
