We sometimes forget that our perceptions change as we advance in dance.  I began with Salsa, and as I began taking other dances and advancing as a dancer, my perception of the basics of the dance began to change.  That perception changed even more as I began taking Ballet and Ballroom and I began to pay much more attention to movement technique rather than dance style.

At some point, we totally forget what it was like to be an absolute beginner: To not know anything about stance, handhold, embrace, compression, connection, balance, center, partnering, etc...

It is from that standpoint that I look at the Swing I instruction video.  I don't know, and don't care how long Pablo had been dancing before he filmed this video.  What I do care about is that it is one of the best instructional videos I have ever seen in terms of getting an absolute beginner dancing basic, basic Swing in a relatively short period of time.  Not only is it the way I teach basic Swing, but I recommended this video to my students before CentralAveDance got involved in online video presentations.

Bottom line:  If you don't think the guy knows what he's talking about, don't purchase the instruction.  I can only tell you that the video wouldn't be on this site if I didn't believe that it had very good instructional value.  There is a free demo / preview [3] available here.  You decide.