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"Your guide for newbies covers vastly all the points that worry me the most ... I read it eagerly the minute I received it, and several times more after. ... I wonder how people used to prepare for their first gradings in the olden days, before you guys wrote this guide ... In general, I like the understanding and friendly style of yours, and the tricks to gain a few secs in case you feel too tired! ..." Patricia, London
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Dear ShadowHeart,
we have a lots of free materials. For example, this section you are reading will be always be free in the future. This is for people who can learn from others' mistakes, and this way is a part of our way of teaching.
We are happy if someone can improve him- or herself with the help of our free materials. This is a reason for why we do this.
But as Zolley wrote, we have our costs, and we cannot afford giving all of our knowledge for free. If something is free it's usually not appreciated, this is fact. So if we gave everything for free the knowledge we have would go to the pot. This would be bad for us and for aikido as well.
I hope you can understand our viewpoint.