[WC_Lun]

In my opinion, if a studet must send emails like this to defend a teacher, then there is indeed something very wrong somewhere. I would hazard to guess that the problem originated with the subjuct of the defense, as is usually the case. Of course, I only know about Ashida Kim and the contreversey through second hand sources. The only thing I would say for certain is with his reputation I would pay someone else to teach before I would pay him.